DOGSTAR PRESS IS THE FIRST PUBLISHER TO ESTABLISH ITSELF AS 100% human.
We are an independent literary press devoted to publishing literary fiction that dares to be beautiful, unguarded, and true.
IN A MODERN
AGE THAT IS COMPRESSING
THE LIFE OUT
OF US,
technology and politics are pushing us farther from our true selves, purpose, and potential.
As algorithms plunge us deeper into distraction, distortion, and division, literature and other art forms underpinned by beauty, sincerity, truth, and light are a lifeline, not a luxury.
LITERATURE IS NOT CONTENT, PERFORMANCE, OR PROPAGANDA—IT IS the expression of the human soul, AND IT MUST BE PROTECTED.
We are holding a lantern for writers and readers who believe in—and are searching for—authentic and artful fiction that never yields to external pressures, We are warding off artifice, ideology, and any distortion that erodes human literary art,
We exist to offer light in a dark world with novels underpinned by values that have created the most enduring art in history: beauty, morality, hope, curiosity, redemption, the hero’s journey, respect for life and the human spirit, the quest for truth and meaning, and the power of transcendence.
WITH beauty and truth AS OUR NORTH STARS, WE ARE TAKING A STAND TO preserve the human voice.
As machines invade every corner of our lives, AI-written and AI-assisted novels are slipping into the publishing system without disclosure, diluting and overwriting the human voice.
Clearly signposting books that are human-made—without AI interference—is the only way we can preserve novels as an irreplaceable record of humanity and an eternal conversation about what it means to be alive.
Every Dogstar book carries our 100% HUMAN seal.
Backed by our legally-binding verification process—and other elements that deepen the human connection between authors and readers—this seal is an author’s pledge of creative integrity.
In a world full of illusions, efficiency hacks, and empty content creation, it is a promise of authenticity for readers who believe literature can only be conceived and crafted by human beings.
—F.M. DOSTOEVSKY
Without art that encourages reflection and the search for meaning, a civilization will be dead inside: numbed by the algorithm, unable to think and feel deeply, apathetic to our shared humanity, and resigned to despair and destruction when all seems lost.
More than ever, we need novels that immerse us, awakening our hearts and senses as they explore the comedy, agony, glory, mystery, and miracle of being alive.
In Franz Kafka’s words:
“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.”
THOUGH THE HOUR IS LATE, WE BELIEVE IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO PRESERVE LITERATURE’S SACRED ROLE IN OUR SOCIETY:
a deeply personal source of refuge, wonder, hope, and illumination. We can protect literature as a path to what is real and eternal.
A new light IN LITERARY FICTION, COMING IN 2026
DOGSTAR’S CALL FOR AUTHOR SUBMISSIONS WILL OPEN IN early 2026, WITH OUR FIRST TITLE PUBLISHING IN September 2026.
Add your name to our waiting list and join our movement. Together we can preserve the power of literature, a singular light that reminds us what makes life worth living and fighting for.