This Journal is where Margin to Margin Books documents the deliberate journey of our titles, from the initial spark of a marginalised narrative to the selection of the perfect paper stock and the commission of human illustrators whose work breathes life into every cover. As an independent press, our role is to act as the bridge between the radical imagination and the physical object. Here, you will find long-form essays on the politics of the margin, insights into our ethical UK-based production partnerships, and a celebration of the human craft that ensures our books are as enduring as the voices within them. We invite you to stay a while, read deeply, and join us in reclaiming the margins.
One Week Left: The Submissions Window Closes Friday 13 March ✍🏾
There’s an exciting submission sitting atop my submissions folder. Came in on Tuesday, little in terms of a covering note beyond the basics, three poems that assumed I was familiar with the experience they were describing. I did recognise the experience. And that’s the point. We’ve been open since January;…
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Telling Our Stories Our Way — and Why That Distinction Is Everything
The question at the heart of Margin to Margin Books is not complicated to state. There is a difference between publishing for marginalised communities and publishing about marginalised experience; between putting a reader from the margins at the centre of every editorial decision and producing books about that reader’s life…
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Two Weeks Left: Submit to the Margin to Margin Anthology
The submission window for our second anthology closes in two weeks. Friday 13th March. That’s it. If you’ve been sitting on a poem, a short story, or an essay — and wondering whether to send it to us — this is the moment to stop wondering.
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Age, Innovation, and the Art of Trailblazing: We’re LBF Bound!
📣 We have some rather significant news to share. Our founder and Chief Reader, Gareth James, has officially been shortlisted for the 2026 London Book Fair Trailblazer Awards. For those outside the publishing industry bubble, the London Book Fair is the UK’s biggest literary event, and the Trailblazer Awards are…
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