Headpress
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Independent non-fiction publisher since 1991. We publish the stuff you love. Film. Music. Strangeness. Headpress is @davidkerekes.bsky.social and @harbottlestores.bsky.social. We will not use or publish AI-generated work in any form. web: headpress.com
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Featuring Hollywood Haunts the World author Robert Guffey! 👇
Get your folk horror fix with us to tide you through December with our annual DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDWINTER weekend, running 6th and 7th December! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-i... #folkhorror #folklore #midwinter #horror
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For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

Reposts welcomed.
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
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Aaand... the website is up and running again! Thank you for bearing with us, and apologies for the inconvenience.
A still from b&w film Young Frankenstein, depicting Gene Wilder as Frankenstein. He is standing in a white coat in a lab with his arms outstretched, looking proud of the Monster who is strapped to the table in front of him.
Just a heads up that we are still- aaargh - experiencing problems with our website and some email accounts. Please bear with us, and we'll get back to you as soon as we can ✍️ (possibly by carrier pigeon).
We're still having technical issues with the website. Hang tight, we're working on it with our provider and hope to be back to normal soon!
🖤 We're so pleased to be publishing this!
Here’s a little treat for you. Lawrence Gordon Clark’s original storyboard, and the shot used.

The book’s coming soon. From @headpress.com #signalman
Storyboard drawing of the dead bride. The actual shot.
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1 hour to go
#enclosurethree
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This evening you can catch a guest selection from Will Burns, the author of the fantastic Ghost of an Idea from @headpress.com on It Came From ... Enclosure Three from @gehegedrei.bsky.social

If you've not come across Will's book it's very much worth checking out !

#ghostofanidea #williamburns
Coming soon from Headpress: Rachel Walther's 'Born to Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon'. More info and mailing list sign-up here: headpress.com/product/born...
Image of a book cover titles Born to Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon by Rachel Walther. The background is black with white and orange text. On the right hand side of the cover is a full length black and white photo rendered into orange, of a dark-haired man stood in a street raising his right fist and smiling. He is dressed in a white buttoned shirt, dark trousers, and dark smart shoes.
We're having some technical issues this week, so if we're slower than usual to reply to emails please bear with us - we'll get back to you as soon as possible!
A black and white still from a Twilight Zone episode in which a man in a white lab coat sits in front of some technical equipment. A screen in front of him displays the text 'You have a problem.'
Exciting news: PURE by @jaredstearnssf.bsky.social is now available in a Spanish language edition from Applehead!

appleheadteam.com/producto/pur...

#booksintranslation #marilynchambers
Photo of a book on top of a green and purple patterned tablecloth. The book cover depicts a black and white photo of Marilyn Chambers and the title Pura: Las revoluciones sexuales de Marilyn Chambers. The author is Jared Stearns.
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Trusses (early 1980s) photograph by Anne Billson (limited interactions to avoid having to deal with Liz Truss comments)
Busy shop window display of medical supplies shop with a red neon sign saying TRUSSES. Also visible: girdles; support hose; vibra-heat cushion; the new improved copper magnet; walking frame; and a sign saying "qualified chiropodist in attendance.
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#enclosurethree

Next week something really special...a wonderful hauntological session from William Burns.

@headpress.com
Thank you! We'll investigate asap.
We're set up for the Occultz #zine fair at The Bullingdon in Oxford today - come see us from 10.30!
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Tomorrow!
We'll be at the Occultz comic, cult and zine fair in #Oxford on Saturday 6 September, with a host of @headpress.com goodies including some rare items from the vaults for sale! Stop by and see us from 10.30 at The Bullingdon on Cowley Road. #oxfordevents #cultfilm #zines #indiepublishing
We'll be at the Occultz comic, cult and zine fair in #Oxford on Saturday 6 September, with a host of @headpress.com goodies including some rare items from the vaults for sale! Stop by and see us from 10.30 at The Bullingdon on Cowley Road. #oxfordevents #cultfilm #zines #indiepublishing
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Thank you to the great Mike Watt (!) for having me as a guest on the Watt from Pedro show today.

We talk a lot about Michael Belfer/Sleepers/When Can I Fly? and a little about Who Cares Anyway.

@wattfrompedro.bsky.social @headpress.com

www.twfps.com/past-episode...
on-air guest will york from raleigh, nc via discord - The Watt from Pedro Show
www.twfps.com
When you're proofing in a cafe and the music sounds like you're in the early scenes of an Italian cannibal film.
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Please , if you are able

Support Independent publishers.

They are doing more than most to find, nurture and publish great new writers and stories.

There are many but here are a few.

@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@saraband-books.bsky.social

Thank you.