Mage publishes books of Persian literature and culture in English: Persian food, Iranian music, poetry of Persia, gardens of Persia, a timeline of Persian history from the ancient Persian Empires to modern Iran, reprints of books about Iran. One of our major publishing projects has been a three-volume illustrated new translation of Abolqasem Ferdowsi's epic poem Shahnameh: the Persian Book of Kings by Dick Davis. Besides being the most complete translation of Iran’s national epic in English prose and poetry, these books incorporate the best of Persian art with over 600 Persian miniatures.

Mage Publishers is an independent press founded in 1985 with a goal of publishing Persian literature and culture that bring to readers outside Iran and around the globe the best of the Persian arts in English.