404 Ink

Nasty Women

Our first book publication, Nasty Women, featuring essays from Chitra Ramaswamy, Nadine Aisha Jassat and Kaite Welsh met international acclaim and attention through the highly successful Kickstarter campaign in January 2017 which saw the support of Margaret Atwood, Louise O'Neill, Nikesh Shukla and numerous other influential figures across the industry.
Literary Magazine

Thanks to Creative Scotland funding for our first issue, we were able to bring Issue One: Error, to a wide audience and sold out the first print run within months of publication.
The Goldblum Variations by Helen McClory

Helen McClory's absurdist The Goldblum Variations was first published by 404 Ink and then by Penguin US in 2019 (pictured) to international acclaim.
Let Me Tell You This by Nadine Aisha Jassat

Nadine Aisha Jassat's debut poetry collection Let Me Tell You This was published in 2019 and launched to a massive sell-out crowd in Edinburgh.
Hings by Chris McQueer

Chris McQueer's award-winning debut short story collection Hings was published in 2017 and adapted for the BBC iPlayer in 2019.
Constitution Street by Jemma Neville

Jemma Neville's debut exploration of hope in an age of anxiety in Constitution Street, chosen by Kathleen Jamie as one of her books of 2019 in the New Statesman.

404 Ink is an award-winning, alternative publisher based in Edinburgh. Founded in 2016 by Laura Jones and Heather McDaid, 404 Ink rose to national prominence through their literary magazine and their first book publication, Nasty Women, endorsed by Margaret Atwood and consequently Edinburgh International Book Festival's best selling title of 2017. They then went on to publish Chris McQueer's hilarious short story collections Hings and HWFG, with the former being adapted for the BBC. From there they have published critically acclaimed short stories by Helen McClory, poetry by Nadine Aisha Jassat, raw prose by Elle Nash, new stories from queer voices in We Were Always Here, sensitive narrative non-fiction from Jemma Neville and more.

404 Ink seeks to publish stories in all forms from writers who might not naturally find a fit with larger publishing houses or traditional Scottish publishers. They seek the weird and wonderful, the edgy and the alternative, all while aiming for commercial recognition for their authors.

Established: 2016

Publications: 4 per year average

Types of books published: Contemporary literature, political and social commentary anthologies and non-fiction, short story collections, humour, poetry and more.

Submission details: Submissions currently closed but please see 404ink.com/submissions for the most up to date information. (Please no postal submissions at any time.)

Contacts:

People: Laura Jones & Heather McDaid (Co-founders and directors)

Email: hello@404ink.com

Website: www.404ink.com

Facebook: /404ink

Twitter: @404Ink

Distributors:
BookSource
50 Cambuslang Rd, Glasgow G32 8NB
orders@booksource.net
0141 642 9192

Sales:
Compass
Compass Independent Publishing Services Ltd
Great West House
Great West Road
Brentford
TW8 9DF
020 8326 5696