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A Fond Farewell to the Dadaoism Anthology

Written by Quentin S Crisp on February 9, 2022 - 0 Comments
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As mentioned in our previous post, saying goodbye from Chômu, this is an announcement about the Dadaoism anthology. We now have a date at which it will be taken out of distribution: the 10th of March.
Anthologies are very particular animals in the ecology of literature, which, if done right, allow for cross-pollination among readers. We [...]

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Farewell from and to Chômu Press

Written by Chomu Press Admin on December 10, 2021 - 6 Comments
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It has been some time since there has been Chômu Press news. Now, sadly, the news is that, after much exploring of avenues and much agonising, we have finally made the difficult decision to bring Chômu Press to an end. This is necessarily a brief statement, in order to give our readers as much time [...]

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John Elliott (1938 – 2017)

Written by Chomu Press Admin on June 30, 2017 - 2 Comments
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In honour of John Elliott, who passed away early last week, we are posting here an interview first sent out to our e-mail subscribers on the 24th of August, 2011.
There are also brief personal tributes to John Elliott by Quentin S. Crisp, here and here.
An audio interview with him, conducted by Quentin S. Crisp and [...]

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Out—out are the lights—out all!

Written by Chomu Press Admin on May 10, 2017 - 0 Comments
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Following on from the news of the Marked to Die anthology last year, we are very pleased to make another Mark Samuels-related announcement. Written in Darkness, the fifth collection of short fiction by Mark Samuels, and the twenty-eighth title from Chômu Press, is officially released today. Originally available as a limited edition hardback from Egaeus [...]

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Marked to Die

Written by Chomu Press Admin on November 10, 2016 - 0 Comments
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As the whistles and gunpowder smell of fireworks die away and we start to approach, with premature anticipation or dread, the festive season, and as the dark winter evenings that seem to call up atavistic memories of roaming wolf packs draw in, we break a long Chômu silence to bring you news of Mark Samuels, [...]

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Here Comes the Nice Prize Draw and Book Launch reminders

Written by Chomu Press Admin on November 30, 2011 - 0 Comments
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This is just a quick notice to remind Chômu subscribers and visitors to our site of two things:
That today is the last day for entering the prize draw for an inscribed copy of Here Comes the Nice, by Jeremy Reed.
And that tomorrow, December the 1st, is the day of the book launch, for Here Comes [...]

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Reminder – last day of the Great Lover prize draw

Written by Chomu Press Admin on April 28, 2011 - 0 Comments
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This is just to remind people that today is the last day on which they can enter the prize draw for the inscribed copy of The Great Lover. Details of the prize draw may be found here. Please remember that you must be on our mailing list in order to enter.

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