Pilot Press is the imprint of artist Richard Porter.

Started in 2017 to shed light on contemporary queer lives, the press is inspired by the collaborative, intersectional spirit of the gay liberation movement and the radical, subversive history of artist's DIY publishing. It remains a voluntary, solo-run endeavour and receives no external funding or institutional support, relying entirely on income from sales to pay for printing and distribution.

In 2023 the press was shortlisted for The Republic of Consciousness Prize for the publication of Nate Lippens's debut novel, My Dead Book. Its titles are stocked by independent bookshops around the world and have been reviewed and featured widely, including for the Guardian, Frieze, the TLS, Interview, The Big Issue and Granta.

For enquiries about stocking the press's titles, please email the press's distributor Public Knowledge Books 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 it may not be possible to respond to every message received.