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Tamarind Literary Magazine
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A #litmag for #writing on science and art. London-based but shipped globally. We look at fiction, poetry and narrative non-fiction as tools for interrogating science and its relationship to society. Find our past issues at tamarindlit.co.uk - we pay!
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From the hauntingly beautiful ‘Forest Stratum’ by Jade Doyle in Tamarind Issue 7. On sale now at tamarindlit.co.uk/buy/. Ships globally, or available in digital.
‘Slimy with algae and damp earth, the new root growth of a Huon pine rose up and out of the dirt and entered the cord's power socket, intertwining and fusing with the conductor.’ Jade Doyle Tamarind Issue 7
January 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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From ‘The Ripening’ by Sayani Sarkar in Tamarind Issue 7.

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Quote: ‘Cells proliferate, blood flows, proteins tumble, tissues grow. Gravidity is the sign of life.’ Sayani Sarkar Tamarind Issue 7
January 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Say hi to our publisher, fiction editor, and non-fiction editor @gautampk.com, @hilaryfloon.bsky.social and @anitamchandran.bsky.social. They were ringing in the new year together and raising a glass to the publication of Tamarind’s latest issue.

Happy new year from team
Tamarind!
Three people, one man and two women, stood outside at night holding champagne toasting glasses to celebrate the new year.
January 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Merry Christmas from the team at Tamarind. We wish you all a cosy holiday season and a wonderful year of reading ahead. ✨
Tamarind issue 7 posed in front of a Christmas tree at a famous London bookshop 😌
December 25, 2024 at 4:28 PM
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Tamarind Issue 7 is here! This issue covers ecocide to emergent consciousness, taking you from evolution in the Cambrian seas to a bionic Eden in the sixth millennium, and including an interview with author Louisa Hall. Order at tamarindlit.co.uk/buy/ for £9 in print or £5 digital. Ship worldwide.
Tamarind Issue 7 cover features two stylised computer monitors featuring nature displays in a romantic courtship dance. In the foreground is a pile of bones, topped with a human skull with the tiniest green plant growing from it. Tagline reads ‘science is art’
December 23, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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Copy of our fifth issue spotted out and about with afternoon tea at the lovely Wallace Collection in London. A perfect way to enjoy a short story or two!

Let us know how you keep away the winter blues 🥶

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Issue five of tamarind literary magazine lying on a cafe table at the Wallace collection. There’s a plate of what looks like afternoon tea in the background with a sausage roll and some sandwiches.
December 16, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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Thrilled to share our lineup for issue 8. From ecocide to emergent consciousness, and an interview with the incomparable Louisa Hall, this issue has it all. Can’t wait for you to read it.

Coming December 2024.

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Contents page of tamarind issue 8. Reads: TAMARIND Issue Seven The Ripening Sayani Sarkar Forest Stratum Jade Doyle The Lion and the Lamb David Sheskin On Time Akshay Gajria The Boy That Buys the Beef Jonathan Doering Aurora Francesca Carra Ruggero Oddi's Last Letter Eli Ehrenpreis Non-Human Narratives Jennifer McCormack New Fruit Rebecca Heilweil In Conversation with Louisa Hall
November 29, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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New stock now available for Issue 6! Ships globally - get them while they last.

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Tamarind issue 6 in the Horniman museum
November 23, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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Thrilled to share the cover of our upcoming 7th issue, dropping December 2024. Art by the immense @lefup.bsky.social

Available in print and digital, ships globally.

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Illustration of tamarind issue 7 cover. Two computer screens interact over a pile of bones, atop of which grows a tiny plant.
November 14, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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In the four years we've been alive, we've had the privilege of working with incredible writers, journalists, essayists and illustrators. We've also interviewed some very powerful voices in science writing, including Booker nominees Benjamin Labatut and Martin Macinnes.
Issue six cover of Tamarind Literary Magazine. An illustration of a person being pulled into the deep by red tentacles.
November 14, 2024 at 12:20 AM
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Tamarind #6 is available in print (£9) or digital (£5) at tamarindlit.co.uk/buy/! We look at the overlap between the arts and sciences. Our eds don’t get paid but every purchase helps our contributors & supports a mission we believe is more important now than ever before.

#science #sciart #scicomms
June 24, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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Hello BlueSky 👋🦋

Tamarind is OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS for our seventh issue. We accept fiction and non-fiction about science, scientists, or the interaction of science with society. 1500-5000 words. DM for questions. We pay!

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June 19, 2024 at 9:06 AM