{"title":"Inicio","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-topless-tower","title":"The Topless Tower","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuying from the EU? Please read about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/pages\/shipping-changes-to-eu-customers-from-1st-july-2021\" title=\"Shipping Changes\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eshipping from the UK\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Topless Tower\u003c\/em\u003e is Silvina Ocampo's most imaginative work, one which takes the canon of Wester fantasy and turns it on its head. A cross between Alice in Wonderland and short stories of Jorge Luis Borges, it packs a whole world into a swift fever-dream narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eauthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Silvina Ocampo\u003cstrong\u003etranslation: \u003c\/strong\u003eJames Womack\u003cstrong\u003edesign:  \u003c\/strong\u003eVince Haig\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eisbn:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1-9162321-4-3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 85\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe youngest of six daughters of a well-connected and cosmopolitan Argentinian family, \u003cstrong\u003eSilvina Ocampo\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Buenos Aires in 1903. Over a long a fruitful career spanning seven decades, she distinguished herself in many areas, most notably as a writer of short fiction and poetry, but also as a visual artist, as well as an author of novels and stories for children. Among many other honours, her work was recognised with the Premio Nacional de Poesia in 1962. She worked on a number of classic anthologies and collaborative projects, most notably with writer Adolfo Bioy Casares (whom she married in 1940), and their mutual friend Jorge Luis Borges. She died in 1993.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBROWSE SIMILAR TITLES IN OUR CATALOGUE:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterary Puzzles \u003c\/em\u003e- More \u003ca title=\"Tag: Literary Puzzle\/Games\" href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/all-calque-products\/literary-puzzles\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLiterary Puzzle\/Games\u003c\/a\u003e from Calque\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRecoveries \u003c\/em\u003e- More \u003ca title=\"Tag: Rediscoveries\" href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/all-calque-products\/rediscoveries\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLiterary Recoveries\u003c\/a\u003e from Calque\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslation \u003c\/em\u003e- More \u003ca title=\"Tag: Translation\" href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/all-calque-products\/translation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTranslation\u003c\/a\u003e from Calque\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"translation\/recoveries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39784232386594,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8436\/6710\/files\/Tower-mockup2.jpg?v=1684853853"},{"product_id":"owid","title":"Out of the Window, Into the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuying\u003cem\u003e from the EU? Please read about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/pages\/shipping-changes-to-eu-customers-from-1st-july-2021\" title=\"Shipping Changes\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eshipping from the UK\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-small-font-size\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[C]onfirms her as one of the modern masters of the short story form... An essential document of one of our key authors working in genre today\u003c\/strong\u003e\". \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fantasy-hive.co.uk\/2024\/10\/out-of-the-window-into-the-dark-by-marian-womack-book-review\/\"\u003eThe Fantasy Hive\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-small-font-size\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[H]ighlights Womack’s versatility as a writer... [A] beautiful and often eerie set of tales to beguile and intrigue a reader\".\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.runalongtheshelves.net\/blog\/2024\/11\/18\/out-of-the-window-into-the-dark-by-marian-womack\"\u003eRunalong the Shelves\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-small-font-size\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003eTry this book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003eRead: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8436\/6710\/files\/Player_Creator_Emissary.pdf?v=1735661026\"\u003ePLAYER\/CREATOR\/EMISSARY\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003eRead: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8436\/6710\/files\/The_Iceberg_in_My_living_Room.pdf?v=1735661026\"\u003eTHE ICEBERG IN MY LIVING ROOM\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003eRead: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8436\/6710\/files\/Fox_Raven.pdf?v=1735661027\"\u003eFOX \u0026amp; RAVEN\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-small-font-size\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThe employee of a library-planet grapples with industrial espionage. The connection between an indie comic and a local boogie-man is discovered by a group of friends. In a future museum of the mind, a nostalgia-addicted curator tries to understand the emotions of 20th century humans. An Anglo-Saxon traveller narrates her journey into the Artic regions to her Queen. A group of friends tries to capture the last pink-footed goose on Planet Earth…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-small-font-size\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eMarian Womack’s new collection of short stories shows us how the then and the now, the future and the past, are made of the same particles. Loneliness, nostalgia and its dark ghosts, and the possibilities for humanity if technology and preservation dovetail, are brought together with Womack’s characteristic crossing of genres, places and moods. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eOut Through the Window, Into the Dark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e is a collection for our and future times, movingly demonstrating the devastating consequences of our collective actions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eauthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Marian Womack\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003edesign: \u003c\/strong\u003eVince Haig\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eisbn:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781916232174\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003epages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-small-font-size\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eReviews:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fantasy-hive.co.uk\/2024\/10\/out-of-the-window-into-the-dark-by-marian-womack-book-review\/\"\u003eThe Fantasy Hive\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.runalongtheshelves.net\/blog\/2024\/11\/18\/out-of-the-window-into-the-dark-by-marian-womack\"\u003eRunalong the Shelves\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-small-font-size\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003ePraise for Out of the Window, Into the Dark:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-small-font-size\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e'Rarely will you find a collection of stories so keenly attuned to the anxieties of the world we live in, expressed with such urgent beauty: \u003cem\u003eOut of the Window, Into the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e situates itself at the intersection of past, present and future, of allegory, elegy and warning. As affirming as they are devastating, these are stories which remind us that art and truth are still worth fighting for.' \u003cstrong\u003eLaura Mauro\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-small-font-size\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e'Marian Womack is a formidable talent. Each story in \u003cem\u003eOut of the Window, Into the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e sparkles like cut-glass... A mesmeric must-read'. \u003cstrong\u003eHelen Marshall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-small-font-size\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e'Marian Womack writes stories with a watchful, intelligent eye on the world. The tales in this collection discuss many possibilities with a discomfiting yet poetic clarity I hugely admire.' \u003cstrong\u003eAliya Whiteley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-small-font-size\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e'Tales that evoke the wild worldbuilding of Ursula LeGuin and the unsettling domesticity of Shirley Jackson... Unpredictable, yet consistently affecting and rewarding.' \u003cstrong\u003eTim Major\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-small-font-size\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e'Marian Womack's shrapnel-sharp, deeply compassionate stories crackle with furious life and invention.' \u003cstrong\u003eMalcolm Devlin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-small-font-size\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e'This is a gorgeous, thought-provoking collection, weaving together multiple pasts and presents, and reflecting on uncertain futures. There is horror, and beauty, and very dark humour, and most of all there is an intense engagement with an increasingly fragile world. I'll be thinking about these stories long after the final page.' \u003cstrong\u003eSarah L Brooks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Marian Womack:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e111c6438c64f7120c832d58d8a4c758\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHighlights everything that speculative fiction, of all possible modes of literature, excels at.-\u003cstrong\u003e Nina Allan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-03fbbf95210395ec978c0e6868f20948\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarian Womack is fiendishly imaginative. She creates magic.- \u003cstrong\u003ePriya Sharma\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b82275d89e83f561c5abba665a912046\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWriting chockfull of interesting ideas about the natural world and ourselves. \u003cstrong\u003e– Jeff VanderMeer \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6eb40cd13a2dc26b58a8a8de16b6abff\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA supremely gifted writer. \u003cstrong\u003e– Elizabeth Hand \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-82e7b016e9d72603c438a423a6adbb67\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarian Womack is an exciting and endlessly inventive writer. I look forward to reading everything she writes. \u003cstrong\u003e– Naomi Booth \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarian Womack\u003c\/strong\u003e is a bilingual Hispanic-British author, editor and translator of Weird fiction, Horror, speculative fiction, and fiction of the Anthropocene. Her writing deals with man’s relationship with nature and its loss through cross-genre, hybrid and experimental approaches, and she holds a PhD in Creative Writing and Environmental Humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarian’s publications include the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Swimmer\u003c\/em\u003es (2021),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Golden Key\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), and \u003cem\u003eOn the Nature of Magic \u003c\/em\u003e(2023). Her short fiction has been included in numerous collaborative works, used in art installations, and collected in the volumes \u003cem\u003eLost Objects\u003c\/em\u003e (2018), and \u003cem\u003eOut Through The Window, Into The Dark\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2024). She co-edited, with Gary Budden, the international eco-fiction anthology\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Invite to Eternity: Tales of Nature Disrupted\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Calque Press, 2019), and is a contributor to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWriting the Future: Essays on Crafting Science Fiction\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(2023). She has taught creative writing, publishing studies and book history in Spain and the UK, and is the first Spanish graduate of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eClarion Writer’s Workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarian’s work has been included in year’s bests anthologies and lists, shortlisted to two British Fantasy Awards and a British Science Fiction Association Award. She is a member of the Climate Fiction Writer's League.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBROWSE SIMILAR TITLES:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHorror \u003c\/em\u003e- More \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/all-calque-products\/horror\" title=\"Tag: Horror\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHorror\u003c\/a\u003e from Calque\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScience Fiction \u003c\/em\u003e- More \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/all-calque-products\/science-fiction\" title=\"Tag: Science Fiction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eScience Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e from Calque\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWeird \u003c\/em\u003e- More \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/all-calque-products\/weird-fiction\" title=\"Tag: Weird\/Uncanny\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWeird\/Uncanny\u003c\/a\u003e from Calque\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBooks by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/marian-womack\"\u003eMarian Womack\u003c\/a\u003e in Calque \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"short fiction","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42498166259746,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8436\/6710\/files\/outofwindow.webp?v=1715676878"},{"product_id":"pre-order-pamphlet-eleven","title":"Pamphlet Eleven - Some Thoughts on Horror: Consideration of an Effect","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuying from the EU? Please read about \u003ca title=\"Shipping Changes\" href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/pages\/shipping-changes-to-eu-customers-from-1st-july-2021\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eshipping from the UK\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited edition - 100 copies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCalque Ideas provides an opportunity for writers to think aloud, using their own experiences and knowledge to approach topics in an accessible and attractive way.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe facile cry of “that didn’t scare me” is occasionally proclaimed as an indication of horror’s failure. But perhaps this is too blunt a measure for this august mode’s endless variations of tone, aim, and impact. Although popularly considered a unified genre—Horror is horror!—avid readers know the terrain of the broader field can be far more nuanced and complex in its effects. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome Thoughts on Horror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Brian J. Showers assesses the horror genre’s varied possibilities for literary effect, offering thoughts on a framework for considering the more delicate and interesting facets available to genre practitioners and aficionados alike.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eauthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Brian J. Showers\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epages:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"75.76213333333332\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrian J. Showers \u003c\/strong\u003eis originally from Madison, Wisconsin. He has written short stories, articles, and reviews for magazines such as \u003ci\u003eRue Morgue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGhosts \u0026amp; Scholars\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSupernatural Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. His short story collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Bleeding Horse\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Children of the Night Award in 2008. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eLiterary Walking Tours of Gothic Dublin\u003c\/i\u003e, the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eReflections in a Glass Darkly: Essays on J. Sheridan Le Fanu\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Green Book Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. Showers also edited four volumes of the \u003ci\u003eUncertainties \u003c\/i\u003eanthology series, and co-edited with Jim Rockhill, the Ghost Story Award-winning anthology \u003ci\u003eDreams of Shadow and Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Dublin, Ireland he runs the independent imprint Swan River Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"431.61183999999986\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReview in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.librarything.com\/work\/35164211\/t\/Some-Thoughts-on-Horror-Consideration-of-an-Effect\"\u003eLibrary Thing\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBROWSE SIMILAR TITLES IN OUR CATALOGUE:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssay \u003c\/em\u003e- More \u003ca title=\"Tag: Non-Fiction\" href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/all-calque-products\/essay\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNon-Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e from Calque\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"calque ideas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55086570078595,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8436\/6710\/files\/Screenshot_2025-05-14_at_10.21.01.png?v=1747214494"},{"product_id":"pre-order-pamphlet-twelve","title":"Pamphlet Twelve - 40 Questions About a Political Play","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuying from the EU? Please read about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/pages\/shipping-changes-to-eu-customers-from-1st-july-2021\" title=\"Shipping Changes\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eshipping from the UK\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited edition - 100 copies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCalque Ideas provides an opportunity for writers to think aloud, using their own experiences and knowledge to approach topics in an accessible and attractive way.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn this intimate essay, Dan O’Brien begins with an apparently simple question: does anybody truly want to see a political play? This provocation is then developed, unpicked, reorganised: what is a political play? What does it mean to think about politics in art? Who are writers writing for? These questions lead onto larger ideas of responsibility in general, and the initial starting point takes us jaggedly into a masterful investigation of what it means to create: how else do we discover the world except through asking questions about it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eauthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Dan O'Brien\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003epages: \u003c\/strong\u003e24pp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"75.76213333333332\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDan O’Brien\u003c\/strong\u003e is a playwright, poet, and nonfiction writer whose recognition for playwriting includes a Guggenheim Fellowship, two PEN America Awards, and for poetry the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. His play \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eNewtown \u003c\/i\u003eis the recipient of the 2024 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; color: black;\"\u003eBlanche and Irving Laurie Foundation’s Theatre Visions Fund Award. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eO’Brien’s poetry collections are \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eFlying on Easter and Other Poems \u003c\/i\u003e(Poetry London Editions), \u003ci\u003eSurvivor’s Notebook \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e(Acre Books)\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOur Cancers \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e(Acre Books)\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScarsdale \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e(CB Editions \/ Measure Press), \u003ci\u003eNew Life \u003c\/i\u003e(CB Editions \/ Hanging Loose Press), and \u003ci\u003eWar Reporter \u003c\/i\u003e(CB Editions \/ Hanging Loose Press)\u003c\/span\u003e. In 2021 a collection of O’Brien’s essays on playwriting, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eA Story That Happens\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in the UK by CB Editions, and in the US by Dalkey Archive Press. In 2023 he published his memoir \u003ci\u003eFrom Scarsdale: A Childhood \u003c\/i\u003eand a collection of plays, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eTrue Story: A Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, both with Dalkey Archive Press. He has taught playwriting at Princeton University, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and elsewhere. Originally from New York, O’Brien lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"431.61183999999986\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcerpt in \u003ca title=\"American Theatre\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/2025\/07\/24\/thats-political-entertainment\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawL1-81leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtyPYLnQqTWBqnXXjHscDx9DJ9KHAmeslnxfWrysMgvRS6mvnMov8UDRsRQc_aem_b_2WT0OvGjmNpgEWZgsA2A\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmerican Theatre\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcerpt in \u003ca title=\"Arts Fuse\" href=\"https:\/\/artsfuse.org\/313135\/arts-commentary-essential-inquiries-40-questions-about-a-political-play\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Arts Fuse\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePodcast: \u003ca title=\"Day for Night\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/s5-ep-28-40-questions-about-a-political-play-by-dan-obrien\/id1522902037?i=100\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDay for Night with Caridad Svich\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBROWSE SIMILAR TITLES IN OUR CATALOGUE:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssay \u003c\/em\u003e- More \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/all-calque-products\/essay\" title=\"Tag: Non-Fiction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNon-Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e from Calque\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"calque ideas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55086954545539,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8436\/6710\/files\/Screenshot2025-06-09at13.28.21.png?v=1749472154"},{"product_id":"raggedband","title":"Ragged Band of Travellers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuying from the EU? Please read about \u003ca title=\"Shipping Changes\" href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/pages\/shipping-changes-to-eu-customers-from-1st-july-2021\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eshipping from the UK\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 14.65pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the corner of a busy tavern on the outskirts of a city, an unlikely crew finds common cause ….\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 14.65pt;\"\u003eJust as a fantasy role-playing campaign might begin with such a premise, so too does this anthology of new writing propose itself as a fateful coming-together. The writers assembled are of a variety of age, experience, specialism and style. Each takes as a starting point a class or race from the world of the \u003ci\u003eDungeons \u0026amp; Dragons\u003c\/i\u003e tabletop game – but as to what they do with it next, the results are sometimes and sometimes not concerned with play, heroism, terrible creatures or gloomy depths. They make and leave untidy portals between this world and others. They lead you, torch in hand, to a deal that is strange, melancholic, joyous or glintingly ajar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 14.65pt;\"\u003ePoems by \u003cspan class=\"eop\"\u003eCraig Baxter, James Womack, Steve Xerri, Sophie Villalobos, Matthew Holland, Freya Sacksen, George Herbert, Lisa Farrell, Timothy J. Jarvis, Charlotte Geater, Rebecca Watts, Andrea Porter, Christina Rossetti, Richard Hunter, Jon Stone, Lisa Sargeant, Jonathan Morley, Edmund Spenser, Junayd of Islam, Dan Leighton, Alice Lawrence, Holly Trundle, Kirsten Irving, Madison Cawein, Adam Crothers, Jac Harmon\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEdited by Jon Stone.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eeditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jon Stone\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003edesign:\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eVince Haig\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eisbn:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1-9162321-8-1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003epages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 106pp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJon Stone\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Derbyshire-born writer, editor and researcher. He won an Eric Gregory Award in 2012, the Poetry London Prize in 2014 and 2016 and the Live Canon International Poetry Competition in 2018. His most recent short books are \u003ci\u003eUnravelanche\u003c\/i\u003e (Broken Sleep, 2021), \u003ci\u003eSandsnarl\u003c\/i\u003e (The Emma Press, 2021) and a pamphlet essay, \u003ci\u003ePoems Are Toys (And Toys Are Good For You) \u003c\/i\u003e(Calque, 2023). He has also published a monograph, \u003ci\u003eDual Wield: The Interplay of Poetry and Video Games\u003c\/i\u003e (DeGruyter, 2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBROWSE SIMILAR TITLES IN OUR CATALOGUE:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry \u003c\/em\u003e- More \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/all-calque-products\/poetry\" title=\"Tag: Poetry\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e from Calque\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaming\u003c\/em\u003e - More titles on gaming from Calque\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJon Stone \u003c\/em\u003e- More titles from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/jon-stone\"\u003eJon Stone\u003c\/a\u003e at Calque \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"poetry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55771649966467,"sku":"25","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8436\/6710\/files\/RaggedBand_fa327d2e-6d19-43e6-b8ee-46cbe46c7a5a.jpg?v=1749732189"},{"product_id":"pamphlet-thirteen-the-eyelash-tarot-project-meditations-on-writing-randomness-and-hanging-on","title":"Pamphlet Thirteen - The Eyelash Tarot Experiment: Meditations on Writing, Randomness and Hanging On","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuying from the EU? Please read about \u003ca title=\"Shipping Changes\" href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/pages\/shipping-changes-to-eu-customers-from-1st-july-2021\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eshipping from the UK\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited edition - 100 copies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCalque Ideas provides an opportunity for writers to think aloud, using their own experiences and knowledge to approach topics in an accessible and attractive way.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pamphlet is a fascinating experiment in shared experience, almost shared\u003cbr\u003econsciousness. Via an intercalated pair of tarot readings, both practical and visionary,\u003cbr\u003eKarlsdóttir and Stokes reflect on what the cards reveal and explain, and the ways in\u003cbr\u003ewhich they touch upon the sources of creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eauthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%; mso-outline-level: 1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;\"\u003eEygló Karlsdóttir and Ashley Stokes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epages:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"75.76213333333332\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEygló Karlsdóttir\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novellas \u003ci\u003eAll the Dark Places\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn His Mind Her\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eShadow\u003c\/i\u003e and has released the short story collections \u003ci\u003eThings the Devil Wouldn’t Dream Of and Other\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eStories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSeafood \u0026amp; Cocktails\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also had some success with getting stories into anthologies like \u003ci\u003eThe Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDreamland: Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e to name just two. She is an Icelander that writes in English and lives in Sweden. For more information visit: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/eyglo.info\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;\"\u003eeyglo.info\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAshley Stokes\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eGigantic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Syllabus of Errors\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent short fiction includes: ‘Orange Slab’ in \u003ci\u003eInterzone #301\u003c\/i\u003e; ‘Dimmer’ (\u003ci\u003eSalo Flirtations\u003c\/i\u003e); and ‘Life is a Horror Movie’ in \u003ci\u003eThere’s Nothing Out There\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Sophie Essex. Other stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThree-Lobed Burning Eye, IZ Digital, Weird Horror, Phantasmagoria, Chthonic Matter\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. He lives in the East of England where he’s a ghost and ghostwriter. For more info: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ashleystokes.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;\"\u003eashleystokes.net\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBROWSE SIMILAR TITLES IN OUR CATALOGUE:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssay \u003c\/em\u003e- More \u003ca title=\"Tag: Non-Fiction\" href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/all-calque-products\/essay\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNon-Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e from Calque\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"calque ideas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57341575790979,"sku":null,"price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8436\/6710\/files\/Screenshot2026-02-26at10.19.17.png?v=1772101184"},{"product_id":"pre-order-pamphlet-fourteen-how-to-deal-with-everything-we-lose","title":"Pamphlet Fourteen - How to Deal with Everything We Lose","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuying from the EU? Please read about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/pages\/shipping-changes-to-eu-customers-from-1st-july-2021\" title=\"Shipping Changes\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eshipping from the UK\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited edition - 100 copies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCalque Ideas provides an opportunity for writers to think aloud, using their own experiences and knowledge to approach topics in an accessible and attractive way.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThe language of loss, and the language of sympathy, are difficult to set down with any clarity. In this intimate pamphlet, composer Jessica Curry discusses how her various experiences of loss have affected and transformed the way she exists in the world, and the choices she has had to make to survive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eauthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 200%; mso-outline-level: 1;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;\"\u003eJessica Curry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003epages: \u003c\/strong\u003e17\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"75.76213333333332\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 115%; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; letter-spacing: .3pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJessica Curry\u003c\/strong\u003e is a multi-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003eBAFTA winning composer, writer, game developer and broadcaster. Elegiac, luminous and often beautifully direct, her music and writing examine themes of love, forgiveness, redemption, tolerance and hope. \u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .3pt;\"\u003eHer contemporary classical and video game music has had extensive exposure on radio and in concert halls around the world, including \u003c\/span\u003eThe Barbican,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .3pt;\"\u003e Sydney Opera House, Durham Cathedral and MOMI, New York. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eHer music closed out the first ever gaming Prom at the Royal Albert Hall in 2022. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 115%; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eJe\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003essica co-founded and ran the internationally renowned game studio The Chinese Room, and her music, alongside her work as a creative and audio director, are fundamental to the studio’s reputation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eShe has written and presented shows and concerts for Classic FM, BBC Radio 3, Magic Classical, the Royal Albert Hall, BBC Maida Vale and many more. In 2023, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eshe was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Music from Abertay University. Her most recent album, \u003ci\u003eShielding Songs, \u003c\/i\u003ereleased in 2025\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ehas been described as “deliciously ethereal” by The Guardian and “profoundly moving; offering grief, beauty and solace in equal measure” by Choir \u0026amp; Organ.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBROWSE SIMILAR TITLES IN OUR CATALOGUE:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssay \u003c\/em\u003e- More \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/all-calque-products\/essay\" title=\"Tag: Non-Fiction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNon-Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e from Calque\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"calque ideas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57369071747459,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8436\/6710\/files\/Screenshot2026-02-26at10.16.05.png?v=1773228792"},{"product_id":"pre-order-pamphlet-fifteen","title":"PRE-ORDER: Pamphlet Fifteen - Welsh Horror: A Poetics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePre-Order: AVAILABLE AUTUMN 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuying from the EU? Please read about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/pages\/shipping-changes-to-eu-customers-from-1st-july-2021\" title=\"Shipping Changes\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eshipping from the UK\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited edition - 100 copies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eauthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 200%; mso-outline-level: 1;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;\"\u003ePeredur Glyn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epages:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"75.76213333333332\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeredur Glyn\u003c\/strong\u003e is originally from Bodffordd, Ynys Môn (Anglesey). Growing up in a Welsh-speaking home, he went to Queens' College, Cambridge, to complete a BA and Mphil in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Studies. It was on this course that he developed his interest and academic knowledge of medieval Welsh literature, history and mythology, which play a prominent role in his fiction. He later obtained a PhD in Linguistics from Bangor University, where he has lectured since 2009. He is currently a Reader in Linguistics and Bilingualism. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;\"\u003eHe writes fiction in Welsh, generally in the genre of cosmic horror. His books include \u003ci\u003ePumed Gainc y Mabinogi\u003c\/i\u003e [‘The Fifth Branch of the Mabinogi’] (Y Lolfa, 2022), which was shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2023, Cysgod y Mabinogi [‘The Shadow of the Mabinogi’] (Y Lolfa, 2024) and \u003ci\u003eAnfarwol, neu Diflaniad Theophilus Cibber \u003c\/i\u003e[‘Immortal, or The Vanishing of Theophilus Cibber’] (Y Lolfa, 2025), which won the prestigious 2025 Daniel Owen Memorial Prize. He was also the first to publish H.P. Lovecraft’s work into Welsh, as \u003ci\u003eGalwad Cthulhu a Straeon Arswyd Eraill \u003c\/i\u003e[‘The Call of Cthulhu and Other Horror Stories’] (Melin Bapur, 2025). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;\"\u003eHe lives in Menai Bridge with his son.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBROWSE SIMILAR TITLES IN OUR CATALOGUE:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssay \u003c\/em\u003e- More \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/all-calque-products\/essay\" title=\"Tag: Non-Fiction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNon-Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e from Calque\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"calque ideas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57719653564803,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8436\/6710\/files\/Screenshot2026-04-03at09.08.42.png?v=1775204338"},{"product_id":"pre-order-pamphlet-sixteen","title":"PRE-ORDER: Pamphlet Sixteen - Swimming in a Vast Whirlpool: On Songwriting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePre-Order: AVAILABLE AUTUMN 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuying from the EU? Please read about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/pages\/shipping-changes-to-eu-customers-from-1st-july-2021\" title=\"Shipping Changes\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eshipping from the UK\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited edition - 100 copies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eauthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eFlora Hibberd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epages:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"75.76213333333332\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlora Hibberd\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Paris-based musician and songwriter from London, UK. Their debut record, \u003ci\u003eSwirl\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in 2025 on US label 22Twenty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos Display',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBROWSE SIMILAR TITLES IN OUR CATALOGUE:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssay \u003c\/em\u003e- More \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/all-calque-products\/essay\" title=\"Tag: Non-Fiction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNon-Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e from Calque\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"calque ideas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57719678140803,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8436\/6710\/files\/Screenshot2026-04-03at09.08.31.png?v=1775204851"}],"url":"https:\/\/calquepress.com\/collections\/frontpage\/weird-fiction.oembed","provider":"Calque Press ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}