The Stack
For print and publishing lovers. Covering everything from indie magazines to major publications and the evolving world of print media.
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The Stack Best of 2023
Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks back at the best interviews and reports from The Stack in 2023.
IDEA – the home of Superbooks
This week we pay a visit to IDEA Books in London’s Soho. We talk with co-founder David Owen about the iconic publishing house and its role as a bookseller at Dover Street Market. Also in the programme: we speak with Kieran Morris from current affairs and satirical quarterly ‘The Fence’.
The delights of a Smythson notebook and ‘Apartamento’ magazine
We speak with Luc Goidadin, creative director of Smythson, the celebrated British retailer of stationery, diaries and leather goods. Plus: Marco Velardi and Robbie Whitehead from ‘Apartamento’ magazine tell us about their new issue and pop-up store in Berlin.
‘Noma in Kyoto’, ‘Freude.Forever’ and ‘Roam’
This week on The Stack we speak with celebrated chef René Redzepi about his restaurant’s first magazine, ‘Noma in Kyoto’. Plus: we feature the beautiful BMW title, ‘Freude.Forever’, and ‘Roam’, a magazine celebrating modern folk.
‘Somesuch Stories’ and new spaces to buy magazines: Spruce Gallery and Adresse News
This week on The Stack we speak with Suze Olbrich from the annual title ‘Somesuch Stories’. Plus: Ric Gindap and Bonnapart Galeng from new Philippines-based magazine shop Spruce Gallery and photographer Amurri Kinsey on her mobile newsstand Adresse News.
Jo Ellison, ‘HTSI’ editor
We speak with Jo Ellison, editor of the Financial Times’ ‘HTSI’ magazine. Plus: Hlib Velyhorskyi, the founder and director of ‘Biblioteka’, and Amy Astley on the first short movie from ‘AD’.
How the notebook changed the world
We speak with Roland Allen, author of ‘The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper’. Plus: ‘Pier Journal’, an independent community journal celebrating the creative culture of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
‘Cocoa & Jasmine’, ‘New Escapologist’ and ‘Get Familiar’
We speak with Sayali Goyal from India-based cultural publication ‘Cocoa & Jasmine’. Plus: Robert Wringham from ‘New Escapologist’ and Arjun Chadha from hip-hop title ‘Get Familiar’.
‘Fantastic Man’, ‘The Entrepreneurs’ and PageFive
This week on The Stack, we speak with Gert Jonkers, editor of the newly revamped ‘Fantastic Man’. Monocle editor Josh Fehnert looks at the new edition of our business-focused annual ‘The Entrepreneurs’ and other forthcoming Monocle titles. And we visit PageFive, a cool publisher and bookshop in Prague.
Photography in Ghana, an Asian literary journal and the transition to print
This week on The Stack we speak with Michael Famighetti, editor of ‘Aperture’, a leading voice in the world of photography. We also head to Singapore to speak with Kirsten Han, managing editor of ‘Mekong Review’, and the team at independent weekly ‘Jom’ about transitioning from digital to print.
