404 Ink
@404ink.bsky.social
Your favourite book publisher, obvs 🏴
Closing in summer 2026.
We're @heathermmcd.bsky.social & @laurafjones.bsky.social
Improve your life with 404 Ink books: https://www.404ink.com/shop
Closing in summer 2026.
We're @heathermmcd.bsky.social & @laurafjones.bsky.social
Improve your life with 404 Ink books: https://www.404ink.com/shop
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If you’ve read Small Town Joy you’ll know that Sunny G Radio is one of its stars, and that I found Steg and Delaina to be really inspiring. So I’m delighted to be the guest for this free Book Week event on 20 November at Sunny G HQ. Come along!
October 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If you’ve read Small Town Joy you’ll know that Sunny G Radio is one of its stars, and that I found Steg and Delaina to be really inspiring. So I’m delighted to be the guest for this free Book Week event on 20 November at Sunny G HQ. Come along!
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"What is at stake if we cannot continue?"
Simultaneously very happy and crestfallen to be part of this Open Letter (written to the industry, as well as readers, writers, and - well - everyone who cares).
Please read, and share:
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
Simultaneously very happy and crestfallen to be part of this Open Letter (written to the industry, as well as readers, writers, and - well - everyone who cares).
Please read, and share:
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK
The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.
www.thebookseller.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"What is at stake if we cannot continue?"
Simultaneously very happy and crestfallen to be part of this Open Letter (written to the industry, as well as readers, writers, and - well - everyone who cares).
Please read, and share:
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
Simultaneously very happy and crestfallen to be part of this Open Letter (written to the industry, as well as readers, writers, and - well - everyone who cares).
Please read, and share:
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
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I'm a committed small press author & editor. Small presses are the seed-heads of the books world & they are scorched. Pls read and share this excellent letter on the situation & what's needed in @thebookseller.com, signatories inc Peninsula Press, @cipherpress.bsky.social @silver-press.bsky.social
Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK
The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.
www.thebookseller.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I'm a committed small press author & editor. Small presses are the seed-heads of the books world & they are scorched. Pls read and share this excellent letter on the situation & what's needed in @thebookseller.com, signatories inc Peninsula Press, @cipherpress.bsky.social @silver-press.bsky.social
"Inflation, war and cuts to national arts funding have increased the challenges faced by independent publishers and we are now confronting an existential crisis that will determine the trajectory of literary publishing in the UK."
Signed by us, please read: www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
Signed by us, please read: www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK
The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.
www.thebookseller.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"Inflation, war and cuts to national arts funding have increased the challenges faced by independent publishers and we are now confronting an existential crisis that will determine the trajectory of literary publishing in the UK."
Signed by us, please read: www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
Signed by us, please read: www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
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For a range of reasons I never thanked @theskinnymag.bsky.social for giving 404 Ink the [Organisational] Lifetime Achievement Award in their Besties awards, saying we were "absolutely pivotal to the development of new writing talent in Scotland"! We did try! thx www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/ed...
The Besties 2025: Week Three Winners - The Skinny
Liam Withnail, Rosa Garland, Emma Frankland and 404 Ink are among the winners at the final round of our Edinburgh Festivals awards, The Besties.
www.theskinny.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
For a range of reasons I never thanked @theskinnymag.bsky.social for giving 404 Ink the [Organisational] Lifetime Achievement Award in their Besties awards, saying we were "absolutely pivotal to the development of new writing talent in Scotland"! We did try! thx www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/ed...
Last few days to get your submissions in!
We’re delighted to announce that we’re now open to Inklings pitch submissions until the 31st August!
Visit our website for further information - we’re really looking forward to reading your submissions!
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
#Booksky #Writers
@404ink.bsky.social
📚💙
Visit our website for further information - we’re really looking forward to reading your submissions!
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
#Booksky #Writers
@404ink.bsky.social
📚💙
August 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Last few days to get your submissions in!
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Hey fellow publishers: what are you/we doing about the end of de minimis next week? How fucked are we? Why am I finding it impossible to find any official documentation about this? Are we so numb to the current US administration's legislative terrorism that we don't even compute it anymore?
August 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Hey fellow publishers: what are you/we doing about the end of de minimis next week? How fucked are we? Why am I finding it impossible to find any official documentation about this? Are we so numb to the current US administration's legislative terrorism that we don't even compute it anymore?
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Today! Fierce Salvage comes to Edinburgh International Book Festival, where we’re miraculously going to cram three anthology contributors, two editors and one host onto a single stage! See you there?
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
Titilayo Farukuoye, Michael Lee Richardson, Ely Percy, Shola von Reinhold & Ryan Vance: Fierce Salvage
From Fri 15 Aug - Fierce Salvage: A Queer Words Anthology is an inspiring snapshot of current LGBTI+ Scottish writing, from memoir to poetry, edited by Michael Lee Richardson and Ryan Vance…
www.edbookfest.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Today! Fierce Salvage comes to Edinburgh International Book Festival, where we’re miraculously going to cram three anthology contributors, two editors and one host onto a single stage! See you there?
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
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Help me for a thing, please: Who are your favourite UK-based trade publishers that started up since 2017 and are still going today? Small and indie, preferably (imprints don't count).
August 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Help me for a thing, please: Who are your favourite UK-based trade publishers that started up since 2017 and are still going today? Small and indie, preferably (imprints don't count).
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Book people! Unfortunately I can't get my sad face in the papers claiming cancellation and getting some lucrative columns out of it because I'm doing not one but two events at the Edinburgh Book Festival. First up there's Grrrls Aloud on Sunday night:
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
1995: Grrrls Aloud
From Sun 10 Aug - Murrayfield might be basking in Oasis nostalgia, but the mid-90s wasn't all blokes and Britpop. Join BBC broadcaster and A Kick Up the Arts host Nicola Meighan for a celebration of S...
www.edbookfest.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Book people! Unfortunately I can't get my sad face in the papers claiming cancellation and getting some lucrative columns out of it because I'm doing not one but two events at the Edinburgh Book Festival. First up there's Grrrls Aloud on Sunday night:
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
@edbookfest.bsky.social kicks off next week and we have a couple of events!
@carriem.co.uk shares Small Town Joy, unpacking how LGBTQ+ artists changed Scotland's soundtrack and celebrating the music that opened minds: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
@carriem.co.uk shares Small Town Joy, unpacking how LGBTQ+ artists changed Scotland's soundtrack and celebrating the music that opened minds: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
Carrie Marshall & Gary West: God Save the Scene
From Mon 11 Aug - In this energising conversation, we bring together the authors of two fascinating books on Scotland's radical music past…
www.edbookfest.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
@edbookfest.bsky.social kicks off next week and we have a couple of events!
@carriem.co.uk shares Small Town Joy, unpacking how LGBTQ+ artists changed Scotland's soundtrack and celebrating the music that opened minds: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
@carriem.co.uk shares Small Town Joy, unpacking how LGBTQ+ artists changed Scotland's soundtrack and celebrating the music that opened minds: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
We’re delighted to announce that we’re now open to Inklings pitch submissions until the 31st August!
Visit our website for further information - we’re really looking forward to reading your submissions!
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
#Booksky #Writers
@404ink.bsky.social
📚💙
Visit our website for further information - we’re really looking forward to reading your submissions!
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
#Booksky #Writers
@404ink.bsky.social
📚💙
August 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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We’re delighted to announce that we’re now open to Inklings pitch submissions until the 31st August!
Visit our website for further information - we’re really looking forward to reading your submissions!
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
#Booksky #Writers
@404ink.bsky.social
📚💙
Visit our website for further information - we’re really looking forward to reading your submissions!
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
#Booksky #Writers
@404ink.bsky.social
📚💙
August 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We’re delighted to announce that we’re now open to Inklings pitch submissions until the 31st August!
Visit our website for further information - we’re really looking forward to reading your submissions!
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
#Booksky #Writers
@404ink.bsky.social
📚💙
Visit our website for further information - we’re really looking forward to reading your submissions!
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
#Booksky #Writers
@404ink.bsky.social
📚💙
Our authors are just the best
"list of sexually active popes" discuss
"list of sexually active popes" discuss
Highlights from last night’s Inklings Showcase with @404ink.bsky.social authors Heather Parry, Adèle Oliver, and Sam Gonçalves! 🌟
July 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Our authors are just the best
"list of sexually active popes" discuss
"list of sexually active popes" discuss
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Highlights from last night’s Inklings Showcase with @404ink.bsky.social authors Heather Parry, Adèle Oliver, and Sam Gonçalves! 🌟
July 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Highlights from last night’s Inklings Showcase with @404ink.bsky.social authors Heather Parry, Adèle Oliver, and Sam Gonçalves! 🌟
Happy publication day to Wing Lam Tong and Speak Still! See her talk about her Inkling in @tintjournal.bsky.social:
tintjournal.com/interview/so...
tintjournal.com/interview/so...
Soft Susurrus — An Interview with Wing Lam Tong
Tint Journal is an online literary magazine dedicated to ESL or non-native English creative writing. Read and listen to innovative, tinted fiction, nonfiction and poetry.
tintjournal.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Happy publication day to Wing Lam Tong and Speak Still! See her talk about her Inkling in @tintjournal.bsky.social:
tintjournal.com/interview/so...
tintjournal.com/interview/so...
Tomorrow!
Next week, Wednesday 23rd, is the second Inklings showcase at @portybooks.bsky.social!
www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-in...
www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-in...
An Inklings Showcase #2: Big Ideas in Small Books at The Portobello Bo...
Please come and join us for An Inklings Showcase #2: Big Ideas in Small Books on 23rd July, at The Portobello Bookshop
www.theportobellobookshop.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Tomorrow!
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Next week, Wednesday 23rd, is the second Inklings showcase at @portybooks.bsky.social!
www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-in...
www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-in...
An Inklings Showcase #2: Big Ideas in Small Books at The Portobello Bo...
Please come and join us for An Inklings Showcase #2: Big Ideas in Small Books on 23rd July, at The Portobello Bookshop
www.theportobellobookshop.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Next week, Wednesday 23rd, is the second Inklings showcase at @portybooks.bsky.social!
www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-in...
www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-in...
Next week, Wednesday 23rd, is the second Inklings showcase at @portybooks.bsky.social!
www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-in...
www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-in...
An Inklings Showcase #2: Big Ideas in Small Books at The Portobello Bo...
Please come and join us for An Inklings Showcase #2: Big Ideas in Small Books on 23rd July, at The Portobello Bookshop
www.theportobellobookshop.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Next week, Wednesday 23rd, is the second Inklings showcase at @portybooks.bsky.social!
www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-in...
www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-in...
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What this does mean is that there’s a vacancy now for some similarly brilliant @stirlingpublishing.bsky.social graduates to succeed wonderfully and be an inspiration to a whole new generation of young publishers. Who’s it going to be?
Really sorry to hear this: 404 Ink was an inspiration to so many people.
July 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
What this does mean is that there’s a vacancy now for some similarly brilliant @stirlingpublishing.bsky.social graduates to succeed wonderfully and be an inspiration to a whole new generation of young publishers. Who’s it going to be?
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I'm very sad to see the end of @404ink.bsky.social, but I'm very proud to be one of their authors: I was a 404 fan long before I was a 404 writer, and it's been a joy to be part of the family. I'm wishing the best of everything for Heather and Laura in their ongoing adventures.
Publishing Loudly, 2016-2026 — 404 Ink
Announcing 404 Ink's closure in 2026.
www.404ink.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I'm very sad to see the end of @404ink.bsky.social, but I'm very proud to be one of their authors: I was a 404 fan long before I was a 404 writer, and it's been a joy to be part of the family. I'm wishing the best of everything for Heather and Laura in their ongoing adventures.
In case you miss it amongst the news, we're delighted that @saraband-books.bsky.social will be continuing the Inklings series and they open for submissions in August! The process is very similar to our own but check out the guidelines and get your pitches ready.
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
Inklings submissions open from 1st to 31st August - Saraband
Inklings submissions open from 1st to 31st August
saraband.net
July 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
In case you miss it amongst the news, we're delighted that @saraband-books.bsky.social will be continuing the Inklings series and they open for submissions in August! The process is very similar to our own but check out the guidelines and get your pitches ready.
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
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Following the announcement of 404 Ink's closure, we're delighted to announce that we'll be taking forward a significant portion of the Inklings series!
Read more here:
saraband.net/news-events
#Booksky
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Read more here:
saraband.net/news-events
#Booksky
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The co-founders and publishers of 404 Ink, the reigning British Book Awards’ Small Press of the Year winner for Scotland, have exclusively revealed to us their decision to close the business as it reaches its 10th anniversary in July 2026 👇 #BookSky
404 Ink: closure announced ahead of 10th anniversary
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July 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Following the announcement of 404 Ink's closure, we're delighted to announce that we'll be taking forward a significant portion of the Inklings series!
Read more here:
saraband.net/news-events
#Booksky
📚💙
Read more here:
saraband.net/news-events
#Booksky
📚💙
Those of you who are panic buying all of our books right now following our closure news, you're legends, but you've got time! We're around for another year(ish) yet. Can't get rid of us that easily.
www.404ink.com/blog/2016-2026
www.404ink.com/blog/2016-2026
Publishing Loudly, 2016-2026 — 404 Ink
Announcing 404 Ink's closure in 2026.
www.404ink.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Those of you who are panic buying all of our books right now following our closure news, you're legends, but you've got time! We're around for another year(ish) yet. Can't get rid of us that easily.
www.404ink.com/blog/2016-2026
www.404ink.com/blog/2016-2026