By
Heather Livings
Weymouth
I am raising £250 to fund a small printing of a miniature anthology. A palm sized booklet of short stories, two pounds a copy. With the hopes of establishing a regular press.
I'm a third year Creative Writing (BA) student. The Ha'Penny Press is something I have wanted to work on for a long time and as part of my Creative Enterprise Module I have been given the chance to explore it.
I commute between Bath and my home in Dorset fairly regularly on an exceedingly beautiful and rural bit of track. On this route, I observed in both my self and others the temptation to stare at my phone for the bulk of the journey and the reluctance to do it.
I don't want to be chained to this device, in no small part because I need it for my bus ticket home and I need the battery life. I am too chained to my phone to be this chained to my phone.
In the circle of my course and my local community I see a lot of promising writers. In the Ha'Penny Press I see a way to keep in contact with the community and another avenue for smaller writers to see print.
But the reason I want this to exist is that I want to see it in my life. I want something to read that doesn't involve packing a bag, enlarging all my pockets, or giving myself square eyes. I would be prepared to pay two pounds for it.
If I meet my minimum the spending will go to the printing costs.
If I meet my full target I will be able to have a larger print run and being able to pay my authors, as well as a launch event, where we might make the bulk of our sales.
If there are any extra funds
All the profits will go towards printing a second issue.
https://heatherlivingswriter.com
This is where I will be putting updates about the project.
Please email me here
HaPennyPress@Outlook.com
Select this reward if you just want to donate to the project without receiving a reward.
4 claimed
A copy of the anthology. Freshly printed, with three stories for our first volume.
3 claimed of 60
Estimated delivery: 1 July 2019
A copy of the anthology and a hand written note of thanks.
0 claimed of 20
Estimated delivery: 1 July 2019
Two copies of the anthology, each with a hand written note of thanks and an extra short story, also written by hand.
0 claimed of 10
Estimated delivery: 1 July 2019