Acheron Press was established in 2008 by Neel Burton for the purpose of independently producing and publishing challenging, thought-provoking books.
The name ‘Acheron’ was inspired by a verse from Vergil’s Aeneid :
Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo
The line is often translated as, ‘If I cannot bend Heaven, I shall move Hell’, and was chosen by Freud as the epigraph to his Interpretation of Dreams.
According to the psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim, the line encapsulates Freud’s theory that people who have no control over the outside world turn inward to the underworld of their own minds.
Booksellers please note:
Books published by Acheron Press are distributed via NBN International.
They include:
The Meaning of Madness
Master your Mind - The Mental Health Guide
Plato's Shadow, A Primer on Plato
The Art of Failure, The Anti Self-Help Guide
Growing from Depression
News
09/07/10: Neel Burton is 'Science Author of the Month' at Blackwell Oxford.
15/06/10: Growing from Depression is first published.
01/06/10: German rights for The Meaning of Madness are sold to Springer, Spektrum Verlag.
01/03/10: The Art of Failure is first published.
22/01/10: Indian rights for all existing Acheron Press books are sold to Mehta Publishing for an initial print run of 6,000 copies.
01/11/09: The Meaning of Madness is 'Medical Book of the Month' at Blackwell Charing Cross.
08/09/09: The Meaning of Madness wins BMA Young Authors' Award.
