Stack Magazines

Hear our independent magazine show, recorded live at St Bride Foundation on Thursday 5 February, and featuring stories from The Fence, Die Quieter Please, Dispatch and Piscine

Hillary Brenhouse is editor-in-chief and publisher of Elastic magazine, and Meara Sharma is senior editor, and in this conversation they describe their new approach to psychedelic art and writing. Playing with time and space, and dissolving the conventional lines between genres, they have produced a magazine of, "the ordinary, only slightly, weirdly, off".

Tom Parr is editor of Carrier, the magazine that tells, "the human stories behind the cargo bike". All the magazines we work with on Stack are niche to some extent, but Carrier digs in deeper than most, representing the cargo bike community to the wider world, and presenting them as altruistic innovators who are working to bring about positive change.

Chris Harrigan is editor of The Story, a publication that launched in 2025 as a literary magazine with a difference. As its name suggests, it’s fascinated by stories and storytelling, and in its pages writers and artists explore the meaning of what they do. They ask why we need to tell stories, how they manifest in such different ways, and why writing can be so bloody difficult sometimes. In this conversation, Chris speaks about the ideas and ideals that motivated him and his colleagues to launch the magazine in print.

New Papers is the literary magazine that's meant to be performed as well as read. Each issue launches with a recital, in which the entire magazine is read in order on stage at the Rose Lipman Hall in Hackney. In this episode, editor Colton Karpman and art director Dilara Koz speak about the ideas behind their publishing and performance project.

Laura Frade, the managing editor of Apartamento magazine, shares her journey from editorial assistant to overseeing one of the world's beloved independent publications. She reveals the magazine’s unique 'creative chaos' and how it fuels their identity. Laura discusses her dedication to collaboration and how her design background influences visual storytelling. She reflects on the importance of personal relationships with contributors and their approach to showcasing homes, prioritizing personality over perfection. Exciting plans for geographic balance and more illustrations are also on the horizon!

Hear from all the independent magazines we delivered from July to December this year, featuring Hotshoe, Troublemakers, Not Here to Make Friends, Cake Zine, Off Licence and Beneficial Shock!

Rob Orchard is co-editor of Delayed Gratification, the magazine that launched 15 years ago with the bright idea of using the slowness of print as an advantage. Rather than racing to be first with the news, they dedicate each issue to a three-month period and reflect on events after the dust has settled. In this conversation he reflects on what he and the team have learned from publishing 60 issues of the magazine, including the constant battle with deadlines; the changing demands of social media; and the advantages of advertising on the Underground.

As we come to the end of the year, we're looking back at all the independent magazines we delivered to our subscribers in 2025. This first part covers our deliveries from January to June, and it features the people who make Broadcast from Brooklyn, Solomiya from Kyiv, Skin Deep from London, New York Review of Architecture from New York (of course), Playground from Vilnius and Stockholm, and No One from Amsterdam.

Charles Emmerson is the editor of Translator, the magazine that searches for great stories from beyond the Anglosphere, and translates them into English. In this conversation he speaks about the art of translation, the important decisions that have to be made along the way, and how his magazine is helping English speakers to better understand the world.