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Did you know that, while book sales are up, magazines don't sell as well in online stores, where you cannot physically browse?
As we head into #Lockdown2, if you've got some xmas money left, how about a subscription to one of these excellent Scottish indie mags?
Did you know that, while book sales are up, magazines don't sell as well in online stores, where you cannot physically browse?
As we head into #Lockdown2, if you've got some xmas money left, how about a subscription to one of these excellent Scottish indie mags?
We ADORE @_counterpoint, which is a risograph-printed magazine featuring articles and truly beautiful illustration, run by @illustratorBeth and @sammbradley.
A 12-month subscription is just £17.40! https://www.counterpointmag.co.uk/shop/subscriptions
A 12-month subscription is just £17.40! https://www.counterpointmag.co.uk/shop/subscriptions
Our good pals at @Gutter_Magazine bring you fiction, poetry, reviews and essays in a thoroughly beautiful bundle, in two issues per year.
A subscription is just £14! https://www.guttermag.co.uk/subscribe
A subscription is just £14! https://www.guttermag.co.uk/subscribe
Edinburgh's gorgeous architectural magazine, @CrumbleMag, is another riso-printed beauty which "blurs the boundaries of the discipline and explores the relationship with society, culture and the wider world."
You can buy its first five issues here! https://www.crumblemag.com/shop/
You can buy its first five issues here! https://www.crumblemag.com/shop/
If you like your cultural journalism to land on your doorstep regularly, look no further than @theskinnymag!
For £55 you'll get 12 issues, two exclusive risoprints and a compilation album too! https://www.theskinny.co.uk/subscribe
For £55 you'll get 12 issues, two exclusive risoprints and a compilation album too! https://www.theskinny.co.uk/subscribe
The wonderful Katy runs @bloodbathzine, a dark-hearted magazine "dedicated to exposing Scottish fiction’s weird horror underbelly, publishing horror/genre poetry, short stories and illustration" out of Edinburgh.
You can buy all their issues here! https://bloodbathlitzine.com/shop/
You can buy all their issues here! https://bloodbathlitzine.com/shop/
The manifesto of @boom_saloon is to "democratise creativity" and they do so in a thrillingly visual way!
You can buy their issues, or pay an issue forward for a reader who might need it, here:
https://www.boomsaloon.com/shop/
You can buy their issues, or pay an issue forward for a reader who might need it, here:
https://www.boomsaloon.com/shop/
The ever-wonderful @iiitskirstyn runs @MarblesMag to "explode the stigma of mental illness", a project that becomes more pressing with every day.
You can buy back issues and the current issue for just £6 each!
http://marblesmag.com/shop/
You can buy back issues and the current issue for just £6 each!
http://marblesmag.com/shop/
You can buy both issues of @MonstrousRgmt's delightful literary magazine right here in a bundle for just a TENNER! That's cheaper than two and a half Edinburgh pints! https://www.monstrous-regiment.com/shop
And to toot our own horn for a second: Extra Teeth is a twice-yearly literary mag featuring bold stories and essays and illustration by a different guest artist each issue.
Subscriptions are just £20 per year and the next (killer!) issue is due in Feb! https://www.extrateeth.co.uk/shop/subscriptionroll
Subscriptions are just £20 per year and the next (killer!) issue is due in Feb! https://www.extrateeth.co.uk/shop/subscriptionroll
If you're an indie print mag in Scotland that we haven't mentioned, tag yourselves below and we'll share you to the masses!
If you're keen to discover some truly exciting print mags (of which there are many!), check out some of our magazine store stockists who specialise in just this, and have a realm of magazines to discover!
@StackMagazines
@rare_mags
@magculture
@magbrighton
@MagalleriaBath
@StackMagazines
@rare_mags
@magculture
@magbrighton
@MagalleriaBath
