Crestance — A Historical Fiction Podcast & Literary Brand
From Podcast to Page, From Story to Space
Discover our YouTube series on historical fiction — and the bookish home décor it inspires.
Every item we create is made for readers who live the story — on the screen, on the page, and in the quiet corners of home.
Watch Stories Unfold on Our Historical Fiction Podcast.
Shop Book-Lover Gifts and Thoughtful Home Accents.
Gateway Books by Crestance is more than a book review show. Each episode pairs historical fiction with real history — exploring the facts, stories, and cultural questions behind the narrative. Discover how fiction can open the door to truth.
Explore book-lover gifts that celebrate story, imagination, and reflection. From journals and totes to phone cases and artful accents, every piece is designed to bring a little literary magic into everyday life.
The story behind Crestance
Crestance began quietly — not as a brand, but as a way of paying attention.
It grew out of a lifelong pull toward books, history, and the questions that live between them. The moments when a novel opens a door to something real. When a forgotten story reshapes how the present is understood. When reading becomes not escape, but encounter.
Gateway Books by Crestance was born from that space — a place where historical fiction meets real history, and where stories are treated not as entertainment alone, but as invitations to look closer, think deeper, and feel more connected to the past and to one another.
Over time, Crestance expanded beyond the screen. What began as conversations about books became a way of shaping space: journals for reflection, objects for readers, pieces meant to bring the quiet magic of story into everyday life.
Crestance is not about consumption.
It is about presence.
About making room for thought, beauty, memory, and imagination.