Pilot Press is the solo-run, experimental imprint of artist Richard Porter. Started in 2017 as a gesture of solidarity against the darkness, the press is inspired by the collaborative spirit of the gay liberation movement and the radical, subversive history of artist's DIY publishing.

Since its debut title, Not here: a queer anthology of loneliness (2017), the press has championed queer and outsider narratives in addition to highlighting key writers and artists from history. The AIDS Crisis and a radical sensibility that was lost informs a major part of the press's philosophy. 

Throughout its almost ten year history, the press has published the work of numerous writers and artists, including:

Charlotte Northall, Nate Lippens, Jack Spicer, Kevin Killian, Verity Spott, Derek McCormack, Eileen Myles, Olivia Laing, Charlie Porter, Lubaina Himid, Kenward Elmslie, Timothy Thornton, Dodie Bellamy, Hesse K, David Wojnarowicz, G.B. Jones, Cookie Mueller, Abdellah Taïa, John Wieners, Anne Tallentire, Andy Riley, Aaron Fagan, Clay AD, Wayne Koestenbaum, Paul P, Sholto Buck, CA Conrad, Lee Mary Manning, Helen Cammock, Eley Williams, Kashif Sharma-Patel, David Rattray, Zoe Leonard, Nat Raha, Katherine Franco, Scott Treleaven, Joshua Jones, Sam Moore, Philip Hoare, J. H. Prynne, Cecilia Pavón, Hedi El Kholti, D Mortimer, AA Bronson, Donna Marcus, Reverend Joyce McDonald, Nick Blackburn, Sarah Schulman, Lisa Robertson, Ellen Dillon, Matt Wolf, Siobhan Liddell and Derek Jarman. 

The press receives no external funding or institutional support. It works with an independent distributor of artist's books, Public Knowledge Books, who are able to supply bookshops in the U.K. and around the world.

For bookseller enquiries about stocking the press's titles, please write to them at sales@publicknowledgebooks.com. For everything else, including orders from the website and requests for review copies, please email the press at pilotpresslondon@gmail.com.

Please note that as a team of one managing the daily running of the press with other work it may not be possible to respond to every message received. 

To support the press in its day to day work, please consider purchasing a fundraising edition, here.