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

Publisher of the Month: Prototype
Our Publisher of the Month for March is the ever-interesting and ever-varied Prototype. Their books are everything that makes independent publishing something exciting and something that should be celebrated. Founded...
Publisher of the Month: Prototype
Our Publisher of the Month for March is the ever-interesting and ever-varied Prototype. Their books are everything that makes independent publishing something exciting and something that should be celebrated. Founded...

Interview: Jack Thompson of Cipher Press
Q&A with February's Publisher of the Month - LGBTQ-focused Cipher Press!
Interview: Jack Thompson of Cipher Press
Q&A with February's Publisher of the Month - LGBTQ-focused Cipher Press!