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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our Reading Magazines event at St Brides was loads of fun and totally fascinating. Have a look at my overview of the day to see how our speakers located themselves within 300 years of magazine evolution. stackmagazines.com/art-design/r...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Jackson Howarth, editor of It's Freezing in LA, on the sense of powerlessness that comes from climate crisis videos across social media, and how a print magazine might present information in a more digestible and constructive way. Hear the full episode: stackmagazines.com/environment/...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Alice Sherwin and Harry Bennett are the founders of Studio Ground Floor, and they will speak about their work on Pilot magazine. Taking a conceptual approach to each issue’s theme, they create ingenious and avant garde publications, building on and challenging the received wisdom of magazine making.

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Meara Sharma is senior editor of @elasticmag.bsky.social, and she will show how the magazine subtly subverts conventions of magazine making in order to communicate an original vision of psychedelic art and literature that’s “the ordinary, only slightly, weirdly off”.

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Lucy Roeber is editor of Erotic Review and Frith Kerr from Studio Frith is art director, and they will be in conversation with Stack founder Steven Watson. They will speak about designing the erotic for 2026, and the freedoms that a print magazine allows in an increasingly restrictive digital age.

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Charlie Baker is editor of @thefence.bsky.social and Mathias Clottu is art director, and in their presentation they will speak about “mining the archives”, borrowing ideas from great magazines past and using them to make a great magazine for this current moment.

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Scott King was art director for i-D magazine in the late 1990s and creative director for Sleazenation in the early 2000s. In his talk he will speak about the work he did then, and how it has informed more recent projects such as The Debrist Manifesto (2021) and The New Space (2025).

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Dr Sharon Maxwell Magnus is a media historian and principal Lecturer in Mass Communications at the University of Hertfordshire. Last year she published Feminism, UK Women’s Magazines and the Women Who Created Them, and she will speak about the rise of women’s magazines from the 1960s to the 1990s.

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Tony Quinn is a magazine historian and author of the V&A book A History of British Magazine Design. He will kick off the day with a whistlestop tour of the first 250 years of magazine publishing, showing how social, technological, and commercial changes shaped the thing we now know as the magazine.

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We're hosting a big day of magazines on 18 Sept, drawing on 300 years of publishing history to shed fresh light on the role of print magazines today. You should come! Both in-person and digital tickets are available, so you can join in wherever you are. sbf.org.uk/whats-on/vie...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It's not often that I screengrab an email to put it on here, but this one is worth it. Welcome, New York Review of Finance, cousin of @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

"We're not Vogue!" Mother Tongue founders and editors Natalia Rachlin and Melissa Goldstein share their indie approach to working with celebrity cover stars. See our full conversation on the Stack site... stackmagazines.com/women/the-ev...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

"Nobody appointed me to this job..." Lots of independent magazine makers have to deal with this anxiety, because they became the boss just by starting the magazine. John Power Jr is editor of @wyrdscience.bsky.social and he shares his thoughts on the Stack podcast: stackmagazines.com/art-design/w...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

"Imagine a magazine all about sandwiches..." Nancy Heley is editor and creative director of Sandweegies, and in the new Stack podcast she explains how she ended up making a magazine all about the sandwiches in her adopted home city. stackmagazines.com/food-drink/g...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Editor and creative director Austė Skrupskytė Cullbrand says Playground magazine is leaning into its the Nordic and Baltic identity to differentiate itself on newsstands around the world. See our full conversation: stackmagazines.com/art-design/n...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Is it true that nobody reads these days? Take our survey so we can get a better idea of how people do or don't read, and how they feel about it. (Also, leave your email address at the end and you could win a year of Stack magazines...) form.typeform.com/to/eZI5QF6i

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

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

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

"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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

"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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

"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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

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-...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

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

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

"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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

"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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

"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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

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

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

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

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

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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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

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/

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

"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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

"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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

"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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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/...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

"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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

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...

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Stack @stackmagazines.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

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...

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