404 Ink

01/12/2023

🎄 We've got a little flash Christmas sale on right now. Very limited stock, so when it's gone, it's not back until next year. All on our shop right now until the 14th!

30/11/2023

Happy publication day to Selin Bucak!

Our last Inkling of 2023 traces the steps of professionals who have been forcibly moved from Gaza, Pakistan, Morocco, Iran, Afghanistan Turkey, and Ukraine. The Last Day Before Exile shares stories of rebellion, fear, and, in some cases, victory.

404ink.com/shop is the place to go.

29/11/2023

UPDATE ON INTERNSHIPS

We had hoped to get back to every internship applicant within one week of the deadline, but considering the unprecedented demand, that hasn't been possible.

404 Ink is just two people, and one has come up against childcare issues while the other has had to move house on short notice.

We'd prefer to consider each applicant carefully instead of rushing, so please allow us some more time. Every applicant will hear back from us ASAP. Thanks for your patience.

22/11/2023

🦇 We're sending proofs of 's Fragile Animals to print imminently, so if you like your books dark and blasphemous and sexy and vampire-laden AND you're a reviewer/influencer, they'll be available to claim soon...

21/11/2023

The latest Inkling is in from the printers! Selin Bucak's The Last Day Before Exile traces the steps of professionals who have been moved from Gaza, Pakistan, Morocco, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Ukraine to reframe dehumanising media narratives around immigration. Out 30th November at the usual places.

30/10/2023

When an ex-catholic woman develops a sexual relationship with a vampire, she is forced to confront the memories that haunt her religious past.

🦢 Announcing Fragile Animals by Genevieve Jagger, coming April 2024!

26/10/2023

A heads up that our internship scheme will be open for applications on Wednesday 1st November!

We're looking to take on 3 interns in 2024, each will have 5 days with us over 5 weeks, remote (based in the UK), and paid £500 each.

Full info: 404ink.com/jobs

24/10/2023

We close submissions for our next Inklings series in one week. Got an idea for a cute 20k nonfiction book that's accessible and interesting? Check out 404ink.com/subs

24/10/2023

We close our submissions for the next Inklings series in one week. Got an idea for a cute 20k non-fiction book that's accessible and interesting? Check out 404ink.com/submissions

18/10/2023

Still plenty of proof copies of Gathering available, please send us a DM with your postal address if you're interested in reviewing before publication in February! (If we're yet to reply to you, we're going as fast as we can!)

16/10/2023

Machine Readable Me is back from the printers and out next week!

12/10/2023

Proofs of Gathering are in! Get your requests for featuring/reviewing etc in now!

20/09/2023

🎹 Victor & Barry are the epitome of ‘big in the 80s’. Annoyingly, they were also a little big in the first bit of the 90s too, so that phrase doesn’t really pan out very satisfactorily. They wrote a book all about it and in their words, 'this story is a beezer! It’s a stoatir, so it is!' With & guiding the way, the Kelvinside Compendium is born. Coming July 2024, available for pre-order right now: linktree.com/404ink

Cover by Luke Bird

11/09/2023

Revealing the beautifully peaceful cover for Gathering, an anthology of women of colour on nature, edited by & . Cover design by .

Out February 15th 2024, you can now preorder via link in bio 🌿

07/09/2023

We've got new books coming out in 2024/25 AND the In(k)ternship will be back, applications to open towards the end of the year, thanks to Creative Scotland.

More info:

404 Ink receives £65k in funding from Creative Scotland.

13/06/2023

🌿 Announcing the full line up of Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature!

Nature writing is mostly male, white & middle class. Gathering carves space for British women of colour to explore nature, climate justice, their inherited histories & so much more.

Full info linked in first comment!

19/05/2023

We occasionally get stock returned from our distributor when the books are too damaged to sell. We save them from pulping (what a waste!) and decide to sell them on for 50%. So that's exactly what we're doing today. Link in the first comment to get some bargains...

27/04/2023

A little bit of exciting news from us! Can't believe we'll be publishing Alan Cu***ng and Forbes Masson next year!

404 Ink has signed Victor and Barry's Kelvinside Compendium: A Trip Down Memory Close from actors Alan Cu***ng and Forbes Masson. 

28/03/2023

DON'T MISS OUT! Our Kickstarter ends this Friday, so treat yourself to our new Inklings books there and get the backers-only bonuses!

The third wave of the Inklings non-fiction series, exploring culture, music, lived experience, resistance and more.

17/03/2023

https://www.404ink.com/blog/ckam-shortlisted-nibbies 🥳

We’re so excited that Carrie has been shortlisted for The Bookseller’s Book of the Year in the Discover category!

07/03/2023

Free Inkling notebooks!
..for physical book backers if we hit our £20,000 stretch goal on our Kickstarter, that is. New goals and tier now live. Pledge and share to make these extras a reality. ❤️ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/404ink/inklings

01/03/2023

💥 Back, back, back again: Meet the new INKLINGS!

Eight new books, available to pre-order right now via Kickstarter: https://kickstarter.com/projects/404ink/inklings

The third season of Inklings ranges from punk and drill music, to stories of resistance and displacement, technology, mythology and more. You can get single titles, the whole set, or a mix somewhere in between; we’ve got all the previous Inklings available in some form too as add-ons, so no reason to miss out.

As an extra thanks, the first 25 people to back the full 003 set get a 25% off voucher for 404’s shop, because why not.

As always, we can only keep doing what we do thanks to everyone who buys our books, so help us hit our target and take the pressure off! Treat yourself! Spread the word! THANK YOU!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/404ink/inklings

The third wave of the Inklings non-fiction series, exploring culture, music, lived experience, resistance and more.

16/02/2023

Audiobook of 's Carrie Kills A Man coming soon... 🔊

25/09/2022

REMINDER! 404 Ink is accepting submissions for our main book list across September. You have until the end of the month to send us your fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Polish your manuscripts! Tell your friends! Full info:

We are not currently accepting submissions for our Inklings series. You can keep up to date via our submission-specific mailing list. In the meantime, you can find further resources to demystify the publishing process beneath our submission guidelines.

23/09/2022

Up to much this weekend? Come along to ACME Comic Con in Glasgow a) for a weekend of fun for all ages, b) to come see us and our snazzy table of books, and c) to catch Thom James Carter talking all things Dungeons & Dragons on Sunday. Get your tix and we'll see you there!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/acme-scotland-comic-con-autumn-tickets-344269157317

ACME Scotland Comic Con is thrilled to welcome fans back to Glasgow’s SEC Centre for an unforgettable celebration of pop culture!

26/05/2022

Happy publication day to The Arena of the Unwell by Liam Konemann!

"Exhilarating" and Confused Magazine
"One to watch" The Skinny
"A sweaty, sticky mosh pit of a novel" i-D
Hottest new beach reads for summer Cosmopolitan

Get yours from bookshops or 404 at: https://404ink.com/store/arena-of-the-unwell-liam-konemann

“A sweaty, sticky mosh pit of a novel” - i-D A Cosmopolitan beach read for 2022 The debut novel from Liam Konemann - a coming of age tale on q***rness, mental health, place and the music scene,

03/05/2022

Last night to back the Inklings kickstarter! Preorder any and all of the eight new Inklings books before the crowdfunder ends tomorrow morning 💥

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/404ink/404-inklings-2022

404 Ink is launching the 2022-23 list of their non-fiction Inklings series, capturing big ideas in bold and brilliant short books.

21/04/2022

S/o NME for their story on 'They Came to Slay' from our Inklings series, and namechecking a few others. They're all available to pre-order on Kickstarter!

https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/new-book-to-explore-the-q***r-community-of-dungeons-dragons-3208719

'They Came to Slay: The Q***r Culture Of DnD' will explore how the board game became such a powerful mechanic for q***r people

20/04/2022

Hello! Our Inklings Kickstarter is still running, so if you're thinking "I'd like to buy some books", boy do we have the thing for you. Pre-order yours today! Full info:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/404ink/404-inklings-2022

404 Ink is launching the 2022-23 list of their non-fiction Inklings series, capturing big ideas in bold and brilliant short books.