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Conversations with independent publishers, telling the stories behind the stories in some of our favourite magazines.
Episodes
- Folding Rock is making Welsh writing sexy
Editorial directors Kathryn Tann and Robert Harries share their thoughts on the first year of running Folding Rock, the literary magazine that publishes "new writing from Wales and beyond".
- Ralph magazine is publishing for the fun of it
Chris Hassell and Josh Jones created Ralph magazine to swim against the digital tide. In this conversation they explain how they were inspired by the chaotic fun of pop culture magazines from the 90s, and why they decided to make a magazin…
- Debris magazine on the power of 'No!'
The latest issue of Debris opens its editorial on an uncompromisingly negative note: "It's the time of no. No war, no genocide, no corporatism, no big business, no oligarchies, no neo-feudalism, no rapacious plunder of land, no capitulatio…
- Independent magazine show at St Brides
Hear our independent magazine show, recorded live at St Bride Foundation on Thursday 5 February, and featuring stories from The Fence, Die Quieter Please, Dispatch and Piscine
- Elastic magazine is expanding psychedelia
Hillary Brenhouse is editor-in-chief and publisher of Elastic magazine, and Meara Sharma is senior editor, and in this conversation they describe their new approach to psychedelic art and writing. Playing with time and space, and dissolvin…
- Carrier magazine's community publishing
Tom Parr is editor of Carrier, the magazine that tells, "the human stories behind the cargo bike". All the magazines we work with on Stack are niche to some extent, but Carrier digs in deeper than most, representing the cargo bike communit…
- Stories about storytelling in The Story magazine
Chris Harrigan is editor of The Story, a publication that launched in 2025 as a literary magazine with a difference. As its name suggests, it’s fascinated by stories and storytelling, and in its pages writers and artists explore the meanin…
- New Papers magazine on the page and on the stage
New Papers is the literary magazine that's meant to be performed as well as read. Each issue launches with a recital, in which the entire magazine is read in order on stage at the Rose Lipman Hall in Hackney. In this episode, editor Colton…
- The creative chaos of Apartamento magazine
Laura Frade is managing editor of Apartamento, one of the world's best known and most beloved independent magazines. As the publication turns 18 years old, I spoke to her about the secrets of its enduring success.
- The Stack 2025 roundup – part 2
Hear from all the independent magazines we delivered from July to December this year, featuring Hotshoe, Troublemakers, Not Here to Make Friends, Cake Zine, Off Licence and Beneficial Shock!
- Fifteen years of Delayed Gratification
Rob Orchard is co-editor of Delayed Gratification, the magazine that launched 15 years ago with the bright idea of using the slowness of print as an advantage. Rather than racing to be first with the news, they dedicate each issue to a thr…
- The Stack 2025 roundup – part one
As we come to the end of the year, we're looking back at all the independent magazines we delivered to our subscribers in 2025. This first part covers our deliveries from January to June, and it features the people who make Broadcast from…
- Translator magazine reads the world differently
Charles Emmerson is the editor of Translator, the magazine that searches for great stories from beyond the Anglosphere, and translates them into English. In this conversation he speaks about the art of translation, the important decisions…
- Independent arts in The Toe Rag magazine
Sophie Barshall is editor of The Toe Rag, the free arts magazine distributed at independent and not-for-profit venues across London and beyond. In this conversation she speaks about the importance of arts coverage, the dire state of arts f…
- Poking holes with Mother Tongue
Melissa Goldstein and Natalia Rachlin are the founders and editors of Mother Tongue magazine, which presents a distinctly grown-up picture of motherhood. Disillusioned by the type of media that was presented to them as mothers, they began,…
- Offal makes AI fall over
Mark Blacklock and Roderick Stanley are the editors of Offal, a self-proclaimed "haggis of literary culture", created from odd and experimental bits of text that don't quite fit anywhere else. It's a brilliantly anarchic print magazine and…
- Radically open literature in Mnemotope magazine
Réiltín Ní Aodhagáin and Lilou Angelrath are the editors of Mnemotope, a literary magazine that looks beyond the publishing industry's usual niches in its search for a new type of storytelling. In this episode they speak about their radica…
- Independents unite at Indiecon 2025
Recorded live at Indiecon 2025, eight independent publishers speak about their magazines and other projects. Featuring Sebastian Wells from Solomiya, Timothy Frazier from Photographic Bandwidth, Sotiris Trechas from Fluffer Everyday, Olive…
- Branding for independent magazines
Recorded at the Indie Publisher Summer Forum in Amsterdam, this episode features a panel discussion on the role of branding in independent magazines. Featuring Damian Bradfield from WeTransfer and Fupe, Megan Wray Schertler from In Real Li…
- Suffocating readers with The Paper
Erin Mathias, Oliver Gabe, and Owen Davies are the editors of The Paper, the big, funny, dark magazine from Wales. In this conversation they speak about their love of extreme contrasts, and why they don't give readers room to breathe.
- Experimenting at Issues magazine shop
Nicola Hamilton is the founder of Issues, the Toronto magazine shop that opened in the city's West End in 2022. In this episode she speaks about her love for print, and how she's trying to find a better, more engaging way of bringing magaz…
- Expanding The Gentlewoman's world
Penny Martin is editor-in-chief of The Gentlewoman, the magazine celebrating, "modern women of style and purpose". In this conversation she speaks about her enthusiasm for creating 1995, a one-off magazine published to celebrate the 30th a…
- An experimental independent magazine show
Hear five independent magazines live on stage at the Queen of Hoxton in London. Featuring stories, essays and poetry read by The Fence, Real Review, Vittles, Offal and The Paper.
- Working-class arts in Grass magazine
Tommy Sissons is the editor of Grass, the magazine of working-class arts and literature that launched in 2020 and recently reached the milestone of its fifth issue. In this conversation he speaks about the definition of what the working cl…
- Broccoli magazine's new beginnings
Founder and editor Anja Charbonneau explains why she decided to stop publishing Broccoli magazine, and how that has enabled her to either launch or develop an exciting new slate of print titles
- Fashion and rebellion in Vision Undressed magazine
Editor Anano Shalamberidze speaks about Vision Undressed, a new magazine that’s dedicated to providing a platform for Georgia’s often underappreciated fashion talent.
- Worms magazine turns over a new leaf
Clem MacLeod, Caitlin McLoughlin, and P Eldridge are the editors behind Worms, the magazine that’s dedicated to exploring the underground and surfacing the best writing, bringing it up, “to the literary topsoil”. In this conversation they…
- Folly journal is ruffling feathers
Emily Makere Broadmore is editor-in-chief of Folly journal, which she describes as a literary journal for people who don’t buy literary journals. Online, the magazine calls itself, "The rebel child of the literary New Zealand scene," and,…
- How to market a magazine
Hear our panel from the Publishers Spring Meet, speaking about how to market a magazine
- Vegetables and community in Rebel Roots
Vegetables and community in Rebel Roots by Stack Magazines
- Obsession and All Things Measured magazine
Obsession and All Things Measured magazine by Stack Magazines
- Just Make Your Magazine
Josh Jones is a serial magazine maker who has been editing and publishing for more than 20 years, making everything from small zine projects, to international arts and culture titles, to customer publications for big brands. He’s a genuine…
- New stories about old clothes
Ellen Freeman is the editor of Mildew, the secondhand fashion magazine that's based in Mexico, and which reflects on a whole world of vintage, recycled, and upcycled fashion and art. We delivered the second issue to Stack subscribers in No…
- Resistance and bias in The Lemming
The Lemming is an independent, anti-profit magazine that’s made with a strong DIY ethos, and an even stronger sense of social justice and political activism. In this episode, creative director Gabriel Carr, editor Beth Jones, and political…
- Soft Stir platforms Australia's emerging artists
For the first Stack podcast episode of 2025 I spoke with creative director Alex Stevenson and editor-in-chief Chloe Hayman about Soft Stir, the Australian magazine that provides a space for emerging artists and writers to experiment and fi…
- 2024 Roundup - Episode 2
The second instalment of our podcasts looking back at the magazines we delivered to Stack subscribers in 2024, featuring Serviette (Toronto), Nobody (Berlin), The Fence (London), Get Familiar (Amsterdam) and Pleasant Place (Amsterdam).
- Stack in 2024 – part one
We're taking stock of the magazines we delivered to subscribers in 2024. Hear from the editors, designers, and publishers who made Dirty Furniture, Desired Landscapes, Offal, Crude Futures, and A Shade Colder, the magazines we sent out fro…
- Purgatory Sandwich and the enemies of creativity
Peter Kormanyos is a strategist for TBWA advertising agency in Amsterdam, and he has also published a strange and intriguing new magazine called Purgatory Sandwich. The launch edition is split into two separate issues, which are presented…
- Building a family business with Contemporary Collage Magazine
Les Jones, Molly Campbell and Wilf Jones are the team behind Contemporary Collage Magazine, and they're also father, daughter and son. The magazine started as an online publication, but when readers said they wanted to read in print the te…
- Making Misc. – the new book from Delayed Gratification
Rob Orchard is one of the founders and editors of Delayed Gratification magazine, and one of the authors of Misc., a new book they published earlier this month. If you’re a long-time listener to our podcast you might remember that I spoke…
- The view from Magculture
Magculture Live is coming up fast (Thursday 7th November, at the Vitsoe shop here in London) so I took the opportunity to sit down with Magculture founder Jeremy Leslie and have a long chat about magazine stuff. We spoke about some of the…
- New York Review Of Architecture is "building pipes"
Nicolas Kemper is publisher of New York Review of Architecture, the big, two-colour, newsprint magazine that has become renowned for its long, critical, entertaining essays about architecture and the city. He gave the first talk of the wee…
- No One magazine explores queer nightlife
Viêt and Jeremy Raider-Hoàng are the founders, editors and creative directors of No One, a new magazine that explores the queer nightlife of a different city each issue. It feels natural to marry the subjects of nightlife and queer culture…
- Moan pictures the female gaze
For this first episode of the new season I’ve got a conversation with Kat, the woman who makes Moan, a magazine of sensuality and eroticism that prioritises the female gaze. It has a lot of explicit imagery, but it’s definitely not pornogr…
- The Movement Movement expands sport
Ellie Jackson is the editor-in-chief and creative director of The Movement Movement, the women’s sports magazine that is committed to broadening our understanding of what sports coverage should look like. Issue one came out a few weeks ago…
- A new spin on Racquet magazine
Steph Chung is managing partner at Racquet, the New York-based magazine that takes a fresh, anti-elitist look at the world of tennis. There have been some big changes since the last issue, with editor David Shaftel and art director Larry B…
- The power of quitting in Backstage Talks
Zuzana Kvetková is executive editor of Backstage Talks, the magazine that grew out of Bratislava’s By Design Conference. Their new issue will be landing in shops very soon, and as she explains in this podcast, it marks something of a water…
- Meeting misfits in Troublemakers
Yuto Miyamoto is editor of Troublemakers, a new Tokyo-based interview magazine that fills its pages with ordinary people living variously extraordinary lives. It’s a very personal magazine – he makes it with his wife, Manami Inoue, who is…
- When a bookshop makes a magazine
Tom Rowley runs the Backstory bookshop in Balham in South London. He was previously a journalist for The Telegraph and The Economist, which he describes as his dream job, but when the pandemic knocked everything sideways he decided it was…
- Bringing the Erotic Review back into print
Lucy Roeber is editor and publisher of the Erotic Review, a magazine that became particularly well known as a bimonthly title in the late 90s and early 2000s. It had since switched to publishing online and it was going to close altogether,…