An independent Australian press. Adventure stories for young readers.
Kohler Press was founded in Melbourne in 2025 as the imprint of author Paul Kohler. It is a small, family-run press publishing junior fiction — adventure and science fiction for readers aged ten to fifteen — with its first list appearing in 2026.
One person, a short list, and a preference for books that trust their readers.
First title — 2026
A door to anywhere — and an army that wants it back.
Jack finds a battered old book in a suburban alley. It isn't a book — it's a door, to distant worlds and a war five thousand years in the future. It opens only for Jack and his best mate Ben, and nobody will tell them why.
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