Bonirelo PressBonirelo Press
A small family publishing house.
We make books the way we would like to find them: clear pages, careful checks, nothing rushed. Each edition is prepared for its own readers.
A family on the road, and the books we bring home
We are Andy and Thu, two writers raising a small mixed family in Asia. Andy grew up in Italy, Thu in Vietnam. At home we speak three languages, and English is the one we share with each other. Our child, a curious young traveler, comes everywhere with us.
Alone and together, we have visited more than 40 countries: across Asia and Europe, through much of Africa, in South America and in Canada. These days we travel as three, in school breaks, with light bags.
Our first book was born on a bus on the island of Cebu, in the Philippines: a small book we made for our child, with a puzzle to solve, a picture to trace and a page to keep a memory of the day. That little book is why we started publishing. We thought other families might want one too.
What we believe
A country is best met at street level.
Markets, food stalls, old songs and back alleys teach a child more than a list of famous sights.
The quiet hours matter.
We make books for the pauses: a bus seat, the bench of a slow wooden boat, a free afternoon at home.
There is more than one right way to live.
Growing up between cultures, a child learns that people eat, greet and say thank you in different ways. Our books look at those differences with curiosity.
How our books are made
Andy writes and takes photographs; Thu writes too, and works with video and music. Our books draw on all of it.
Many of them start from the notes, photos, videos and sketches we collect on our travels.
Before we write about a country, we check our facts.
Some of them our child tests first. Not all yet: there is still some growing up to do.
It would make us happy, and grateful, to know that one of our books kept you company on a long trip, or on a free afternoon wherever you live. And if you've read one, a short, honest review on Amazon, whatever you thought of it, helps other families find us.
Thank you for traveling with us.
Write to us
A question about one of our books, a correction, an idea? We read every message ourselves.
info@bonirelopress.com