Independent publishers of new fiction, poetry & art. Producers of biannual Cōnfingō Magazine
Publishers of new fiction, poetry & art
Producers of biannual Cōnfingō Magazine, an international showcase of new, unpublished work
17/12/2024
***Christmas Shopping Klaxon***
TODAY is the final day to order any of our books in time for Christmas. Including the special offer we have on the 4 remaining Dave Haslam titles
ALL YOU NEED IS DYNAMITE - ACID, THE ANGRY BRIGADE , AND THE END OF THE SIXTIES
ADVENTURE EVERYWHERE - PABLO PICASSO'S PARIS NIGHTLIFE
WE THE YOUTH - KEITH HARING'S NEW YORK NIGHTLIFE
STRAWBERRY AND THE BIG APPLE - GRACE JONES IN STOCKPORT, 1980
You can buy all 4 of these remaining books (whilst stocks last) for the special price of £17 + P&P
17th December is the final day to order any of our books in time for Christmas. Including the special offer we have on the 4 remaining Dave Haslam titles
ALL YOU NEED IS DYNAMITE - ACID, THE ANGRY BRIGADE , AND THE END OF THE SIXTIES
ADVENTURE EVERYWHERE - PABLO PICASSO'S PARIS NIGHTLIFE
WE THE YOUTH - KEITH HARING'S NEW YORK NIGHTLIFE
STRAWBERRY AND THE BIG APPLE - GRACE JONES IN STOCKPORT, 1980
You can buy all 4 of these remaining books (whilst stocks last) for the special price of £17 + P&P
4 books in Dave Haslam's Art Decades series of 8 books have now SOLD OUT.
The 4 books that we still have some limited stock left are as follows:-
- ALL YOU NEED IS DYNAMITE - ACID, THE ANGRY BRIGADE , AND THE END OF THE SIXTIES
- ADVENTURE EVERYWHERE - PABLO PICASSO'S PARIS NIGHTLIFE
- WE THE YOUTH - KEITH HARING'S NEW YORK NIGHTLIFE
- STRAWBERRY AND THE BIG APPLE - GRACE JONES IN STOCKPORT, 1980
You can buy all 4 of these remaining books (whilst stocks last) for the special price of £17 + P&P
is recruiting three emerging writers for a new book, Brutalist Ghost Stories. This is an anthology of short, uncanny fiction. We have commissioned 13 stories - each of which is set in or inspired by a UK brutalist landmark - from professional authors. Three additional stories will be commissioned from three emerging writers, one from each of the following areas:
Blackpool
Middlesbrough
Rochdale
These placements will match writers at an early stage in their careers with an experienced editor who will provide dedicated mentoring and editorial guidance tailored to their needs and abilities.
See our website for more information and to submit your work.
is recruiting three emerging writers for a new book, Brutalist Ghost Stories. This is an anthology of short, uncanny fiction. We have commissioned 13 stories - each of which is set in or inspired by a UK brutalist landmark - from professional authors. Three additional stories will be commissioned from three emerging writers, one from each of the following areas:
Blackpool
Middlesbrough
Rochdale
These placements will match writers at an early stage in their careers with an experienced editor who will provide dedicated mentoring and editorial guidance tailored to their needs and abilities.
See our website for more information and to submit your work.
is recruiting three emerging writers for a new book, Brutalist Ghost Stories. This is an anthology of short, uncanny fiction. We have commissioned 13 stories - each of which is set in or inspired by a UK brutalist landmark - from professional authors. Three additional stories will be commissioned from three emerging writers, one from each of the following areas:
Blackpool
Middlesbrough
Rochdale
These placements will match writers at an early stage in their careers with an experienced editor who will provide dedicated mentoring and editorial guidance tailored to their needs and abilities.
See our website for more information and to submit your work.
Cōnfingō is recruiting three emerging writers for a new book, Brutalist Ghost Stories. This is an anthology of short, uncanny fiction. We have commissioned 13 stories - each of which is set in or inspired by a UK brutalist landmark - from professional authors. Three additional stories will be commissioned from three emerging writers, one from each of the following areas:
Blackpool
Middlesbrough
Rochdale
These placements will match writers at an early stage in their careers with an experienced editor who will provide dedicated mentoring and editorial guidance tailored to their needs and abilities.
See our website for more information and to submit your work.
Things Grown Distant is a collection of five stories by Mike Fox, one of which is published for the first time. It also features photographic images created by Nicholas Royle in response to the stories. The book is the fourth in a series of collaborations between writers and artists – the first, Interpolated Stories by David Rose and Leah Leaf, was published in 2022.
The stories in Things Grown Distant explore three themes: the pliability of memory; the quest for personal truth; and transcendence – those moments when the quotidian is transformed into something sublime, however briefly. In essence, the stories are concerned with self-explanation and self-understanding, with the way we tell stories to others but also ourselves, in search of an earlier self, to explain what we have now become.
4 books in Dave Haslam's Art Decades series of 8 books have now SOLD OUT.
The 4 books that we still have some limited stock left are as follows:-
- ALL YOU NEED IS DYNAMITE - ACID, THE ANGRY BRIGADE , AND THE END OF THE SIXTIES
- ADVENTURE EVERYWHERE - PABLO PICASSO'S PARIS NIGHTLIFE
- WE THE YOUTH - KEITH HARING'S NEW YORK NIGHTLIFE
- STRAWBERRY AND THE BIG APPLE - GRACE JONES IN STOCKPORT, 1980
You can buy all 4 of these remaining books (whilst stocks last) for the special price of £17 + P&P
Fiction
David Bevan
I.M. Tomlinson
Michelle Marie Ryan
Nathan Bailey
Elizabeth Stott
Poetry
Becca Alexandra Hurst
Reviews
Christopher Witty
Raya Shafiq
Cover image/photos
Anne Worthington
Anne Worthington
Michelle Ryan-Sautour
20/11/2024
Anne Worthington’s debut novel The Unheard is back in stock and available to buy from our online shop. www.confingopublishing.uk/shop
‘There is a rhythmic, mesmeric power - perhaps even a haunting musicality - to Anne Worthington’s prose style.’ - KERRY HADLEY-PRYCE
Worthington
18/11/2024
**** NEW RELEASE ****
PRECIPITATION
by Ailsa Cox, with images by Patricia Farrell
Publication date: 9th January 2025
Precipitation is a collection of three stories by Ailsa Cox, two of which are published for the first time. It also features images created by the artist Patricia Farrell in response to the stories. The book is the fifth in a series of collaborations between writers and artists - the first, Interpolated Stories by David Rose and Leah Leaf, was published in 2022.
Set mostly in North West England, with excursions to Wales, Paris and the Arabian desert, these stories map the inner and outer world of their characters, excavating layers of time and memory. Two of the stories take place on the fictional street of Bethel Brow, where a grandmother nurses a long-held grievance, while two young incomers live the dream of a house in the country. In the third, the thwarted ambitions of a disappointed novelist take him on an imaginary journey. Sharply observed and often darkly comic, they hinge upon those small moments that can change your life for ever – a missed train, a turn in the weather, or a puzzling encounter with a neighbour.
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The Arts Decades series by Dave Haslam
To mark publication of the eighth and final book in the Art Decades series, the artist Zoë McLean, who created the cover of each individual book, has designed a special presentation box which will allow all 8 books to be displayed side by side. For a limited period, the box can be purchased together with ‘Strawberry and the Big Apple: Grace Jones in Stockport, 1980’ for a combined price of £15 + P&P.
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A Life In Thirty-Five Boxes — Official Publication Day
So you’ve dedicated your life to the pursuit of music, scanned more boxes than you can remember at fairs, in charity shops, car-boot sales, antique lofts and vintage emporiums, searching for the gem, bartering the rare pressing, the limited edition. Then you’ve set them to spin and watched on as, over the years, hundreds of thousands of people lose themselves to them. Love and memories made to them, both personal and public, mount up with each new addition, this is your collection, this is your life story, this is your…
…time to let them go, sell them, every single one, all four and a half thousand.
“But how could you?!” they cry.
Today marks the official publication of A Life In Thirty-Five Boxes: How I Survived Selling My Record Collection. Mini-book one in the new Art Decades series from writer/former Hacienda DJ Dave Haslam and Cōnfingō Publishing.
“I wondered whether we own possessions or they own us…”
A Life In Thirty-Five Boxes investigates our impulse to collect, our emotional attachment to vinyl, weaving through the building of his physical collection, as well as conversation with some exceptional enthusiasts, and moments of acute self-reflection.
“We can look backwards endlessly, nostalgically, or the past can be inspiration and ammunition for the future.”
It is both an essay and a celebration of life, love and letting go, a short but rich read that will resonate not only with lovers of vinyl, but with anyone who has ever given themselves to the collecting impulse, or who, perhaps, is in need of some inspiration to let go.
Order online confingopublishing.uk or pick up from one of our stockists.
Rare Mags, Magma, Vinyl Fiction to name but a few, full list on our website.
