An independent press founded in 1985, Mage's goal is to publish books on, and of, Persian literature and culture that bring to readers outside Iran and around the globe the best of the Persian arts, culture and history in English.

Our divers books of Persian literature and culture include subjects such as: Persian food, Iranian music, poetry of Persia (medieval and modern), Persian epics and Persian miniatures, gardens of Persia, a timeline of Persian history from the ancient Persian Empire to modern Iran, as well as reprints of the best past historical books about Iran in a series called Persia Observed.

Browse our site or download a pdf of our 2008/09 Catalog (5.9mb).