Beacon Press will launch a fiction imprint, Fort Point, which “seeks original works that pair literary ambition with fresh perspectives and distinctive voices.” “Fort Point will champion fiction that invites readers into new ways of seeing and inspires new generations to imagine a more expansive world,” said director of Beacon Press director Gayatri Patnaik, who will acquire for the imprint, along with editorial director Amy Caldwell and editors Maya Fernandez and Haley Lynch.