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I don’t make any money out of Loft at the moment however if any of you enjoyed Issue VI or any of our previous issues and would like to donate you can find us on PayPal under [email protected]. Any donations would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks. 📚 ☺️
Random selection of black-spined Penguin Classics
If you are a contributor for Issue VII please note that it will be 14th August for contracts and payments. Thank you.
Just look what arrived in the post a few days ago. Thank you @jennie_ing!
poetry can be a love letter, not so much for an individual, but for a thought. i think i found my future retirement activity: writing poetry on napkins in European cafes and handing them to strangers
a unique niche (not so far occupied by any other journal) :)
The ‘hippo’ in ‘hippopotamus’ and the ‘hippo’ in ‘hippocampus’ are the same. ‘Hippo’ is from the Greek for "horse." Hippopotamus means “river horse.” ‘Hippocampus’ means “sea horse” because that part of the brain is shaped like a seahorse.
A conversation here reminds me of my haibun that won the Loft Books Flash Fiction Prize, 2021. It's thrilling, and nostalgic going back to it. Not just the win, but the story it shares, & the "haibun" evangelism it achieved 😁. I hope you enjoy it as I always do. Cheers 🥂
Please take a moment to read ‘Banga’ by Taofeek Ayeyemi from Nigeria on page 33 (36) who won our flash fiction prize in Issue II. 👇 loftbooks.square.site/uploads/b/00e2…
My short story, "Wheelie the Wheelbarrow" will be coming out in August in issue VII from Loft Books. I'll keep you updated. It's about a wheelbarrow that feels out of place in a bicycle shop.
We have to delay the publication of Issue VII until August. Please be patient. It is a stella issue and worth waiting for.
We have to delay the publication of Issue VII until August. Please be patient. It is a stella issue and worth waiting for.
We will be charging a fee to download issue VII. It will be available online for a small fee of £4.99. It is worth every penny. 🪙 📕
Lovely artwork. Looking forward to a really great read!
We are excited to reveal the cover for Issue VII which will be published this summer. Big thanks to @SamthePoet0731 for donating so we can purchase this original artwork by UK based artist Jennie Ing. © Jennie Ing