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Cipher Press
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An independent press publishing queer and trans authors
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With Transgender Week of Awareness underway for 2025, we just wanted to make sure you are aware of us. We're here, we're trans, and we're ready to sling some books.
A hand holding up a stack of Cipher Press books against an olive green wall. The person holding them up has a tattoo of the word CIPHER on their wrist. From the bottom up, the books are: Nettleblack by Nat Reeve (a green spine with pink Victorian-style writing), Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt (a black spine with hot pink writing), The Woman in the Portrait by Juliet Jacques (a white spine with black writing), X by Davey Davis (a grey and black spine with gold writing), Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt (a black spine with bright yellow writing), Heaven by Emerson Whitney (a dark blue spine with bright light blue writing), Front Lines by Juliet Jacques (a yellow spine with black writing), Daddy Boy by Emerson Whitney (a pink and deep purple spine with the title in white and the author name in yellow), Never Was by H Gareth Gavin (a pale pink spine with black writing) and Terry Dactyl by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (a white spine with black writing).
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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TERRY DACTYL, the incredible new novel from @mbsycamore.bsky.social, is out this week! As Lisa Ko says, Terry is a 'singular, indelible heroine'. We can't wait for you to meet her 💜 www.cipherpress.co.uk/terry-dactyl
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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We can't wait to see TERRY DACTYL by @mbsycamore.bsky.social out in the world. It's a stylish, beautiful novel – but you don't have to take our word for it. Read what the iconic Sarah Schulman had to say:
Promotional graphic for Terry Dactyl, on a white background with pink, red and blue feathers. The image features a quote from Sarah Schulman, author of Let the Record Show. The quote reads: '...creates a recognition of social absurdity that Mattilda elevates with her iconoclastic stylish beauty into a work that has as much to say about vulnerability as it does about trees, and time itself.'
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Thanks so much to the trans*poetics symposium in Vienna for having us this month! 🗣️ 📚 We had a great time talking about all things trans publishing – and we also got a sneak peek at Alison Rumfitt's work-in-progress 👀
Alison Rumfitt, a white woman in a white jumper, stands at a lectern on a black stage and reads from her work in progress. The lectern has 'mumak' printed on it, and a powerpoint presentation in the background says Alison Rumfitt WORKINPROGRESS in white text on a plain black background. An image of the mumak building in Vienna. It is a large, grey building in the shape of a block. There are stairs leading up the side nearest the camera, and a number of people line up against the wall of the stairs. A large part of the picture is taken up by blue, cloudless sky.
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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We love this quote from McKenzie Wark about the raucous and revelatory TERRY DACTYL, coming to a bookshop near you in November. Can't wait? Pre-order now! www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop/terry-d...
Promotional graphic for Terry Dactyl, on a white background with pink, red and blue feathers. Includes a quote from McKenzie Wark, author of Love and Money, Sex and Death. The quote reads: 'Terry Dactyl made me cry and made me laugh out loud. It has all the pain and joy, struggle and delight of the lives of those who colour outside the lines. It's a book about family and friendship and love and knowing when and how to change your life.'
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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We have plenty of ghosts and ghouls to keep you going this spooky season. From vampires in Truth & Dare, to witchcraft in Lákíríboto, to Brainwyrms' classic grotesquerie, there's something that goes bump in the night for everyone. www.cipherpress.co.uk/shop
Book cover for Lakiriboto, with the title in white at the bottom and the author's name, Ayodele Olofintuade, in white at the top. The background is bright red and at the right hand side we see the right half of a Black woman's face. Another aspect of her face is upside-down in the top-left corner. Book cover for Truth & Dare by So Mayer. The background is pink, with a twist of blue-grey water in the middle. A swimmer's head is visible both on the top and on the underside of the water. The word 'Truth' is at the top in white writing, and '& Dare' is upside down at the bottom. At the very bottom of the page, So Mayer is written in red. Book cover for Brainwyrns, with the title at the bottom in large hot pink text. The painted face of a woman has her mouth open, and a neon-green mass of worms spills out. At the top, 'Alison Rumfitt' appears in hot pink letters.
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Looking for a chilling read to curl up with this October? We recommend Tell Me I'm Worthless, the cult favourite haunted house novel from Alison Rumfitt. www.cipherpress.co.uk/tellmeimwort...
Book cover for Tell Me I'm Worthless, with the title in yellow text. Alison Rumfitt appears in yellow text below. The background image is a painting of a woman using grey and black, with a red stripe across her eyes. The stripe appears to have pins on top.
October 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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We're over the moon to announce we'll be publishing @michelletea.bsky.social's gutsy, joyful road-trip novel Little F in the UK! Hitting the streets near you April 2026 🚗
Graphic for Little F with an author headshot of Michelle Tea, a white woman with reddish-brown hair, against a brown paper backdrop. Image text reads Little F by Michelle Tea. April 2026. Faded stamps reading 'Cipher Press' can be seen in the margins. Black text on a brown paper background. Text reads: A gutsy and joyful road trip of a novel by cult favourite author of Black Wave and Valencia. In Spencer’s fantasies, the breezy, queer streets of Provincetown are utopia, a place where he can be free. And when a violent attack in his suburban Arizona schoolyard sends him to the hospital, he decides queer utopia can’t wait. One night, with the help of his best friend, the teenage witch Joy, he hitches a ride to find it. What follows is a cross-country road odyssey throughout the USA, taking Spencer from new moon rituals in Arizona canyons to Texas bus stations, from the luxe drag stages of Houston’s Montrose district to the jazz-soaked streets of New Orleans and beyond. This new novel from Michelle Tea tells the story, by turns raw, romantic, and sweet, of a sheltered boy taking his first leap into queer life, among all the complicated queers who live it.
September 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Brighton tonight! Join us for a fantastic evening discussing all things Bone Horn with Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain and @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social. See you at The Family Store at 6:30pm 📚🕵️
September 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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'The realest fiction I've read in a long time,' says Sterling Karat Gold author @waidner.bsky.social of Terry Dactyl, the propulsive new novel from @mbsycamore.bsky.social. Published by us in November 2025! www.cipherpress.co.uk/terry-dactyl
September 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM