Do this to woo your crush, or spoil your bestie, or make yourself regularly happy...

Well, the time has come to 'wrap up' (get it?) our Cipher Press Gift Guide, and we've got a real banger to close out on. What do you get for the person who truly has it all? The CIPHER PRESS 2026 SUBSCRIPTION, of course! www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/2026sub...

For the modern history buff, the detective fan AND the lesbian hook-up aficionado, we proudly present the next entry in our Cipher Press Gift Guide... BONE HORN, which sees a newly registered PI attempt to track down Alice B. Toklas’s reputed horn.

For our next recommendation from the Cipher Press Gift Guide, we've got a little something to express your appreciation for the 'father figure' in your life 😉. It's a coveted piece of Cipher Press merch... the DADDY BOY tee! www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/daddy-b...

Thank you to Andrés Ordorica and @theskinnymag.bsky.social for this gorgeous review of Terry Dactyl! "Through rich lyrical prose, Terry Dactyl serves as an urgent reminder of what it means to overcome and survive in times of immense turmoil."

Up next in our Cipher Press Gift Guide, we have something for your loved one who loves cinéma. In CASANOVA 20, one man searches for answers among his thousands of lovers, while his friend becomes obsessed with watching fifty-two mysterious VHS tapes. www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/casanov...

Next up in our Cipher Press Gift Guide, we're here to help with your confusing situationship. Should you get them something? If you do, make it SLUTS. Exploring the nature of desire and its cultural consequences, this collection is a stone-cold sex classic. www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/sluts-p...

Cursed with beauty, Adrian drifts between affairs that gift him everything he needs. But after COVID, when the face coverings come off, he finds he's no longer beautiful! Davis explores what true intimacy means in a world of violent desire! OUT NOW! @cipherpress.bsky.social buff.ly/v2EK96c

For our next selection in the Cipher Press Gift Guide, we have something for your friend whose family will be driving them crazy over Christmas. Mixing family saga, mobster pulp, and queer coming-of age, it's the staggeringly original LÁKÍRÍBOTO! www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/lkrboto...

Give your spooky little sister (chosen or otherwise) the gift of myth, magic and power with WITCH, up next in our Cipher Press Gift Guide. In this collection, the archetype of the Witch is honoured and unpacked, poked and prodded, owned and othered. www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/witch-p...

Next up in our Cipher Press Christmas Gift Guide, we have a little something for your pal who always has the best gossip. It's 100 BOYFRIENDS! Transgressive, foulmouthed & wildly funny, 100 Boyfriends is an unforgettable ode to queer love in all its variations. www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/100-boy...

Still got some Christmas shopping to do? Have no fear... the Cipher Press gift guide is here! Over the next few weeks we'll be sharing some of our recommendations to help you get your festive preparations over the line 🎄 🎁

With Transgender Week of Awareness underway for 2025, we just wanted to make sure you are aware of us. We're here, we're trans, and we're ready to sling some books.

Happy publication day to @mbsycamore.bsky.social and TERRY DACTYL! 💙 ❤️ 🩷 Iconoclastic, stylish, vulnerable and propulsive, this is an incredible book from a beloved author. Don't miss it!

TERRY DACTYL, the incredible new novel from @mbsycamore.bsky.social, is out this week! As Lisa Ko says, Terry is a 'singular, indelible heroine'. We can't wait for you to meet her 💜 www.cipherpress.co.uk/terry-dactyl

Yes, it's the UK edition of TERRY DACTYL, get ready...🪶🌺🌟

ICYMI, in December we're publishing CASANOVA 20: Or, Hot World, the new novel by Davey Davis. An exploration of art, desire, and mortality, it follows a young man isolated by his extraordinary beauty and his strange friendship with an older painter. Read more:

We can't wait to see TERRY DACTYL by @mbsycamore.bsky.social out in the world. It's a stylish, beautiful novel – but you don't have to take our word for it. Read what the iconic Sarah Schulman had to say:

Have you heard we are publishing the one and only Dean Atta's first adult novel? Mark your calendars: BIG MAN will be on its way to you in Autumn 2026. Read all about it over on our Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DP0t5i8DIW...

🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃 This is our favourite time of the year here at Cipher Press – crisp autumn leaves, dark nights and spooky reading vibes. If you're looking for a good book to curl up with too, check out our shop:

Thanks so much to the trans*poetics symposium in Vienna for having us this month! 🗣️ 📚 We had a great time talking about all things trans publishing – and we also got a sneak peek at Alison Rumfitt's work-in-progress 👀

We love this quote from McKenzie Wark about the raucous and revelatory TERRY DACTYL, coming to a bookshop near you in November. Can't wait? Pre-order now! www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/terry-d...

I'm a committed small press author & editor. Small presses are the seed-heads of the books world & they are scorched. Pls read and share this excellent letter on the situation & what's needed in @thebookseller.com, signatories inc Peninsula Press, @cipherpress.bsky.social @silver-press.bsky.social

Welcome to Cipher Press, Dean! We are so excited to share BIG MAN with the world.

We have plenty of ghosts and ghouls to keep you going this spooky season. From vampires in Truth & Dare, to witchcraft in Lákíríboto, to Brainwyrms' classic grotesquerie, there's something that goes bump in the night for everyone. www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop

Looking for a chilling read to curl up with this October? We recommend Tell Me I'm Worthless, the cult favourite haunted house novel from Alison Rumfitt. www.cipherpress.co.uk/tellmeimwort...

🎃 It must be the season of the witch 🎃 In this collection of manifesto, poetry, playscripts, and prose, the archetype of the Witch is honoured and unpacked, poked and prodded, owned and othered. Edited by @michelletea.bsky.social www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/witch-p...

A love (& loss) letter to bookstores & archives and the weird horny queers who haunt them, full of the dark humour of grief & a fine eye for lesbian fashions. @cipherpress.bsky.social strike again.

We're over the moon to announce we'll be publishing @michelletea.bsky.social's gutsy, joyful road-trip novel Little F in the UK! Hitting the streets near you April 2026 🚗

come along! no ticket needed! we’ll be chatting horns, lesbians and detective fiction!

Brighton tonight! Join us for a fantastic evening discussing all things Bone Horn with Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain and @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social. See you at The Family Store at 6:30pm 📚🕵️

Yes, it's the gorgeous UK edition of TERRY DACTYL, get ready...🪶💜🌺

'The realest fiction I've read in a long time,' says Sterling Karat Gold author @waidner.bsky.social of Terry Dactyl, the propulsive new novel from @mbsycamore.bsky.social. Published by us in November 2025! www.cipherpress.co.uk/terry-dactyl

Here's something for the weekend! Alison Rumfitt (@hangsawoman.bsky.social) will be at Queer Minds Festival on Saturday 6th September to discuss why she writes, how her work blends genres, and the significance of queer storytelling.

Omg it’s our birthday!! Five years ago this month, we published our first book, Large Animals by Jess Arndt. To celebrate we’re selling copies for only £4.99 on our site for the next week - grab one and see why we love it so much! Here's to the next five years 🎉 www.cipherpress.co.uk/large-animals

UK WITCH edition, published by @cipherpress.bsky.social 🙌🏻✨🙌🏻

Another of our new titles for 2026, Joe Conroy's debut novel In/Out! My Year of Rest and Relaxation but the unhinged twink version, In/Out is a hilarious, outrageous, painful and super smart novel. More info: www.instagram.com/p/DJ1p1RdIBx...

We're publishing a new book by the incredible @pscalpello.bsky.social in 2026! A sexy and thought-provoking novel-in-verse, MIRRORSTAGE is follows our narrator on a road trip through modern Britain after their release from hospital. More info 👀 : www.instagram.com/p/DK1t0AIou-...

🚨BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨 We are so excited to share that next spring we will be publishing 'A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut' by Greasepaint author Hannah Levene. More info over on our Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DL9yV-1IkO...

This is what I’m currently reading… and it’s superb! I’d expect no less from the good folks @cipherpress.bsky.social - they only publish the good stuff!! We always carry a few Cipher books at our pop-ups, you should def check them out!! 😊📚