In the new episode of the Stack podcast Andy Crysell, editor of No Way Back magazine, speaks about the massive potential for learning from the music and subcultures of the past, and the importance of avoiding nostalgia. stackmagazines.com/music/a-firs...

Join us on Thursday night next week for a conversation with @countyhwy.bsky.social managing editor Ryan Basemann. We'll be talking small town America, publishing beyond politics, and the allure of the 19th-century newspaper. stack-county-highway.eventbrite.co.uk

"It's kind of the antithesis of the endless scroll, and that feels really important..." In our new episode of the Stack podcast, the editors of Folding Rock magazine speak about the value of print in a digital age stackmagazines.com/literature/f...

"Nope, arts jobs don't exist really." Finlay Mackay, editor of Piscine magazine, on the shock of graduating from arts school and starting to work in restaurant kitchens, and how the magazine became a response to the situation stackmagazines.com/art-design/p...

"If you build your business on social media, it doesn't really encourage creative exploration..." Chris Hassell explains why he and @joshjoshjones.bsky.social decided to make Ralph, a print magazine led by "creativity and joy" stackmagazines.com/humour/ralph...

The latest Debris magazine is themed 'No!', tapping into a general sense of dissatisfaction in the air. In the new episode of the Stack podcast, the editors explain how they used the most negative word in the English language to make something positive stackmagazines.com/race/debris-...

Yes, Easter is next week. And yes, that means it's time for our half-price subscription offer. Get three months of Stack at 50% of our normal prices – offer ends at midnight on Easter Monday. stackmagazines.com/update/half-...

Hear our independent magazines event, recorded live at the St Bride Foundation and featuring stories from @thefence.bsky.social Die Quieter Please, @dispatchmedia.bsky.social and Piscine stackmagazines.com/literature/i...

In the new episode of the Stack podcast I spoke with editors Hillary Brenhouse and Meara Sharma, and heard how Elastic magazine is stretching the definition of psychedelic, creating something that's, "ordinary, only slightly, weirdly, off" stackmagazines.com/art-design/e...

We supply independent cafes across the UK with free magazines for their customers to read, and we want to do more! If you run an independent cafe, fill in our form and we'll start sending great publishing your way... stackmagazines.com/update/disco...

Gabriel Solomons, editor and art director of Beneficial Shock, on the passion that drives his independent movie magazine stackmagazines.com/film/illustr...

"Carrier issue two, apart from my children, it's the best thing I've brought into the world." Hear our full conversation with Carrier editor Tom Parr, on the new episode of the Stack podcast stackmagazines.com/outdoors/car...

What's the point of a fashion magazine today? Come to our event on 4 March to hear the ideas and motivations behind three of the most disruptive fashion titles you'll find on the shelves. stack-ravensbourne.eventbrite.co.uk

"What if there were no rules, no templates? What if we just went wild?" Chris Harrigan, editor of The Story, speaks about escaping the confines of literary publishing stackmagazines.com/literature/s...

I have to go out in five minutes so I'm going to miss the start of the first @offalindustries.bsky.social live stream. Hopefully back before the end of @drblacklock.bsky.social doing his bit... www.youtube.com/live/9mj_dOw...

This is going to be loads of fun. Independent magazines on stage, at St Brides on Thursday night, with @thefence.bsky.social, Die Quieter Please, @dispatchmedia.bsky.social, and Piscine. Tickets are £6.50 and all proceeds go to St Brides. Come join us! billetto.co.uk/e/stack-inde...

Stack Independent Magazines on Stage – with Die Quieter Please, Dispatch, The Fence, and Piscine. Thu 5 Feb, 6 pm, St Bride Foundation Love seeing magazines come to life! 🤗 @stackmagazines.bsky.social Book now:

Last month saw a massively expanded Tokyo Art Book Fair run across two weekends instead of one, doubling its capacity as people clamoured for independent print. Yuto Miyamoto was there – read his full report on the Stack blog stackmagazines.com/everything/t...

New podcast! Colton Karpman, editor of New Papers, explains why he wanted his literary publication to be performed on stage as well as read on the page, to more fully explore the boundaries of fiction and poetry. See the full video on the Stack blog: stackmagazines.com/literature/n...

"You can keep your beers now." Greg Stanley, editor of Off Licence magazine, on the difficulty of setting up brand partnerships, and making sure that it's all worthwhile. You can see the full video of our Magazine Club conversation on the Stack blog... stackmagazines.com/music/underg...

Magazine people in London – come along to our free independent publishing meet up at the ICA on Thursday night next week, with Hotshoe, Motor, Translator and The Wire. It would be lovely to see you there! stackmagazines.com/update/indep...

The first Stack podcast of 2026 is out! Featuring Laura Frade, managing editor of Apartamento magazine speaking about the creative chaos that keeps things fresh 18 years on. Check the Stack site to see the full video... stackmagazines.com/art-design/t...

Happy new year! I'm very excited to introduce The Mortar, a new project that will massively expand what we're able to do with Stack. Sign up for free and get more great stories from the world's independent publishers mortarmagazine.com

Save 10% on all our subscriptions with the code JAN2026, until midnight on 31 January stackmagazines.com/subscribe/

Our year in independent magazines, part 2 – hear from all the magazines we delivered from July to December, feat. Hotshoe, Troublemakers, Not Here to Make Friends, Cake Zine, Off Licence, and Beneficial Shock! stackmagazines.com/film/stack-i...

In June we held a spoken word event for independent magazines and it was great fun, so we're doing it again, but in a much nicer venue. Come see the show on Thurs 5 Feb at St Bride's, with Die Quieter Please, Dispatch, The Fence & Piscine stackmagazines.com/literature/i...

Life is too short for dull magazines! Delayed Gratification editor Rob Orchard says that serious magazines should be beautiful too. See our full conversation on the Stack site, or search for "Stack Magazines" wherever you get your podcasts... stackmagazines.com/current-affa...

"There is a glut of content online eternally..." Tanya Bush explains why she and her co-editor Aliza Abarbanel chose print for Cake Zine, their literary food magazine. Watch the full video of our conversation on the Stack site now... stackmagazines.com/food-drink/t...

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...

Black Friday sale finishes midnight tonight – get 20% off with the code STACKFRIDAY2025 while you can... stackmagazines.com

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...

Save 20% on all our subscriptions with the code STACKFRIDAY2025, until midnight on Monday. And if you're buying a gift, take a look at the offers on our special Christmas page: stackmagazines.com/christmas/

"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...

If you love what we do, tell your friends and you could earn 10% commission on any subscriptions they set up. Come and join the Stack affiliate programme! stackmagazines.com/update/join-...

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...