Stack Independent Magazines on Stage – with Die Quieter Please, Dispatch, The Fence, and Piscine
Stack Independent Magazines on Stage – with Die Quieter Please, Dispatch, The Fence, and Piscine
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Stack x St Bride Foundation
Stack Independent Magazines on Stage
With Die Quieter Please, Dispatch, The Fence, and Piscine
Date: Thursday 5 February 2026
Location: St Bride Foundation
Schedule (GMT):
Doors and bar open: 6pm
Talk starts: 6.30pm
Part One: 6.30–7.15pm
Part Two: 7.45–8.30pm
Drinks: 8.30–9.30pm
Tickets: £6.50 (plus booking fee)
Please note: the talk times differ to our usual lectures and start at 6.30pm.
From small magazines, to worker-owned journalist cooperatives, to email newsletters, it feels like we’ve never had so many ways to enjoy great writing by independent publishers. This event brings together four of Britain’s most distinctive independent magazines for an evening of readings that transfer their stories from the page onto the stage.
Each magazine will present two stories, read by their authors, to give a sense of the publication’s character. From investigative journalism, to first-person storytelling, to strange fiction, these magazines are doing very different things, but they’re carving out their identities by putting the written word first.
Come along to get a quick hit of these great magazines, and if you like what you see, pick up a copy of their latest issue direct from the publishers. We’ll also leave plenty of time for hanging around and talking afterwards.
Die Quieter Please
An independent literary magazine based in London, Die Quieter Please publishes short fiction and poetry in biannual issues that are based around open, abstract themes. Their third issue, themed ‘Silent Mass’, was published at the end of 2025.
Dispatch
Launched in 2025, Dispatch is a digital magazine that publishes two stories per week, reporting from the world’s peripheries. That could mean a trip to the longest-running inhabited peace camp in the world, or an encounter with the amateur shamans promising salvation on one of Ireland’s ayahuasca retreats. Whatever it is, it will help you to see the world from a fresh perspective.
The Fence
Billing itself as, “the UK’s only magazine”, The Fence is a quarterly title with a great eye for a story. A typical issue combines gossipy insider insights, serious reportage, gorgeous two-colour illustrations, and a decent chunk of fiction to deliver a magazine that’s always tremendously fun.
Piscine
The youngest magazine on the bill, the first issue of Piscine launched in Glasgow in November 2025. Its editors work full-time in the city’s bars and restaurants, and the magazine is dedicated to promoting the best new arts and culture coming out of Scotland, while also complaining about the evils of working in hospitality.
Curated by Steven Watson at Stack Magazines.
If you have any access requirements, please contact events@sbf.org.uk.
Organiser
Established in 1891 with a clear social and cultural purpose, St Bride Foundation is one of London’s hidden gems.
Housed in a beautiful Grade II listed Victorian building, St Bride Foundation was originally set up to serve the burgeoning print and publishing trade of nearby Fleet Street, and is now finding a new contemporary audience of designers, printmakers and typographers who come to enjoy a regular programme of design events and workshops.
Many thousands of books, printing-related periodicals and physical objects are at the heart of St Bride Library. Volumes on the history of printing, typography, newspaper design and paper-making jostle for space alongside one of the world’s largest and most significant collections of type specimens. The printed, written, carved and cast word may be found at St Bride in its myriad forms. Architectural lettering and examples of applied typography in many media, together with substantial collections of steel punches and casting matrices for metal types are also held in this eclectic collection. The Reading Room is open to visitors twice a month and on other days by appointment. Although we operate on a cost-neutral basis, it is necessary to charge for some of our services. Details are available by emailing the library team at library@sbf.org.uk.
St Bride retains many of its original features, including the baths, laundry, printing rooms and library. As part of the Foundation’s original mission to provide for the community, many of the building’s unique and characterful spaces are available to hire whether for meetings, weddings or classes.
St Bride also houses the popular Bridewell Theatre, and Bridewell Bar (once the laundry), and hosts a year-round programme of plays, comedy, music and exhibitions.
With some 65,000 visitors a year St Bride Foundation is a major London hub for the creative arts in London. We look forward to welcoming you soon.
Venue
St Bride Foundation, 14 Bride Ln, EC4Y 8EQ London
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