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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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Enter the human labyrinth

Written by Chomu Press Admin on October 17, 2012 - 2 Comments
Categories: News

October is upon us. It’s time to walk bleak city streets, with our coat collars turned up against the chill and gritty wind, to find the yellow-lit window of a barely inhabited cafe, somehow dazzling in the soft blue of the evening, to step inside, remove one’s gloves, order a coffee (or similar beverage) and [...]

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More prize draw winners and general news

Written by Chomu Press Admin on August 23, 2012 - 0 Comments
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First of all, we would like to announce that the winner of the I Am a Magical Teenage Princess prize draw is John Provencher of Connecticut, USA. Congratulations! A specially enhanced copy of the book is on its way to The Nutmeg State (or has arrived), even as I type. Below are glimpses of the [...]

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Chômu in 2012

Written by Chomu Press Admin on May 9, 2012 - 2 Comments
Categories: News, Reviews

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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Prize Draw Winners and Chômu News

Written by Chomu Press Admin on November 10, 2011 - 0 Comments
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First of all, we would like to announce that we have a winner for the Orphan Palace prize draw, and that winner is Dave Brzeski, who will soon be receiving in the post a customised copy of Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.’s The Orphan Palace with free bookmark and CDs with selected tracks from the [...]

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Prize Draw Winners and General Update

Written by Chomu Press Admin on August 15, 2011 - 2 Comments
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Time has passed and there have been a number of Prize Draw winners since the results of the Man Who Collected Machen competition were announced. The most recent of these eminent winners is Eddie Jones of Wisconsin, who will soon be receiving a specially inscribed copy of Jeanette, by Joe Simpson Walker, with a custom-made [...]

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Update near the eve of the tenth Chômu release

Written by Chomu Press Admin on June 13, 2011 - 0 Comments
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This month, Chômu Press will release our tenth publication, Nemonymous Night, by D.F. Lewis (reviewed here), so we thought it was an appropriate time for a general update and some future forecasts.
We are proud of each of our releases and are gratified to know that our titles are now enlivening bookshelves and enriching readers’ [...]

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Dying to Read – Feltham, here we come!

Written by Chomu Press Admin on April 21, 2011 - 0 Comments
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And now for something completely different! In keeping with the Chômu mission to bring you works that are of the highest quality and (maybe not just) a little unusual, we are very pleased to present a murder mystery that is also something of a literary conundrum. Dying to Read, by John Elliott, is a crime [...]

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End of Year Update

Written by Chomu Press Admin on December 29, 2010 - 1 Comment
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It’s almost the end of the year and only 14 days until the release of the second Chômu Press publication, I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like, by Justin Isis. The second Chômu release, it will be also the first of a number of releases for 2011. At the time of writing we have ten [...]

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