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We’ve watched Fatboy Zine grow issue by issue, so it’s a pleasure to highlight founder Chris O’Leary and his magazine as the fifth edition goes on sale. This latest celebration of Asian food and food culture looks at Taiwan. ‘I highly recommend people travelling around Taiwan. It’s ridiculous how beautiful it is.’

Pressing Matters has quietly built an international readership for its coverage of printmaking and printmakers. As issue 26 goes on sale, founder John Coe discusses his magazine’s origins and his love for the art and craft he describes as reflecting a general desire to ‘step away from computers and devices.’

This week we meet editor/writer David Michon, who launched a newsletter, For Scale, about design and decor, in 2022. He has now added a printed broadsheet to expand the project, explaining ‘I don’t believe For Scale is ‘just’ a Substack, I wanted to show that it was more.’ He explains more as he sahres his working week.

Graphic design magazine Slanted has grown to be a vital part of the design ecosystem, publishing regular editions featuring contemporary work from single cities and countries. Co-founder Lars Harmsen considers the state of graphics today as he reflects on how his mag has developed over the years.

Food mag Chicken + Bread expresses the black experience of food in the UK, and was launched during the pandemic in response to its founder Hope Cunningham’s obsessive reminiscing—that first issue was themed ‘Nostalgia.’ As issue three, ‘Joy,’ is published, Hope tells us more about her maagzine’s origins.

We keep a small selection of free magazines at the entrance to our London shop, and a regular highlight is food magazine Slop. We asked its co-founder Jack Stanley to introduce the magazine and describe how the free model can work financially. He explains this and more as he shares his working week.