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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. See our full conversation on the Stack blog: https://stackmagazines.com/art-design/independent-arts-in-the-toe-rag-magazine/

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: https://stackmagazines.com/current-affairs/not-here-to-make-friends-magazine-on-reality-tv/

31/10/2025

As their ninth issue hits shelves around the world, Melissa and Natalia from Mother Tongue magazine speak about painting a more grown-up picture of motherhood

27/10/2025

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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...

Go behind the scenes on the making of the independent magazine that's inspired by reality TV

17/10/2025

"It's a bit like abusing a 303..." Offal magazine is making AI fall over, then poking around to find artistic opportunity in what remains. Hear the full conversation with editors Mark Blacklock and Roderick Stanley on the Stack podcast now https://stackmagazines.com/literature/offal-magazine-is-making-ai-fall-over/

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 https://stackmagazines.com/travel/troublemakers-magazine-embraces-misfits/

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 https://stackmagazines.com/literature/radically-open-literature-in-mnemotope-magazine/

19/09/2025

Our new podcast is out, feat. conversations with eight of the publishers at this year's Indiecon festival. Have a listen to hear from Solomiya, Broccoli, Translator, Photographic Bandwidth, Fluffer Everyday, The Paper, Troublemakers, and Meantime https://stackmagazines.com/update/independents-unite-at-indiecon-2025/

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... https://stackmagazines.com/photography/a-passion-for-photography-in-hotshoe-magazine/

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. https://stackmagazines.com/update/branding-for-independent-magazines/

25/07/2025

"No white space, and no breathing room..." In the new episode of the Stack podcast, Oliver Gabe speaks about his approach to designing The Paper, cramming its big pages with words and images, and overwhelming readers with an onslaught of weird, dark, Welsh humour. Watch the full episode on the Stack site, or search 'Stack Magazines' wherever you get your podcasts. https://stackmagazines.com/humour/suffocating-readers-with-the-paper/