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Writers Melissa Goldstein and Natalia Rachlin launched Mother Tongue to provide a platform for mothers that reaches further than the usual parenting and childcare advice. As issue two arrives we hear about the magazine’s origins, their remote working process, and what inspired them to reinvent such a traditional genre.

Last year Australian editor/writer Georgina Reid launched her biannual magazine Wondergound, having built an audience via her Planthunter website. Both projects address the meaning and importance of nature, and in particular the connections between people and plants.

Paris is currently the source of some really exciting magazines, one of which is graphic design journal Revue Faire. We meet its designer/publishers François Havegeer and Sacha Léopold, who launched the journal with the idea to address one topic every 15 days across the university year.

This week we hear from our friends Pann, Claire, Renn and Aira in Singapore, the family behind the wonderful Rubbish FAMzine. Every issue sparks a flurry of excitement at magCulture; search here on the Journal to see why we love it so! They share their thoughts as their book celebrating 10 years of the zine is published.

This week we visit Helsinki to hear from architect Lee Marable and Finnish ceramicist Roosa Melentjeff, the people behind arts and culture magazine BUM. Immediately appealing for its physical appearance, each themed issue gives voice to young designers and critics to express themselves.

We start the week in Japan with Rachel Davies, who launched Storied magazine in the middle of the Covid lockdown. The quarterly magazine reflects the affection she has developed for her adopted home—the places, crafts, and traditions of Japan—and her dedication to digging deeper to share local stories.