KINGS LANE PRESS · AUSTRALIA

Stories worth
carrying forward.

An independent Australian press publishing books to be read slowly, returned to often, and passed on.

BECOMING by Daniel Lawley displayed on a round travertine table against a soft coastal landscape

KINGS LANE PRESS

“Not every book needs to tell you where to go.
Some are there to help you notice where you are.”

Kings Lane Press is an independent Australian publishing imprint built around thoughtful stories, honest questions and books with enough life in them to be opened again years later.

02 · FROM THE JOURNEY

FROM THE JOURNEY

“Respect yourself as much as you expect of yourself.”

“The funny thing about looking backwards is that the lesson often seems obvious once you've travelled far enough away from it.

It rarely feels that obvious when you're standing in the middle of it.”

“How was your trip?”

“Where did you travel from?”

“Been on that line before?”

“Where are you headed next?”

“Nothing complicated.
Just enough to hold up a mirror.”

03 · THE AUTHOR
Daniel Lawley with his daughter Brooke on his shoulders by the water

THE AUTHOR

“Not me teaching you how to live.
Me showing you how I travelled, what I noticed, and what I understand now that I couldn't always see then.”You can decide what any of it means for you.

Daniel Lawley

Father · Builder · Storyteller

Daniel Lawley is an Australian father and registered builder whose working life has largely been spent raising a family, running a building business and solving problems with his hands.

BECOMING began as a different kind of work: looking back at the stories and experiences that shaped him, and putting them on paper for his daughter.

Not as a map for her life, but something to sit beside her while she draws her own.

It is the first title published by Kings Lane Press.

04 · KINGS LANE PRESS

ABOUT THE PRESS

Books made to
stay with you.

Kings Lane Press is a small independent Australian imprint. We believe the best books don't need to shout. They need to mean something.

Our first release, BECOMING, sets the direction: considered writing, beautiful physical editions and stories that leave room for the reader to find their own meaning.

AND THERE ARE STILL STORIES
YET TO BE TOLD.

KINGS LANE PRESS · AUSTRALIA