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New River Press makes design-forward books, journals, charts, and guides, built around how real bodies, brains, and families work, and beautiful enough to keep.

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Six titles · more monthly
The 90-Day Perimenopause Tracker cover
Ember

The 90-Day Perimenopause Tracker

A hormone-literate symptom & pattern journal for women navigating the change
$16.99
The AuDHD Operating System cover
Spiky

The AuDHD Operating System

A 90-day undated planner for brains that run on interest
Launching soon
The Unmasking Journal cover
Spiky

The Unmasking Journal

Guided pages for setting the performance down
Launching soon
The Sensory Regulation Tracker cover
Spiky

The Sensory Regulation Tracker

An 8-week field log for your eight senses
Launching soon
Dad, Tell Me Your Story cover
Hearthline

Dad, Tell Me Your Story

One hundred questions, in his own hand, for the people who come after
Launching soon
The Resignation Letter cover
Eldest

The Resignation Letter

A guided journal for stepping down from the job you never applied for
Launching soon

Four imprints, one press

Ember

Women's health, written like literature. Trackers and journals for the transitions nobody hands you a manual for.

Spiky

Tools for brains that run on interest. Planners and journals built for the AuDHD operating system.

Hearthline

Heirloom question books. Beautiful enough to keep for sixty years; questions good enough to fill them.

Eldest

For the family's unpaid project manager. Wry on the surface, serious underneath.

Field Notes

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Ember · Field Notes

How to Track Perimenopause Symptoms (So Your Doctor Actually Listens)

Which perimenopause symptoms to track, how long to track them, and how to turn 90 days of notes into one high-signal doctor visit.

Spiky · Field Notes

Planners Keep Failing You Because They're Built for a Different Brain

Why productivity systems fail AuDHD adults, and what an interest-based, capacity-first planner looks like instead.

Spiky · Field Notes

Unmasking, Without Burning Your Life Down

A practical, low-shame approach to autistic unmasking: map the masks, count the cost, and run small chosen experiments.