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Hardback Crandolin and April issue of Schlock

Written by Chomu Press Admin on May 1, 2014 - 0 Comments
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Today marks the occasion of the release of the first Chômu hardback.
Crandolin, by Anna Tambour, shortlisted for the 2013 World Fantasy Award in the novel category, has been described by Paul Di Filippo thus:
Tambour deftly deploys a variety of tones and strategies in this book, which she manages to unite gracefully into an organic wholeness [...]

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First Chômu hardback, Schlock interview, prize draw results, and so on

Written by Chomu Press Admin on April 17, 2014 - 0 Comments
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Spring has arrived and Chômu Press has, for the month of April, entered into a temporary partnership with Schlock Magazine. An interview with Chômu is already up on their website, and may be read here. Please also look out, on the Schlock website, for new fiction from Luke Geddes and Justin Isis and for reviews [...]

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Pain and fear are the spices that make you cry

Written by Chomu Press Admin on March 13, 2013 - 3 Comments
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Boasting wraparound art from Jessica Fortner, our first release of 2013 is Onion Songs, by Steve Rasnic Tem, a career-spanning collection of 42 short stories, representing over 30 years of work and surely consolidating Tem’s reputation as a writer of impressive scope and vision. The stories collected in this volume showcase the off-beat and experimental [...]

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End of 2012: Chômu Press at Weird Fiction Review, yuugen and prize draw photos

Written by Chomu Press Admin on December 18, 2012 - 2 Comments
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After much preparation, this week, at Weird Fiction Review, is Chômu Press week. Chômu spokesperson Quentin S. Crisp provides an editorial at the WFR site, under the title ‘Yuugen Goes Without Saying’, outlining a little of the history, the aesthetic background and the aspirations of Chômu Press. Available elsewhere on the site are some selections [...]

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For the adwentoursomme…

Written by Chomu Press Admin on November 14, 2012 - 0 Comments
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Today we are happy to announce the release of our twentieth title, Crandolin, by Anna Tambour, a book which very much deserves the distinction. Set in Literaturnaya typeface, with a matte laminate jacket and back and front cover art from Christopher Conn Askew, Crandolin is a dizzyingly tall tale of mediaeval cookbooks, heraldic beasts, time [...]

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She was just seventeen…

Written by Chomu Press Admin on July 18, 2012 - 0 Comments
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Never been a beauty queen. But she was a magical teenage princess. Chômu’s seventeenth publication – officially released today – appropriately enough, is I Am a Magical Teenage Princess by Luke Geddes. We have been fortunate enough to work on this occasion with design megastar Rian Hughes, who has blessed us with a remarkably winsome-yet-wicked [...]

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Chômu in 2012

Written by Chomu Press Admin on May 9, 2012 - 2 Comments
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After a four month hiatus (there were no releases from January to April, but we have actually been busier than ever), Chômu is about to enter another period of production. Below we offer you the pick of recent links related to the upcoming releases for 2012, as well as some general Chômu news and information.
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