You’re so right that there are great things going on in UK queer writing, which makes it an exciting time to be doing Cipher Press. We worked in publishing and bookselling for years before launching Cipher, and have long wanted to see a queer lit scene emerging here. It feels like that kind of thing has been going on in the US for a long time, but that it’s really just getting started here. We’re excited to be a part of it.
Introducing our second indie fiction publishers, Peninsula Press who are taking the plunge with their first full-length novel Men & Apparitions by Lynne Tillman after three years of their wildly successful Pocket Essay series.