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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...

Publisher of the Month: Prototype

Publisher of the Month: Prototype

Guest Writer

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

Guest Writer

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

Interview: Jack Thompson of Cipher Press

Michael Lacey

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

Interview: Jack Thompson of Cipher Press

Michael Lacey

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

Cities of the Weft: An Alternate Preface to 'Malarkoi'

Cities of the Weft: An Alternate Preface to 'Ma...

Guest Writer

Alex Pheby's ongoing Cities of the Weft trilogy is a vast and absorbing gothic fantasy series in the vein of Gormenghast, with two books currently available: Mordew and its sequel,...

Cities of the Weft: An Alternate Preface to 'Ma...

Guest Writer

Alex Pheby's ongoing Cities of the Weft trilogy is a vast and absorbing gothic fantasy series in the vein of Gormenghast, with two books currently available: Mordew and its sequel,...

Jessie Jones on Jeremy Cooper

Jessie Jones on Jeremy Cooper

Guest Writer

As well as being one of the shop's best customers, Jessie Jones is our go-to emergency bookseller and a committed reader of strange and challenging fiction. Below she discusses her...

Jessie Jones on Jeremy Cooper

Guest Writer

As well as being one of the shop's best customers, Jessie Jones is our go-to emergency bookseller and a committed reader of strange and challenging fiction. Below she discusses her...