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How Georgian artists are staring down Putin with humour and satire

Fighting for freedom of expression under the shadow of Putin’s Russia — Author and playwright Lasha Bugadze explains how Georgia’s post-Soviet generation of artists are battling for freedom and democracy.

  • Print
  • Alex King

The tortured adolescent hope of Daniel Clowes

The genius behind Ghost World is back — Best known for generation-defining works like Ghost World, Art School Confidential and Pussey!, Daniel Clowes has now returned with time-travel thriller Patience. But while it might seem like a radical departure into a new genre, youthful pain and anxiety remains at its heart.

  • Culture
  • Adam White

How to break into publishing, Riot Grrrl style

Amplifying writers that go unheard... — Writer Tiffany Scandal is building a platform for fresh voices via Portland’s King Shot Press, a DIY publisher of radical books and ideas. This is her guide to making yourself heard and packing a stylistic punch.

  • Culture
  • Richard Daniels

Strike! Magazine on how to avoid the Dark Side and start your own publication

DIY or Die — What do you do when you’re fucked-off with the way things are? You start a subversive magazine and start exploring other planets.

  • Culture
  • Strike!

The Forecast 2016: Books

Drawn and Quarterly — Peggy Burns, publisher at influential Montreal publishing house Drawn and Quarterly, looks ahead to a great year in printed matter.

  • Print
  • Joshua Gabert-Doyon

Weekend Read: Paulina & Fran is the anti-romance satire for the Frances Ha generation

Friendship, rivalry and love triangles — Poet and painter Rachel B. Glaser’s debut novel Paulina & Fran is a cutting satire of art school that’s sympathetic towards its characters even as it mocks them.

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  • Kate Loftus-O'Brien

Poet Paul Hawkins raises the ghosts of East London’s ‘No M11’ squat protests

London’s ongoing battle for living space — Paul Hawkins draws on zine culture to push back against mainstream poetry in Place Waste Dissent, an account of the era-defining 'No M11 Link Road’ squat protests in the early ‘90s.

  • Print
  • Joshua Gabert-Doyon

How radical publishers in Hong Kong are pissing off the Chinese government

Disappearing booksellers and sex scandals — The strange story of Mighty Current publishing takes another turn, as UK national Lee Bo becomes the fifth employee to go missing.

  • Activism
  • Josh Gabert-Doyon

How Douglas Coupland’s life was transformed by a postcard

A random message caught the right person's eye — Generation X author Douglas Coupland shares how he may never have embarked on a life as a writer if it wasn't for a random postcard.

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  • Interview by D'Arcy Doran

Nupur Joshi Thanks is waking up India to the indie publishing revolution

The Magazine Evangelist — Paper Planes Founder Nupur Joshi Thanks is reviving print by introducing India to the joys of boutique magazines.

  • Culture
  • Rob Boffard

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