Somewhere Publishing announces the paperback edition of Compass Hall: A Civic Fable by Colin Alexander, an illustrated literary novella about orientation, trust, and the civic difficulty of remaining with a shared question.
A republic teaches its children to find north before they learn to find themselves. From that first lesson, Compass Hall follows civic trust, ordinary tools, and the questions people inherit together. Fifteen monochrome chapter illustrations and two survey maps carry a second visual story alongside the prose.
Read it in one evening. Discuss it for weeks.
The 167-page, 6 × 9 inch paperback is available for US $16.99 through Amazon. The Kindle edition is currently available, and a hardcover edition is forthcoming.
Readers can also explore a spoiler-light sample, a full critical reader’s guide, and “Plate No. 7,” a visual reading of the book’s paired survey maps, at somewherepublishing.com.
Paperback details
- Title
- Compass Hall: A Civic Fable
- Author
- Colin Alexander
- Publisher
- Somewhere Publishing
- Format
- Paperback; black-and-white interior; matte cover
- Pages
- 167
- Trim
- 6 × 9 inches
- Paperback ISBN
- 979-8-9969328-1-8
- Publication
- July 18, 2026
- List price
- $16.99
- Retailer
- Amazon
About Colin Alexander
Colin Alexander is the author of Compass Hall. He founded Somewhere Publishing, an independent literary press. His work moves between public and family life, using maps, objects, practical detail, and reader resources to create literary projects designed to continue beyond the final page for independent readers, reading groups, and classrooms.
About Somewhere Publishing
Somewhere Publishing is an independent literary press for books that reward attention, rereading, and conversation. Its fiction is shaped by enduring questions: how people orient themselves, what they inherit, what they trust as evidence, and how they live with what cannot be fully resolved. The press treats form as part of meaning and supports readers with resources that deepen attention without becoming answer keys.
Press contact
Somewhere Publishing[email protected]somewherepublishing.com