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TERRY DACTYL, the incredible new novel from @mbsycamore.bsky.social, is out this week! As Lisa Ko says, Terry is a 'singular, indelible heroine'. We can't wait for you to meet her 💜 www.cipherpress.co.uk/terry-dactyl
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Yes, it's the UK edition of TERRY DACTYL, get ready...🪶🌺🌟
cipherpress.bsky.social Cipher Press @cipherpress.bsky.social · 6d
We can't wait to see TERRY DACTYL by @mbsycamore.bsky.social out in the world. It's a stylish, beautiful novel – but you don't have to take our word for it. Read what the iconic Sarah Schulman had to say:
Promotional graphic for Terry Dactyl, on a white background with pink, red and blue feathers. The image features a quote from Sarah Schulman, author of Let the Record Show. The quote reads: '...creates a recognition of social absurdity that Mattilda elevates with her iconoclastic stylish beauty into a work that has as much to say about vulnerability as it does about trees, and time itself.'
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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ICYMI, in December we're publishing CASANOVA 20: Or, Hot World, the new novel by Davey Davis. An exploration of art, desire, and mortality, it follows a young man isolated by his extraordinary beauty and his strange friendship with an older painter. Read more:
Casanova 20: Or, Hot World — Cipher Press
IMPORTANT UPDATE: As a result of VAT changes that came into place on the 1st July, we can no longer sell books directly to EU customers via our website. We are working on a solution to this, and will…
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November 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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We can't wait to see TERRY DACTYL by @mbsycamore.bsky.social out in the world. It's a stylish, beautiful novel – but you don't have to take our word for it. Read what the iconic Sarah Schulman had to say:
Promotional graphic for Terry Dactyl, on a white background with pink, red and blue feathers. The image features a quote from Sarah Schulman, author of Let the Record Show. The quote reads: '...creates a recognition of social absurdity that Mattilda elevates with her iconoclastic stylish beauty into a work that has as much to say about vulnerability as it does about trees, and time itself.'
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Have you heard we are publishing the one and only Dean Atta's first adult novel? Mark your calendars: BIG MAN will be on its way to you in Autumn 2026. Read all about it over on our Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DP0t5i8DIW...
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃 This is our favourite time of the year here at Cipher Press – crisp autumn leaves, dark nights and spooky reading vibes. If you're looking for a good book to curl up with too, check out our shop:
Cipher Press Books — Cipher Press
IMPORTANT UPDATE: As a result of VAT changes that came into place on the 1st July, we can no longer sell books directly to EU customers via our website. We are working on a solution to this, and will…
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October 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Thanks so much to the trans*poetics symposium in Vienna for having us this month! 🗣️ 📚 We had a great time talking about all things trans publishing – and we also got a sneak peek at Alison Rumfitt's work-in-progress 👀
Alison Rumfitt, a white woman in a white jumper, stands at a lectern on a black stage and reads from her work in progress. The lectern has 'mumak' printed on it, and a powerpoint presentation in the background says Alison Rumfitt WORKINPROGRESS in white text on a plain black background. An image of the mumak building in Vienna. It is a large, grey building in the shape of a block. There are stairs leading up the side nearest the camera, and a number of people line up against the wall of the stairs. A large part of the picture is taken up by blue, cloudless sky.
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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We love this quote from McKenzie Wark about the raucous and revelatory TERRY DACTYL, coming to a bookshop near you in November. Can't wait? Pre-order now! www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/terry-d...
Promotional graphic for Terry Dactyl, on a white background with pink, red and blue feathers. Includes a quote from McKenzie Wark, author of Love and Money, Sex and Death. The quote reads: 'Terry Dactyl made me cry and made me laugh out loud. It has all the pain and joy, struggle and delight of the lives of those who colour outside the lines. It's a book about family and friendship and love and knowing when and how to change your life.'
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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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
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Welcome to Cipher Press, Dean! We are so excited to share BIG MAN with the world.
dhhlitagency.bsky.social DHH Literary Agency @dhhlitagency.bsky.social · 27d
Congratulations to Dean Atta whose adult literary debut, BIG MAN, will be published by @cipherpress.bsky.social in autumn 2026! A powerful, tender exploration of queer identity, memory and healing.

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October 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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We have plenty of ghosts and ghouls to keep you going this spooky season. From vampires in Truth & Dare, to witchcraft in Lákíríboto, to Brainwyrms' classic grotesquerie, there's something that goes bump in the night for everyone. www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop
Book cover for Lakiriboto, with the title in white at the bottom and the author's name, Ayodele Olofintuade, in white at the top. The background is bright red and at the right hand side we see the right half of a Black woman's face. Another aspect of her face is upside-down in the top-left corner. Book cover for Truth & Dare by So Mayer. The background is pink, with a twist of blue-grey water in the middle. A swimmer's head is visible both on the top and on the underside of the water. The word 'Truth' is at the top in white writing, and '& Dare' is upside down at the bottom. At the very bottom of the page, So Mayer is written in red. Book cover for Brainwyrns, with the title at the bottom in large hot pink text. The painted face of a woman has her mouth open, and a neon-green mass of worms spills out. At the top, 'Alison Rumfitt' appears in hot pink letters.
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Looking for a chilling read to curl up with this October? We recommend Tell Me I'm Worthless, the cult favourite haunted house novel from Alison Rumfitt. www.cipherpress.co.uk/tellmeimwort...
Book cover for Tell Me I'm Worthless, with the title in yellow text. Alison Rumfitt appears in yellow text below. The background image is a painting of a woman using grey and black, with a red stripe across her eyes. The stripe appears to have pins on top.
October 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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🎃 It must be the season of the witch 🎃 In this collection of manifesto, poetry, playscripts, and prose, the archetype of the Witch is honoured and unpacked, poked and prodded, owned and othered. Edited by @michelletea.bsky.social
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WITCH — Cipher Press
Edited by Michelle Tea Published May 2025 9781917008136 / Paperback / £13.99 An exploration of the witch as radical archetype in ancient and contemporary life, edited by cult-favourite writer M...
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October 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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A love (& loss) letter to bookstores & archives and the weird horny queers who haunt them, full of the dark humour of grief & a fine eye for lesbian fashions. @cipherpress.bsky.social strike again.
My hand holding up BONE HORN by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain, a pale peach cover with a black brush and ink sketch of Alice B Toklas highlighting her thick eyebrows.
September 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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We're over the moon to announce we'll be publishing @michelletea.bsky.social's gutsy, joyful road-trip novel Little F in the UK! Hitting the streets near you April 2026 🚗
Graphic for Little F with an author headshot of Michelle Tea, a white woman with reddish-brown hair, against a brown paper backdrop. Image text reads Little F by Michelle Tea. April 2026. Faded stamps reading 'Cipher Press' can be seen in the margins. Black text on a brown paper background. Text reads: A gutsy and joyful road trip of a novel by cult favourite author of Black Wave and Valencia. In Spencer’s fantasies, the breezy, queer streets of Provincetown are utopia, a place where he can be free. And when a violent attack in his suburban Arizona schoolyard sends him to the hospital, he decides queer utopia can’t wait. One night, with the help of his best friend, the teenage witch Joy, he hitches a ride to find it. What follows is a cross-country road odyssey throughout the USA, taking Spencer from new moon rituals in Arizona canyons to Texas bus stations, from the luxe drag stages of Houston’s Montrose district to the jazz-soaked streets of New Orleans and beyond. This new novel from Michelle Tea tells the story, by turns raw, romantic, and sweet, of a sheltered boy taking his first leap into queer life, among all the complicated queers who live it.
September 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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come along! no ticket needed! we’ll be chatting horns, lesbians and detective fiction!
cipherpress.bsky.social Cipher Press @cipherpress.bsky.social · Sep 12
Brighton tonight! Join us for a fantastic evening discussing all things Bone Horn with Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain and @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social. See you at The Family Store at 6:30pm 📚🕵️
September 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Brighton tonight! Join us for a fantastic evening discussing all things Bone Horn with Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain and @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social. See you at The Family Store at 6:30pm 📚🕵️
September 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Yes, it's the gorgeous UK edition of TERRY DACTYL, get ready...🪶💜🌺
cipherpress.bsky.social Cipher Press @cipherpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
'The realest fiction I've read in a long time,' says Sterling Karat Gold author @waidner.bsky.social of Terry Dactyl, the propulsive new novel from @mbsycamore.bsky.social. Published by us in November 2025! www.cipherpress.co.uk/terry-dactyl
September 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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'The realest fiction I've read in a long time,' says Sterling Karat Gold author @waidner.bsky.social of Terry Dactyl, the propulsive new novel from @mbsycamore.bsky.social. Published by us in November 2025! www.cipherpress.co.uk/terry-dactyl
September 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Here's something for the weekend! Alison Rumfitt (@hangsawoman.bsky.social) will be at Queer Minds Festival on Saturday 6th September to discuss why she writes, how her work blends genres, and the significance of queer storytelling.
Queer Minds - A Festival of Ideas
LGBTQ+ festival of ideas celebrating queer voices & stories. Join conversations, workshops & performances with writers, activists & artists. Book now.
queerminds.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Omg it’s our birthday!! Five years ago this month, we published our first book, Large Animals by Jess Arndt. To celebrate we’re selling copies for only £4.99 on our site for the next week - grab one and see why we love it so much! Here's to the next five years 🎉 www.cipherpress.co.uk/large-animals
Large Animals — Cipher Press
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August 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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UK WITCH edition, published by @cipherpress.bsky.social 🙌🏻✨🙌🏻
August 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Another of our new titles for 2026, Joe Conroy's debut novel In/Out! My Year of Rest and Relaxation but the unhinged twink version, In/Out is a hilarious, outrageous, painful and super smart novel. More info: www.instagram.com/p/DJ1p1RdIBx...
August 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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We're publishing a new book by the incredible @pscalpello.bsky.social in 2026! A sexy and thought-provoking novel-in-verse, MIRRORSTAGE is follows our narrator on a road trip through modern Britain after their release from hospital. More info 👀 : www.instagram.com/p/DK1t0AIou-...
August 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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🚨BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨

We are so excited to share that next spring we will be publishing 'A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut' by Greasepaint author Hannah Levene. More info over on our Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DL9yV-1IkO...
August 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM