Pilot Press is the imprint of artist Richard Porter. Started in 2017 as a gesture of communality against the darkness, the press is inspired by the collaborative spirit of the gay liberation movement and the radical, subversive history of artists' DIY publishing. Its anthology series aimed to elevate new writers and artists by placing them alongside the established, with a strong focus on poetry and experimental writing.


The press is a solo-run endeavour and receives no external funding or institutional support. It works with a distributor, Public Knowledge Books, who are able to supply independent bookshops in the U.K. and internationally. For bookshop enquiries about stocking the press's titles, please write to them at sales@publicknowledgebooks.com.


For anything else, write to pilotpresslondon@gmail.com. Please note that as a team of one managing the press with other work, not to mention the trials of everyday life, it may not be possible to respond to every enquiry received.