We're taking stock of our year in independent print. Part one just went live on the Stack podcast – give it a listen to hear from Broadcast, Solomiya, Skin Deep, New York Review of Architecture, Playground & No One stackmagazines.com/update/stack...

"Intentionally unpretentious": Off Licence editor Greg Stanley goes deep on his music magazine, which we delivered to Stack subscribers last month. stackmagazines.com/magazine/off...

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Charles Emmerson, editor of Translator magazine, shares his mission to explore beyond the Anglosphere and help English speakers realise a better understanding of the world. See our full conversation on the Stack site: stackmagazines.com/current-affa...

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"The only way to make this sort of work right now is to be unpaid. So either you do it unpaid, or you don't do it at all." Sophie Barshall, editor of The Toe Rag, on the dire state of independent arts funding in the UK, and publishing regardless. stackmagazines.com/art-design/i...

"Someone on Real Housewives will definitely be like a governor. That's going to happen." Everett Epstein, editor of Not Here to Make Friends magazine, on reality TV and America's political reality. See our full conversation on the Stack site: stackmagazines.com/current-affa...

You heard it here first: The next issue of Cake Zine is going to be Steak Zine, "a 'medium-rare' special issue examining red meat’s cultural impact" stackmagazines.com/magazine/cak...

As their ninth issue hits shelves around the world, Melissa and Natalia from Mother Tongue speak about painting a more grown-up picture of motherhood stackmagazines.com/women/poking...

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Join our free Magazine Club on Thursday evening next week to hear from the reality TV obsessives who publish Not Here to Make Friends. This should be fun... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magazine-c...

"It's a bit like abusing a 303..." @offalindustries.bsky.social is making AI fall over, then poking around to find artistic opportunity in what remains. Hear the full conversation with editors @drblacklock.bsky.social and Roderick Stanley on the Stack podcast now stackmagazines.com/literature/o...

The artists and technicians keeping print alive, according to It's Nice That. Thanks very much for the mention Ellis! www.itsnicethat.com/features/if-...

See how a love for embracing "misfits" leads to Japan's Troublemakers magazine kicking up their own (gentle, beautiful) form of good trouble stackmagazines.com/travel/troub...

The new episode of the Stack podcast is out now – hear how Mnemotope magazine's radically open approach helps them to tell a different type of story stackmagazines.com/literature/r...

I don't watch a lot of reality TV, but Not Here to Make Friends does a brilliant job of showing why it can be so interesting and addictive. (And silly / funny / grotesque.) Join our magazine club night on the 30th to hear how they do it. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magazine-c...

Our new podcast is out, feat. conversations with 8 of the publishers at this year's @indiemags.bsky.social. Have a listen to hear from @solomiyamag.bsky.social Broccoli, Translator, Photographic Bandwidth, Fluffer Everyday, The Paper, Troublemakers, and Meantime stackmagazines.com/update/indep...

Jaws, cash, and the reason to make an independent magazine like Hotshoe in 2025. See our whole conversation on the Stack site... stackmagazines.com/photography/...

Drop in on last month's Indie Publisher Summer Forum, with the new episode of the Stack podcast. Featuring independent publishers speaking about branding for small magazines, plus sounds of Amsterdam in the summertime. stackmagazines.com/update/brand...

Our Stack Magazine Club evening with No One just went up on the blog – have a look and see Jeremy and Việt Raider-Hoàng speaking about their magazine, which reports on queer nightlife around the world stackmagazines.com/lgbtqi/writi...

"No white space, and no breathing room..." In the new episode of our podcast, Oliver Gabe speaks about his approach to designing The Paper, cramming its big pages and overwhelming readers with an onslaught of weird, dark, Welsh humour. stackmagazines.com/humour/suffo...

An experimental fashion magazine from Amsterdam Fashion Institute, every story in Garment is designed as both a double-page spread and a quadruple-page spread. See our full review video: stackmagazines.com/fashion-styl...

Join us on Thursday next week for our Stack Magazine Club evening with No One, and hear how this brilliant queer clubbing magazine gets made. Grab your free ticket below and I'll see you on Zoom... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magazine-c...

New podcast episode! Nicola Hamilton from @issuesmagshop.bsky.social speaks about getting started, including support from Jeremy Leslie at @magculture.bsky.social and the thrill of unpacking the first magazines. Hear our full conversation on the Stack site: stackmagazines.com/update/exper...

Thanks very much to everyone who took the time to fill in our survey a couple of months ago. Here's a short report including some of the nice things people said about us, and our thoughts on what we're going to do next... stackmagazines.com/update/shapi...

Why make a print magazine about queer clubbing? The editors of No One magazine say they were attracted by the opportunity to make something that lasts...

The power of publishing FOMO – see our full Stack Magazine Club conversation with Playground magazine creative director and editor Auste Skrupskyte Cullbrand stackmagazines.com/art-design/f...

Reflecting on 15 years of The Gentlewoman, editor-in-chief Penny Martin explains why she's working hard to keep some strangeness in the magazine. Hear our full conversation on the Stack podcast – new episode out now! stackmagazines.com/fashion-styl...

On Tuesday night we put on an experimental independent magazine show, and it was great. Have a listen on the Stack blog to hear @thefence.bsky.social @vittles.bsky.social @offalindustries.bsky.social Real Review and The Paper on stage. stackmagazines.com/humour/an-ex...

I want to go to there. Broccoli Publishing is making me want to try Seattle Art Book Fair next year. broccolipublishing.substack.com/p/seattle-ar...

Exciting news for anyone coming to our Independent magazine night tonight… it’s air conditioned. Come and cool down with @thefence.bsky.social @vittles.bsky.social @offalindustries.bsky.social Real Review and The Paper. stackmagazines.com/update/indep...

Tomorrow night! Come and see five of Britain's greatest independent magazines, live on stage at the Queen of Hoxton. Featuring performances by @thefence.bsky.social @vittles.bsky.social @offalindustries.bsky.social Real Review and The Paper. stack-live.eventbrite.co.uk

"The greatest working-class stuff coming out of the underground scene in the UK..." Check our podcast with Grass editor Tommy Sissions to hear why he started his magazine of working-class arts and literature stackmagazines.com/art-design/w...

Join me on Thursday 26th to hear from Auste Skrupskyte Cullbrand, creative director and editor of Playground magazine, speaking about her unique perspective on freedom and creativity. Sign up for your free ticket! stack-playground.eventbrite.co.uk

Tuesday night next week: Five awesome magazines together on stage for one night only. Book your £5 ticket to see @thefence.bsky.social @offalindustries.bsky.social @vittles.bsky.social The Paper and Real Review. This is going to be fun... stack-live.eventbrite.co.uk

"We play, we learn, we see what happens!" Playground magazine editor and founder Auste Skrupskyte Cullbrand on the motivations behind her magazine about creativity and the creative industries. stackmagazines.com/magazine/pla...

The final issue of Swim magazine gets 'Found' – see our full video review on the Stack blog: stackmagazines.com/art-design/s...

Anja Charbonneau from Broccoli magazine on the appetite for print that she found on Substack. Hear the full episode wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on the Stack site: stackmagazines.com/art-design/b...

Help us figure out the future of Stack and you could win a free year's subscription. This survey takes seven minutes and we'd love to hear what you think about magazines, subscriptions, and the world! form.typeform.com/to/GQvkhuiW

Looking forward to the publisher summits in London next month – I'll be speaking at the Publisher Print Summit on the 10th. See you there? publisherpodcasts.com/2025/en/page...

I didn't think this could get better, and then it did. Real Review has now been added to the line up, making it five first-class magazines on stage in one night. Don't miss it! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/independen...

Love this – @dgquarterly.bsky.social shows Microsoft how to slow down in print, as reported by @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Nine magazines to help you cope with the world right now. Some of these magazines will help you re-engage with the news, while others will invite you into an alternate reality, but they will all leave you refreshed and ready to go again. stackmagazines.com/art-design/n...

“I want to touch things and I want to read them and I don’t want to be confined to the black miror on my phone.” Hear editor Anano Shalamberidze speaking about her new magazine Vision Undressed, on the Stack podcast now stackmagazines.com/fashion-styl...

If you're seeing this message, we want to hear from you! Fill in our survey to help us decide what Stack should do next, and you could win a year's subscription to our independent magazine club. stackmagazines.com/update/stack...

Come to our spoken word night / independent magazine fan club on 17th June and see @thefence.bsky.social , @vittles.bsky.social, @offalindustries.bsky.social and The Paper, live on stage. Tickets £5 from stack-live.eventbrite.co.uk

Watch our recent Magazine Club evening, with the team from Skin Deep speaking about a decade of publishing for racial justice. stackmagazines.com/race/a-decad...

Avoiding binaries and simple definitions, hear how Worms magazine is expanding to bring the best of, "all underrepresented voices, regardless of gender, to the literary topsoil" stackmagazines.com/literature/w...

Skin Deep magazine has been publishing "culture in service of racial justice" for more than a decade. Join our Stack Magazine Club night on Tuesday next week to hear the team speaking about their work. Free tickets: stack-skin-deep.eventbrite.co.uk

Our Easter offer is live! Sign up now to get three months of our surprise magazine club at half price. stackmagazines.com/trystack-thr...