Pen Pusher
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Pen Pusher is a London
-based literary magazine, published three times a year, that features original short fiction, poetry, reviews, columns, literary facts and curiosities.
Founded in January 2006 by Anna Goodall, Felicity Cloake and Hape Mueller, the first issue was published in April 2006. The magazine can currently be obtained at selected retailers in London and via the magazine's website.
The magazine's office is in the Mildmay
area of London.
The Kaiser Chiefs
' front man, Ricky Wilson
, designed the magazine's emblem and was rewarded for his pains with the gift of an antique whistle as Pen Pushers usual gift of thanks—a wheel of cheese—was unsuitable due to his dairy aversion.
Pen Pusher provides a platform for new writing talent and welcomes submissions of reviews, features, short fiction and poetry.
As well as championing new writing, the magazine features more well-known literary names. Recent contributors to the magazine include Simon Callow
, Hugo Williams
, Simon Munnery
, Josie Long
and John Hegley
.
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
-based literary magazine, published three times a year, that features original short fiction, poetry, reviews, columns, literary facts and curiosities.
Founded in January 2006 by Anna Goodall, Felicity Cloake and Hape Mueller, the first issue was published in April 2006. The magazine can currently be obtained at selected retailers in London and via the magazine's website.
The magazine's office is in the Mildmay
Newington Green
Newington Green is an open space in north London which straddles the border between Islington and Hackney. It gives its name to the surrounding area, roughly bounded by Ball's Pond Road to the south, Petherton Road to the west, the southern section of Stoke Newington with Green Lanes-Matthias Road...
area of London.
The Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 1996. They were named after the South African football club Kaizer Chiefs....
' front man, Ricky Wilson
Ricky Wilson (British musician)
Ricky Wilson is the lead singer of English band Kaiser Chiefs. Wilson has also been on the panel of the BBC Television comedy series Shooting Stars in 2009, Never Mind the Buzzcocks in 2005, and was a guest host on the show in 2006.-Character and Style:Wilson is well known for wearing stripy...
, designed the magazine's emblem and was rewarded for his pains with the gift of an antique whistle as Pen Pushers usual gift of thanks—a wheel of cheese—was unsuitable due to his dairy aversion.
Pen Pusher provides a platform for new writing talent and welcomes submissions of reviews, features, short fiction and poetry.
As well as championing new writing, the magazine features more well-known literary names. Recent contributors to the magazine include Simon Callow
Simon Callow
Simon Phillip Hugh Callow, CBE is an English actor, writer and theatre director. He is also currently a judge on Popstar to Operastar.-Early years:...
, Hugo Williams
Hugo Williams
Hugo Williams is a British poet, journalist and travel writer. His full name is Hugh Mordaunt Vyner Williams He is the son of actor Hugh Williams and the model and actress Margaret Vyner, who co-wrote some upper-middle-class comedies in the late 1950s...
, Simon Munnery
Simon Munnery
Simon Munnery, also known by his stagenames of Alan Parker: Urban Warrior and The League Against Tedium, is an English comedy writer and experimental standup comedian...
, Josie Long
Josie Long
Josie Long is an English comedian.-Background:Long spent her early life in Orpington, South East London, where she attended Newstead Wood School for Girls in Swift House. She also attended GIFT Ltd. summer schools. She began performing stand-up comedy at 14, winning the BBC New Comedy Awards at...
and John Hegley
John Hegley
John Richard Hegley is an English performance poet, comedian, musician and songwriter.-Early life:He was born in the Newington Green area of Islington, London, England, into a Roman Catholic household. He was brought up in Luton and Bristol...
.