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A small & occasional press of pamphlets, short-length books and anthologies. We work at the intersection between languages, ideas, crafts, genres. Pre-order: RAGGED BAND OF TRAVELLERS. (ed Jon Stone) https://linktr.ee/calquepress

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Pamphlet Eleven - Some Thoughts on Horror: Consideration of an Effect Buying from the EU? Please read about shippingΒ from the UK. Limited edition - 100 copies Calque Ideas provides an opportunity for writers to think aloud, using their own experiences and knowledge to a...

"Some Thoughts on Horror" is a forthcoming essay I wrote for our friends at @calquepress.bsky.social

Should be out in October, you can secure a copy of the signed, limited edition pamphlet here:

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26.09.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Northern Publishers' Fair - Carcanet Press Join us and 15 other Northern publishers and agents for the Northern Publisher's Fair in Manchester Central Library! Peruse books across genres including

Join us and 15 other Northern publishers and agents for the Northern Publisher’s Fair in Manchester Central Library, on Saturday 27th September!

Publishers will be on hand to chat and literature enthusiasts can network informally.

More information: www.carcanet.co.uk/events/north...

01.09.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICYMI: We are extending #WomenInTranslationMonth a little bit, and running this offer until Friday!!!
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Head to: www.calquepress.com

01.09.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations

When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

26.08.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8513    πŸ” 3308    πŸ’¬ 496    πŸ“Œ 260

Details + tickets for our launch event!
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25.08.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are taking a short break.

If you have been thinking about placing an order, you can still do it until Monday 4th midday (BST). All orders received after that time will have to be shipped from 20th August.

Thank you for supporting independent publishing!

02.08.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s nice to see copies of the pamphlet arriving from across the pond. Thanks for ordering, friends πŸ™πŸ» calquepress.com/products/pre... @calquepress.bsky.social

16.07.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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reading wonderful 40 Questions About a Political Play by Dan O'Brien. published by Calque Press. @calquepress.bsky.social

21.07.2025 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Thank you to @csvich.bsky.social for featuring β€˜40 Questions About a Political Play’ on her podcast Day for Night πŸ™πŸ» @calquepress.bsky.social

21.07.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜40 Questions About a Political Play’ (published by @calquepress.bsky.social) excerpted in @americantheatre.org β€” many thanks to editor @robkendt.bsky.social πŸ™πŸ»

24.07.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Delivery of some more pamphlets. Publisher says it’s a bit of a bestseller for them. Thank you to everyone who’s been ordering & reading πŸ™πŸ» If you’re curious, check out the excerpts in American Theatre magazine and The Arts Fuse (@calquepress.bsky.social)

29.07.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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40 QUESTIONS ABOUT A POLITICAL PLAY, by @bydanobrien.bsky.social is here. All pre-orders shipping today. You can still get a copy of the 100 copies limited edition at www.calquepress.com

#CalqueIdeas #essay #indiepublishing #playwriting #limitededition #pamphlet #chapbook

07.07.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you to @theartsfuse.bsky.social and editor Bill Marx for publishing this excerpt from my pamphlet β€œ40 Questions About a Political Play” β€” published today by @calquepress.bsky.social calquepress.com/products/pre...

01.07.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A propos of LOST OBJECTS and OUT OF THE WINDOW, INTO THE DARK, @maudmarianw.bsky.social has put together this little list of books featuring Libraries, Museums, Scholars for @electricliterature.com ‡️

20.06.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lost Objects – Marian Womack LOST OBJECTS shows us humanity at its most atomized, out of control, hoping and fearing and going mad.

'Womack is a master at using realism to enhance the uncanny.'

Rachel Robinson reviews @maudmarianw.bsky.social LOST OBJECTS for Full Stop Mag:

www.full-stop.net/2025/03/31/r...

19.06.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New in July: 40 QUESTIONS ABOUT A POLITICAL PLAY, by @bydanobrien.bsky.social

Does anybody truly want to see a political play? What is a political play? What does it mean to think about politics in art? A masterful investigation of what it means to create.

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17.06.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.

πŸŽ₯: Time, πŸ’¬ Greta Thunberg

11.06.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 21521    πŸ” 4637    πŸ’¬ 972    πŸ“Œ 373
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Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.

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Cover for my pamphlet β€œ40 Questions About a Political Play” β€” coming next month from @calquepress.bsky.social in Cambridge, England. Limited edition of 100 copies

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11.06.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen The prime minister warns that immigration could turn Britain into an β€˜island of strangers’. Author and poet Michael Rosen responds

My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen

17.05.2025 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 319    πŸ” 146    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 16
Two pamphlets shown against a background of leaves.

Two pamphlets shown against a background of leaves.

Exciting times at the Calque office! These two limited-edition beauties are here.

Order at calquepress.com

14.05.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PRE-ORDER - Pamphlet Twelve - 40 Questions About a Political Play PRE-ORDER. Available July 2025 Buying from the EU? Please read aboutΒ shippingΒ from the UK. Limited edition - 100 copies Calque Ideas provides an opportunity for writers to think aloud, using their own...

Coming in July from @calquepress.bsky.social β€” 40 Questions About a Political Play in a limited edition of 100 copies πŸ“š calquepress.com/products/pre...

25.04.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of Out of the Window, INto the dark gives prominence to the author's name, it reading downwards in white on a black background with a a winding red shape like a snake behind it

The cover of Out of the Window, INto the dark gives prominence to the author's name, it reading downwards in white on a black background with a a winding red shape like a snake behind it

A short story collection that leaves you with a feeling to be savoured, highlighting an author to watch. Out of the Window, Into the Dark by Marian Womack, published by @calquepress.bsky.social #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/out-o...

25.04.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy World Poetry Day! A feast for troubadours and trolls, nerds and necromancers! RAGGED BAND OF TRAVELLERS, edited by @shotscarecrow.bsky.social, is an anthology of D'n'D adjacent poetry and prose that will knock your socks off and sell them to the goblins. Cover art by Vince Haig. Forthcoming.

21.03.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œ40 Questions About a Political Play” coming in July from @calquepress.bsky.social πŸ™πŸ» calquepress.com/products/pre...

28.02.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for sharing!

11.02.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ₯³ and she’s beautiful!!! Thank you @calquepress.bsky.social !!!

10.02.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A paperback copy of Lost Objects. The cover is dark greens and blues, shadowed flower heads

A paperback copy of Lost Objects. The cover is dark greens and blues, shadowed flower heads

Book mail! Thanks to @calquepress.bsky.social for this gorgeous copy of Lost Objects by Marian Womack 😍

05.02.2025 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

So glad you got it! πŸŽ‰

11.02.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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