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Dead Ink Books Podcast: Episode 1

Dead Ink Books Podcast: Episode 1

Nathan Connolly

How Videogames Are Changing The World: Matthew McCall & Marijam Did in Conversation. Back in September games industry expert Marijam Did spoke to Matthew McCall about her recent book EVERYTHING...

Dead Ink Books Podcast: Episode 1

Nathan Connolly

How Videogames Are Changing The World: Matthew McCall & Marijam Did in Conversation. Back in September games industry expert Marijam Did spoke to Matthew McCall about her recent book EVERYTHING...

Publisher Q&A - MOIST Books

Publisher Q&A - MOIST Books

Guest Writer

For our latest publisher interview, we're speaking to MOIST Books about their approach to publishing, their interest in 'formally innovative' work and much more besides. Inspired by the North American...

Publisher Q&A - MOIST Books

Guest Writer

For our latest publisher interview, we're speaking to MOIST Books about their approach to publishing, their interest in 'formally innovative' work and much more besides. Inspired by the North American...

GATHERING - Extracts by Maya Chowdhry and Dr Sofia Rehman

GATHERING - Extracts by Maya Chowdhry and Dr So...

Guest Writer

Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature (404Ink) is a new book featuring a series of essays by women of colour across the UK that explore their relationship with the natural...

GATHERING - Extracts by Maya Chowdhry and Dr So...

Guest Writer

Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature (404Ink) is a new book featuring a series of essays by women of colour across the UK that explore their relationship with the natural...

Reading & Listening

Reading & Listening

Guest Writer

Guest writer Liam Nolan brings us a playlist of his favourite music to accompany reading, and suggests some fine pairings of auditory and literary stimulation...

Reading & Listening

Guest Writer

Guest writer Liam Nolan brings us a playlist of his favourite music to accompany reading, and suggests some fine pairings of auditory and literary stimulation...

Revolutionary Spirit: Paul Simpson's Post-Punk Exorcism

Revolutionary Spirit: Paul Simpson's Post-Punk ...

Guest Writer

Towards the end of 2023 local Liverpool legend, Paul Simpson, published Revolutionary Spirit to critical acclaim. Liam Nolan, writes about what it is that makes Revolutionary Spirit such a great...

Revolutionary Spirit: Paul Simpson's Post-Punk ...

Guest Writer

Towards the end of 2023 local Liverpool legend, Paul Simpson, published Revolutionary Spirit to critical acclaim. Liam Nolan, writes about what it is that makes Revolutionary Spirit such a great...

Q&A with Rachel Cattle of Joan Publishing

Q&A with Rachel Cattle of Joan Publishing

Michael Lacey

The publishing project of London-based artists Rachel Cattle and John Hughes, JOAN is an independent publisher of contemporary interdisciplinary writing, supporting feminist, queer, and idiosyncratic voices, and innovative fictions. We...

Q&A with Rachel Cattle of Joan Publishing

Michael Lacey

The publishing project of London-based artists Rachel Cattle and John Hughes, JOAN is an independent publisher of contemporary interdisciplinary writing, supporting feminist, queer, and idiosyncratic voices, and innovative fictions. We...