29/12/2025
This year was slow in terms of publishing, we only managed to put out a backgammon tutorial zine, an honest pilgrimage love novel and a heavy, noir poetry book. In this attention-based economy we noticed that people started paying real attention to the bookstore, so we gave it some gas and the response was amazing.
We stocked it as much and as many-voiced as we could, started hosting some events at our place at the same time we were doing other things downtown, raked the local publishing scene for new titles, all while moving the books “under the nose of people” so they could see how much good stuff is out there.
It’s been truly the hardest year yet, but the first one when the effort made a visible impact. We started the publishing house in 2022, and since 2024 we rolled the dice, hopeful we could manage a bookstore in Obor Market.
At the end of this year we probed the local readership with a test-run for .abf and it was a surprising success. The second edition is for sure happening next year, along with launching 6 new photobooks. So stay close, drop by the bookshop to see what’s new or what’s old but still good.
Lastly, a loud and strong 🗣️ THANK YOU to everyone who came to our events, read a book, bought a zine, stocked our titles, and to the local scene that’s starting to work together: THIS FEELS GREAT! 🫠
