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WoodPig Press is an independent micro-press specialising in speculative fiction and non-fiction. We are a loose collective of creative freelancers who share a belief that humans are more than machines, and there’s more to life than money.

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WoodPig Press is very excited to announce that we will be opening up to submissions on the 5th of January 2026! 🎉

Thinking of putting something forward? Don't worry, here's a Substack all about the submissions process, what we're looking for, and more.

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#micropress
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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This wonderful illustration is done by Neil Davies. Neil is one of WoodPig Press’s many talented freelancers! To see more of his work and discover other artists we work with
you can visit our gallery here:
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#artist #illustration #publishing #freelancer
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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It's Substack Sunday! This week's stack follows our founder as he tries to get his book reviewed. A review of the review process, one might say.

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#publishing #micropress #writer
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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We love these Lord of the Ring book covers featured in an article by Giovanni Blandino. Each one represents each artist’s unique vision whilst also refelcting the socio-political circumstances of the time.

Link to Giovanni’s article: www.pixartprinting.co.uk/blog/lord-of...
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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This wonderful illustration is done by Sultan Özdemir. Sultan is one of WoodPig Press’s many talented freelancers. To see more of her work you can follow her on insta at @sultanozdemirillustrations and discover other artists we work with by visiting our gallery here: woodpigpress.com/publishing-s...
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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This wonderful illustration is done by Carly A-F. Carly is one of WoodPig Press’s many talented freelancers. To see more of her work you can follow her on instagram at @carlydraws.illustration and discover other artists we work with by visiting our gallery here: woodpigpress.com/publishing-s...
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Technology is a wonderful thing. However, WoodPig Press does not support the use of generative AI for creative purposes. Here are some reasons why. For a full explanation of our stance on AI, why not read our Substack? open.substack.com/pub/woodpigp...

#ai #generativeai #openai #chatgpt #publishing
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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This wonderful illustration is done by Thomas Ketchen! Thomas is one of WoodPig Press's many talented freelancers. To see more of his work and to discover other artists we work with, visit our gallery here: woodpigpress.com/publishing-s...

#artist # illustration #publishing #freelancing
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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In non-fiction, "speculative" can apply to anything deemed philosophical that questions our belief of what’s real, who we are, where we come from and where we’re headed. What's your favourite piece of speculative non-fiction? #writer #illustrator #publishing
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Yes, it would be interesting to see Jane Austen's take on Clueless - one of my favourite films because I studied Emma at school and still love it. But I think I'd like to see Philip K. Dick's reaction to Blade Runner. He saw some samples and read the script, but died before it was released.

#books
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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"Speculative" is a broad term that can refer to any piece of writing that explores “....What if?” It can apply to the past, present or future. This includes (but is not limited to): sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and the dystopian. What's your favourite piece of speculative fiction? #writingcommunity
What is "speculative" fiction? Book cover for Dune by Frank Herbert Book cover for George Lucas's Starwars Book Cover for 1984 by George Orwell
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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WoodPig Press has now joined Instagram! Hop on over and give us a follow for updates, opportunities, and more: www.instagram.com/woodpigpress/
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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WoodPig Press is a micro-press offering professional publishing services from top-quality illustrators, designers, formatters and editors. Find out more here:

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#SmallPress #IndieAuthors #BookDesign #Illustration #Editing #IndiePublishing #WriterCommunity
October 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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In this Guardian article, which does the "on the one hand..." thing they're doing more of these days with AI, there was this phrase: "the market needs more content". That's how tech bros think of art. Meat for the sausage machine.

www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...

#AI #philosophy #books #art
From the AI companies’ point of view, rather than destroying the creative industries, they are saving them. “The cost of making content has skyrocketed,” explains Cristobál Valenzuela, co-founder of Runway AI, speaking over videocall from the US. “People are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make films, and that’s not sustainable long term, because the market needs more content. So something needs to happen. And for us, this is the moment where technology can come and help drive the cost of production down.”
October 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Ghosts and Monsters, is the first part in the Tidelands series, a dystopian blend of cyberpunk, first contact and Lovecraftian horror.

Now available in ebook and paperback through WoodPig Press and other retailers.

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Tidelands, part 1: Ghosts and Monsters. In a flooded city, the arcology provides a high-tech haven - for those who can afford it. "An immersive, entertaining and clever piece of science fiction" - Dr Who Online. Available driect from WoodPig Press and all major retailers.
July 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Let battle be joined.

#booksky #philosophy
July 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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"An immersive, entertaining and clever piece of science fiction!" - Dr Who Online

Tidelands is an ongoing SFF serial. Set years in the future, it is a dystopian blend of cyberpunk, first contact and Lovecraftian horror.

Published by WoodPig Press:

woodpigpress.com/the-tideland...

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Tidelands. Reality is what you can afford. Dr Who Online says, "An immersive, entertaining and clever piece of science fiction!". Enter the strange and twisty world of Tidelands. Read on...
July 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Thanks to all who responded to our call for freelancers – the response has been quite overwhelming!

If you're an illustrator, designer, editor, proofreader, formatter, reviewer, beta reader, narrator, translator, please get in touch.

More here:

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Ringo Starr in The Simpsons, answering mountains of fan mail.
July 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Interview with Swansea Libraries HQ regarding their attitude to indie publishing and what authors can do to get their books stocked.
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Woodpig press logo of cute pig rendered in woodcut print style.
July 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Week 6 of Diary of a Micro-Press, in which I interview Alan Bilton, writer and co-founder of Watermark Press:

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Woodpig Press logo - cute pig in woodcut style.
June 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Crypto + AI. It's like as if awful and worse had babies.
June 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Sounds like the victim of a brain injury.
June 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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AI and copyright: The rulings differ, here, but the most interesting thing is perhaps the bit about the threat of "market dilution":

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“No matter how transformative LLM training may be, it’s hard to imagine that it can be fair use to use copyrighted books to develop a tool to make billions or trillions of dollars while enabling the creation of a potentially endless stream of competing works that could significantly harm the market for those books,” Judge Chhabria concluded.
June 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Diary of a Micro-Press follows my adventures in setting up my own publishing imprint. There are interviews, articles, etc, and should be of interest to anyone interested in all things publishing and writing.

You can follow it on Substack here: woodpigpress.com/and-so-it-be...

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WoodPig Press logo with woodblock print effect of cute little pig.
June 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Very much looking forward to this!

#booksky #rfkuang #katabasis
Cover for R. F. Kuang's novel "Katabasis".
June 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM