Richard Cabut Recommends: Constructed Situations and Torn Surfaces We launched my current book Ripped Backsides: Postcards from Beneath the Pavement at Flux Lumina, an arts loft both luminous and dark, as well as fab, on the Bowery in NYC last summer. As is the custo...

we have a fantastic list of book recommendations by Richard Cabut @richardcabut.bsky.social !

Cabut talks about his book 'Ripped Backsides' & the Situationists, a group of artists who criticized consumer culture & tried to destroy the “spectacle” of modern life

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Special mail, as my contributor copy of The Hempen Jig has arrived! Wonderful object, with a lineup I’m fortunate to be a part of. Limited to 100 copies. Available at Tangerine Press www.thetangerinepress.com/ANTHOLOGIES/...

Chuffed to feature in The Hempen Jig, the 2026 annual chapbook from Tangerine Press. Beautifully hand stitched and limited to 100 copies. I’m in the company of some talented folks here. www.thetangerinepress.com/ANTHOLOGIES/...

Chuffed to feature in The Hempen Jig, the 2026 annual chapbook from Tangerine Press. Beautifully hand stitched and limited to 100 copies. I’m in the company of some talented folks here. www.thetangerinepress.com/ANTHOLOGIES/...

Some encouraging words on Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group, Instagrammed by just_the_books.

Water spirit.

Flytips Sunrise mist settles on a badger corpse. Dean swerves the van to avoid it. “Damn things.” He rights the off-white van. “You’d think they would learn to stay off the roads.” “I don’t think animal minds...

Have a short story, “Flytips”, up at the wonderful Hawkeye! hawkeyemag.com/stories/gran...

Flytips Sunrise mist settles on a badger corpse. Dean swerves the van to avoid it. “Damn things.” He rights the off-white van. “You’d think they would learn to stay off the roads.” “I don’t think animal minds...

Have a short story, “Flytips”, up at the wonderful Hawkeye! hawkeyemag.com/stories/gran...

'HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC': A SPLIT LIP ANTHOLOGY GROUP INTERVIEW Founded a decade ago as a competition between sad songs known as March Sadness, the tradition of pitting tracks against each other has persisted year on year, mutating in theme, but forever guided by ...

in celebration of the new collection of writings about music by Split/Lip Press @splitlipthemag.bsky.social - 'Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music: The March Xness Anthology'

several writers talk about about the first time that music made them lose their mind. read it !

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Sara by Tex Gresham - Indiegogo A man finds himself in a life-or-death, cat-and-mouse game with his new stepdaughter after she reveals she was responsible for a gruesomely brutal act.

A project for your consideration. I liked Tex's film MUSTARD a lot. www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...

Insightful analysis for Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group from Paula van Eenennaam.

Head over to Odd Types for more. oddtypes.substack.com/p/rebecca-gr...

‘Effortlessly hip’: two novels named joint winners of Queen Mary small press fiction prize Rebecca Gransden’s Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group and Nell Osborne’s Ghost Driver ‘crossed the line together’ to take award previously known as the Republic of Consciousness prize

Nice write-up for the Queen Mary small press fiction prize in The Guardian! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

We're so pleased that Figures Crossing The Field Towards The Group is the JOINT-WINNER along with Ghost Driver by Nell Osborne of the 2026 Queen Mary Short Press Fiction Prize! 🏆️🏆️

Sending a huge congratulations to @rgransden.bsky.social and #tangerinepress 💫

#QMP2026 #RepublicOfConsciousness

Winner(s) of the Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize 2026 And it's a tie!

Thanks be to the judges and all those involved with the prize. Head to the Republic of Consciousness Substack for more: therepublicofconsciousness.substack.com/p/winners-of...

Big up to all in the small press scene, many who forge onwards with little acknowledgement and even less reward.

Special appreciation to Michael Curran and his endless faith in the book.

Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group is joint winner of the Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize 2026! Thrilled to witness Tangerine Press recognised in this way. Congrats to Moist Books and Nell Osborne, and everyone long and short listed.

RECOMMENDS: DREAM MACHINES by Emmalea Russo Dreams. Dreams. Dreams. Nightmares. Reveries. How do they power us? Take hold? What do they tell us, in their own wicked and unwieldy ways? Lately, they’ve been on my mind, as I’m teaching a yearlong ...

Emmalea Russo recommends some fantastic books that all revolve around the theme of dreams

take a look !

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Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group

Find at Tangerine Press: www.thetangerinepress.com/FICTION/RG-F...

Shortlisted for The Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize 2026
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Great review for my short story collection Happy Bunny and Other Mischiefs! Over on GoodReads, from Jack Stark.

A creative review for Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group over at GoodReads. Thanks be to Dan!

Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group spotted again out in the wild, this time in the hands of Bobby Parker, Instagrammed as bobzparker.

As a general rule I don’t blab about my books but I have done so for Cene, a magazine I’m fond of. Cene focuses on cultural highlights from my local area in its regular Culture Shot section. Thanks to Zahra Barri for the great questions. The interview:
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'cene : Print Edition #44 — 'cene Magazine In this issue, we focus on characters with photographer Josh Osborne, discuss AI music with Shaun Ryder, get experimental with Voka Gentle, discover post-apocalyptic Sheppey with Rebecca Gransden and ...

Available as a rather nice print edition: cenemagazine.co.uk/store/cene-m...

As a general rule I don’t blab about my books but I have done so for Cene, a magazine I’m fond of. Cene focuses on cultural highlights from my local area in its regular Culture Shot section. Thanks to Zahra Barri for the great questions. The interview:
cenemagazine.co.uk/features/cro...

Chuffed and bewildered to witness Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group make The Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize shortlist 2026. Warm congratulations to my fellow writers and the small presses acknowledged this year.

FCTFTTG at Tangerine Press: www.thetangerinepress.com/FICTION/RG-F...

The Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize 2026 shortlist The five winning presses, titles and their authors are in...

The Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize shortlist 2026
therepublicofconsciousness.substack.com/p/the-queen-...

I’m thrilled to see small presses recognised in this way. They continue to be an avenue for strange, uncompromising, dangerous and unwieldy literature and in a climate that threatens a slow asphyxiation of the arts are more important than ever.

Chuffed and bewildered to witness Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group make The Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize shortlist 2026. Warm congratulations to my fellow writers and the small presses acknowledged this year.