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An independent press publishing queer and trans authors
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Well, the time has come to 'wrap up' (get it?) our Cipher Press Gift Guide, and we've got a real banger to close out on. What do you get for the person who truly has it all? The CIPHER PRESS 2026 SUBSCRIPTION, of course! www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/2026sub...
A graphic of blue diagonal stripes in the top right and bottom left corners, with a bright yellow stripe in the middle. In the centre is the Cipher press logo, a black hexagonal outline with a thick diagonal stripe to the right. Underneath the logo says 2026 subscription.
December 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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For our next recommendation from the Cipher Press Gift Guide, we've got a little something to express your appreciation for the 'father figure' in your life 😉. It's a coveted piece of Cipher Press merch... the DADDY BOY tee! www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/daddy-b...
Bright pink square with an image of a black t shirt in the centre. The black t shirt has DADDY BOY in big pink letters across the chest.
December 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Up next in our Cipher Press Gift Guide, we have something for your loved one who loves cinéma. In CASANOVA 20, one man searches for answers among his thousands of lovers, while his friend becomes obsessed with watching fifty-two mysterious VHS tapes. www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/casanov...
Pale pink square with CASANOVA 20 cover in centre. Book cover is a greyscale image of two men, one topless seated in profile towards the centre of the frame, one slightly cut out of the edge of the cover with just his knees and forehead visible. Pink text in the centre at the top says CASANOVA 20 OR, HOT WORLD. Pink text at the bottom reads 'A heterosexual novel by Davey Davis.'
December 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Next up in our Cipher Press Gift Guide, we're here to help with your confusing situationship. Should you get them something? If you do, make it SLUTS. Exploring the nature of desire and its cultural consequences, this collection is a stone-cold sex classic. www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/sluts-p...
Red square with book cover for SLUTS in the middle. Book cover is pale link with a photo of two people's bodies in the centre - you can see one pale person's back, and another person's slightly darker legs coming out from either side beneath them. Red text reads SLUTS at the top and 'Edited by Michelle Tea' down the sides. At the bottom is a quote from Eileen Myles which says 'Sluts are in season.'
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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For our next selection in the Cipher Press Gift Guide, we have something for your friend whose family will be driving them crazy over Christmas. Mixing family saga, mobster pulp, and queer coming-of age, it's the staggeringly original LÁKÍRÍBOTO! www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/lkrboto...
Mustard yellow square with book cover for Lákíríboto in the centre. Book cover is red with one half of a black person's face on the right hand side of the cover. They have short hair and their teeth are visible through a slightly open mouth. The same person's face is also seen upside down on the left-hand side of the cover. White text at the bottom reads LÁKÍRÍBOTO at the bottom, and at the top Ayodele Olofintuade.
December 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Give your spooky little sister (chosen or otherwise) the gift of myth, magic and power with WITCH, up next in our Cipher Press Gift Guide. In this collection, the archetype of the Witch is honoured and unpacked, poked and prodded, owned and othered. www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/witch-p...
Acid green square with book cover for WITCH in the centre. Book cover is a black background with acid green text reading WITCH at the top and 'Edited by Michelle Tea' running down either side. In the middle is a black and white picture of a black cat yowling at its reflection in a pool of water.
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Next up in our Cipher Press Christmas Gift Guide, we have a little something for your pal who always has the best gossip. It's 100 BOYFRIENDS! Transgressive, foulmouthed & wildly funny, 100 Boyfriends is an unforgettable ode to queer love in all its variations. www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/100-boy...
A dark pink square with the 100 Boyfriends book cover in the middle. Book cover is pale pink with photobooth-style black and white images of Black men overlaid in 2 strips, showing a fist in the air, a man putting on an earring, a man pulling down his lip and a man in profile. In the top right corner is a quote from Bryan Washington, author of LOT and MEMORIAL, reading '...stunning in scope, technically blinding, and entirely miraculous.' Towards the bottom right of the cover is 100 BOYFRIENDS in thick white text against a black box, with Brontez Purnell in thin black text against a dark pink strip beneath.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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First up! For chosen family, we recommend TERRY DACTYL by @mbsycamore.bsky.social. An electric and haunting dive into New York City club culture, the elite art world, and the connections we hold dear, through one iconoclastic trans girl's search for connection. www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/terry-d...
A royal blue square with the book cover for TERRY DACTYL in the middle. The book has a white background with red, pink and blue feathers. Black text in the top right corner reads TERRY DACTYL, with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore in the bottom left. Under the author's name is a quote from Isabel Waidner reading 'The realest fiction I've read in a long time.'
December 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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With Transgender Week of Awareness underway for 2025, we just wanted to make sure you are aware of us. We're here, we're trans, and we're ready to sling some books.
A hand holding up a stack of Cipher Press books against an olive green wall. The person holding them up has a tattoo of the word CIPHER on their wrist. From the bottom up, the books are: Nettleblack by Nat Reeve (a green spine with pink Victorian-style writing), Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt (a black spine with hot pink writing), The Woman in the Portrait by Juliet Jacques (a white spine with black writing), X by Davey Davis (a grey and black spine with gold writing), Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt (a black spine with bright yellow writing), Heaven by Emerson Whitney (a dark blue spine with bright light blue writing), Front Lines by Juliet Jacques (a yellow spine with black writing), Daddy Boy by Emerson Whitney (a pink and deep purple spine with the title in white and the author name in yellow), Never Was by H Gareth Gavin (a pale pink spine with black writing) and Terry Dactyl by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (a white spine with black writing).
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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TERRY DACTYL, the incredible new novel from @mbsycamore.bsky.social, is out this week! As Lisa Ko says, Terry is a 'singular, indelible heroine'. We can't wait for you to meet her 💜 www.cipherpress.co.uk/terry-dactyl
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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We can't wait to see TERRY DACTYL by @mbsycamore.bsky.social out in the world. It's a stylish, beautiful novel – but you don't have to take our word for it. Read what the iconic Sarah Schulman had to say:
Promotional graphic for Terry Dactyl, on a white background with pink, red and blue feathers. The image features a quote from Sarah Schulman, author of Let the Record Show. The quote reads: '...creates a recognition of social absurdity that Mattilda elevates with her iconoclastic stylish beauty into a work that has as much to say about vulnerability as it does about trees, and time itself.'
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Thanks so much to the trans*poetics symposium in Vienna for having us this month! 🗣️ 📚 We had a great time talking about all things trans publishing – and we also got a sneak peek at Alison Rumfitt's work-in-progress 👀
Alison Rumfitt, a white woman in a white jumper, stands at a lectern on a black stage and reads from her work in progress. The lectern has 'mumak' printed on it, and a powerpoint presentation in the background says Alison Rumfitt WORKINPROGRESS in white text on a plain black background. An image of the mumak building in Vienna. It is a large, grey building in the shape of a block. There are stairs leading up the side nearest the camera, and a number of people line up against the wall of the stairs. A large part of the picture is taken up by blue, cloudless sky.
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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We love this quote from McKenzie Wark about the raucous and revelatory TERRY DACTYL, coming to a bookshop near you in November. Can't wait? Pre-order now! www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/terry-d...
Promotional graphic for Terry Dactyl, on a white background with pink, red and blue feathers. Includes a quote from McKenzie Wark, author of Love and Money, Sex and Death. The quote reads: 'Terry Dactyl made me cry and made me laugh out loud. It has all the pain and joy, struggle and delight of the lives of those who colour outside the lines. It's a book about family and friendship and love and knowing when and how to change your life.'
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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We have plenty of ghosts and ghouls to keep you going this spooky season. From vampires in Truth & Dare, to witchcraft in Lákíríboto, to Brainwyrms' classic grotesquerie, there's something that goes bump in the night for everyone. www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop
Book cover for Lakiriboto, with the title in white at the bottom and the author's name, Ayodele Olofintuade, in white at the top. The background is bright red and at the right hand side we see the right half of a Black woman's face. Another aspect of her face is upside-down in the top-left corner. Book cover for Truth & Dare by So Mayer. The background is pink, with a twist of blue-grey water in the middle. A swimmer's head is visible both on the top and on the underside of the water. The word 'Truth' is at the top in white writing, and '& Dare' is upside down at the bottom. At the very bottom of the page, So Mayer is written in red. Book cover for Brainwyrns, with the title at the bottom in large hot pink text. The painted face of a woman has her mouth open, and a neon-green mass of worms spills out. At the top, 'Alison Rumfitt' appears in hot pink letters.
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Looking for a chilling read to curl up with this October? We recommend Tell Me I'm Worthless, the cult favourite haunted house novel from Alison Rumfitt. www.cipherpress.co.uk/tellmeimwort...
Book cover for Tell Me I'm Worthless, with the title in yellow text. Alison Rumfitt appears in yellow text below. The background image is a painting of a woman using grey and black, with a red stripe across her eyes. The stripe appears to have pins on top.
October 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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We're over the moon to announce we'll be publishing @michelletea.bsky.social's gutsy, joyful road-trip novel Little F in the UK! Hitting the streets near you April 2026 🚗
Graphic for Little F with an author headshot of Michelle Tea, a white woman with reddish-brown hair, against a brown paper backdrop. Image text reads Little F by Michelle Tea. April 2026. Faded stamps reading 'Cipher Press' can be seen in the margins. Black text on a brown paper background. Text reads: A gutsy and joyful road trip of a novel by cult favourite author of Black Wave and Valencia. In Spencer’s fantasies, the breezy, queer streets of Provincetown are utopia, a place where he can be free. And when a violent attack in his suburban Arizona schoolyard sends him to the hospital, he decides queer utopia can’t wait. One night, with the help of his best friend, the teenage witch Joy, he hitches a ride to find it. What follows is a cross-country road odyssey throughout the USA, taking Spencer from new moon rituals in Arizona canyons to Texas bus stations, from the luxe drag stages of Houston’s Montrose district to the jazz-soaked streets of New Orleans and beyond. This new novel from Michelle Tea tells the story, by turns raw, romantic, and sweet, of a sheltered boy taking his first leap into queer life, among all the complicated queers who live it.
September 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Brighton tonight! Join us for a fantastic evening discussing all things Bone Horn with Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain and @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social. See you at The Family Store at 6:30pm 📚🕵️
September 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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'The realest fiction I've read in a long time,' says Sterling Karat Gold author @waidner.bsky.social of Terry Dactyl, the propulsive new novel from @mbsycamore.bsky.social. Published by us in November 2025! www.cipherpress.co.uk/terry-dactyl
September 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM