Calque Press
@calquepress.bsky.social
A small & occasional press of pamphlets, short-length books and anthologies. We work at the intersection between languages, ideas, crafts, genres. Pre-order: RAGGED BAND OF TRAVELLERS. (ed Jon Stone)
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A short post in two parts in support of @argonautbooks.bsky.social 💙 (1/2):
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A short post in two parts in support of @argonautbooks.bsky.social 💙 (1/2):
5-starts review to our last pamphlet of the year, SOME THOUGHTS ON HORROR, over at @librarything.com: www.librarything.com/work/3516421....
You can still get a copy: calquepress.com/collections/...
You can still get a copy: calquepress.com/collections/...
November 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
5-starts review to our last pamphlet of the year, SOME THOUGHTS ON HORROR, over at @librarything.com: www.librarything.com/work/3516421....
You can still get a copy: calquepress.com/collections/...
You can still get a copy: calquepress.com/collections/...
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"Some Thoughts on Horror" is a forthcoming essay I wrote for our friends at @calquepress.bsky.social
Should be out in October, you can secure a copy of the signed, limited edition pamphlet here:
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Should be out in October, you can secure a copy of the signed, limited edition pamphlet here:
calquepress.com/collections/...
Pamphlet Eleven - Some Thoughts on Horror: Consideration of an Effect
Buying from the EU? Please read about shipping from the UK. Limited edition - 100 copies Calque Ideas provides an opportunity for writers to think aloud, using their own experiences and knowledge to a...
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September 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"Some Thoughts on Horror" is a forthcoming essay I wrote for our friends at @calquepress.bsky.social
Should be out in October, you can secure a copy of the signed, limited edition pamphlet here:
calquepress.com/collections/...
Should be out in October, you can secure a copy of the signed, limited edition pamphlet here:
calquepress.com/collections/...
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Join us and 15 other Northern publishers and agents for the Northern Publisher’s Fair in Manchester Central Library, on Saturday 27th September!
Publishers will be on hand to chat and literature enthusiasts can network informally.
More information: www.carcanet.co.uk/events/north...
Publishers will be on hand to chat and literature enthusiasts can network informally.
More information: www.carcanet.co.uk/events/north...
Northern Publishers' Fair - Carcanet Press
Join us and 15 other Northern publishers and agents for the Northern Publisher's Fair in Manchester Central Library! Peruse books across genres including
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September 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Join us and 15 other Northern publishers and agents for the Northern Publisher’s Fair in Manchester Central Library, on Saturday 27th September!
Publishers will be on hand to chat and literature enthusiasts can network informally.
More information: www.carcanet.co.uk/events/north...
Publishers will be on hand to chat and literature enthusiasts can network informally.
More information: www.carcanet.co.uk/events/north...
ICYMI: We are extending #WomenInTranslationMonth a little bit, and running this offer until Friday!!!
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September 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
ICYMI: We are extending #WomenInTranslationMonth a little bit, and running this offer until Friday!!!
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Head to: www.calquepress.com
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Head to: www.calquepress.com
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Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
August 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
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Details + tickets for our launch event!
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August 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Details + tickets for our launch event!
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We are taking a short break.
If you have been thinking about placing an order, you can still do it until Monday 4th midday (BST). All orders received after that time will have to be shipped from 20th August.
Thank you for supporting independent publishing!
If you have been thinking about placing an order, you can still do it until Monday 4th midday (BST). All orders received after that time will have to be shipped from 20th August.
Thank you for supporting independent publishing!
August 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are taking a short break.
If you have been thinking about placing an order, you can still do it until Monday 4th midday (BST). All orders received after that time will have to be shipped from 20th August.
Thank you for supporting independent publishing!
If you have been thinking about placing an order, you can still do it until Monday 4th midday (BST). All orders received after that time will have to be shipped from 20th August.
Thank you for supporting independent publishing!
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It’s nice to see copies of the pamphlet arriving from across the pond. Thanks for ordering, friends 🙏🏻 calquepress.com/products/pre... @calquepress.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It’s nice to see copies of the pamphlet arriving from across the pond. Thanks for ordering, friends 🙏🏻 calquepress.com/products/pre... @calquepress.bsky.social
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reading wonderful 40 Questions About a Political Play by Dan O'Brien. published by Calque Press. @calquepress.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
reading wonderful 40 Questions About a Political Play by Dan O'Brien. published by Calque Press. @calquepress.bsky.social
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Thank you to @csvich.bsky.social for featuring ‘40 Questions About a Political Play’ on her podcast Day for Night 🙏🏻 @calquepress.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thank you to @csvich.bsky.social for featuring ‘40 Questions About a Political Play’ on her podcast Day for Night 🙏🏻 @calquepress.bsky.social
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‘40 Questions About a Political Play’ (published by @calquepress.bsky.social) excerpted in @americantheatre.org — many thanks to editor @robkendt.bsky.social 🙏🏻
July 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
‘40 Questions About a Political Play’ (published by @calquepress.bsky.social) excerpted in @americantheatre.org — many thanks to editor @robkendt.bsky.social 🙏🏻
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Delivery of some more pamphlets. Publisher says it’s a bit of a bestseller for them. Thank you to everyone who’s been ordering & reading 🙏🏻 If you’re curious, check out the excerpts in American Theatre magazine and The Arts Fuse (@calquepress.bsky.social)
July 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Delivery of some more pamphlets. Publisher says it’s a bit of a bestseller for them. Thank you to everyone who’s been ordering & reading 🙏🏻 If you’re curious, check out the excerpts in American Theatre magazine and The Arts Fuse (@calquepress.bsky.social)
40 QUESTIONS ABOUT A POLITICAL PLAY, by @bydanobrien.bsky.social is here. All pre-orders shipping today. You can still get a copy of the 100 copies limited edition at www.calquepress.com
#CalqueIdeas #essay #indiepublishing #playwriting #limitededition #pamphlet #chapbook
#CalqueIdeas #essay #indiepublishing #playwriting #limitededition #pamphlet #chapbook
July 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
40 QUESTIONS ABOUT A POLITICAL PLAY, by @bydanobrien.bsky.social is here. All pre-orders shipping today. You can still get a copy of the 100 copies limited edition at www.calquepress.com
#CalqueIdeas #essay #indiepublishing #playwriting #limitededition #pamphlet #chapbook
#CalqueIdeas #essay #indiepublishing #playwriting #limitededition #pamphlet #chapbook
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Thank you to @theartsfuse.bsky.social and editor Bill Marx for publishing this excerpt from my pamphlet “40 Questions About a Political Play” — published today by @calquepress.bsky.social calquepress.com/products/pre...
Playwright Dan O'Brien offers an excerpt from his latest essay, "40 Questions about a Political Play," published as a pamphlet by Calque Press. The subject is political plays: what they are, and how and why we write them.
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Arts Commentary: Essential Inquiries -- "40 Questions About a Political Play" - The Arts Fuse
"A play is political if its subject is taboo and its story mirrors, exposes, and critiques the suppression and repression that interferes with the treatment of a cultural disease. A political play is ...
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July 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Thank you to @theartsfuse.bsky.social and editor Bill Marx for publishing this excerpt from my pamphlet “40 Questions About a Political Play” — published today by @calquepress.bsky.social calquepress.com/products/pre...
A propos of LOST OBJECTS and OUT OF THE WINDOW, INTO THE DARK, @maudmarianw.bsky.social has put together this little list of books featuring Libraries, Museums, Scholars for @electricliterature.com ⤵️
My little list is up 🖤
“A good library is reactive, almost alive, in how it can respond to shifts in the kaleidoscope of opinion or academic fashion.”
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June 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A propos of LOST OBJECTS and OUT OF THE WINDOW, INTO THE DARK, @maudmarianw.bsky.social has put together this little list of books featuring Libraries, Museums, Scholars for @electricliterature.com ⤵️
'Womack is a master at using realism to enhance the uncanny.'
Rachel Robinson reviews @maudmarianw.bsky.social LOST OBJECTS for Full Stop Mag:
www.full-stop.net/2025/03/31/r...
Rachel Robinson reviews @maudmarianw.bsky.social LOST OBJECTS for Full Stop Mag:
www.full-stop.net/2025/03/31/r...
Lost Objects – Marian Womack
LOST OBJECTS shows us humanity at its most atomized, out of control, hoping and fearing and going mad.
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June 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
'Womack is a master at using realism to enhance the uncanny.'
Rachel Robinson reviews @maudmarianw.bsky.social LOST OBJECTS for Full Stop Mag:
www.full-stop.net/2025/03/31/r...
Rachel Robinson reviews @maudmarianw.bsky.social LOST OBJECTS for Full Stop Mag:
www.full-stop.net/2025/03/31/r...
New in July: 40 QUESTIONS ABOUT A POLITICAL PLAY, by @bydanobrien.bsky.social
Does anybody truly want to see a political play? What is a political play? What does it mean to think about politics in art? A masterful investigation of what it means to create.
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Does anybody truly want to see a political play? What is a political play? What does it mean to think about politics in art? A masterful investigation of what it means to create.
calquepress.com/collections/...
June 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New in July: 40 QUESTIONS ABOUT A POLITICAL PLAY, by @bydanobrien.bsky.social
Does anybody truly want to see a political play? What is a political play? What does it mean to think about politics in art? A masterful investigation of what it means to create.
calquepress.com/collections/...
Does anybody truly want to see a political play? What is a political play? What does it mean to think about politics in art? A masterful investigation of what it means to create.
calquepress.com/collections/...
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If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
June 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
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Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.
June 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.
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Cover for my pamphlet “40 Questions About a Political Play” — coming next month from @calquepress.bsky.social in Cambridge, England. Limited edition of 100 copies
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June 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Cover for my pamphlet “40 Questions About a Political Play” — coming next month from @calquepress.bsky.social in Cambridge, England. Limited edition of 100 copies
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My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen
My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen
The prime minister warns that immigration could turn Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Author and poet Michael Rosen responds
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May 17, 2025 at 6:24 AM
My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen
Exciting times at the Calque office! These two limited-edition beauties are here.
Order at calquepress.com
Order at calquepress.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Exciting times at the Calque office! These two limited-edition beauties are here.
Order at calquepress.com
Order at calquepress.com
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Coming in July from @calquepress.bsky.social — 40 Questions About a Political Play in a limited edition of 100 copies 📚 calquepress.com/products/pre...
PRE-ORDER - Pamphlet Twelve - 40 Questions About a Political Play
PRE-ORDER. Available July 2025 Buying from the EU? Please read about shipping from the UK. Limited edition - 100 copies Calque Ideas provides an opportunity for writers to think aloud, using their own...
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April 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Coming in July from @calquepress.bsky.social — 40 Questions About a Political Play in a limited edition of 100 copies 📚 calquepress.com/products/pre...