Praise from the Press . . .
‘A wonderful publication, at once unpretentious and lively, edifying and fun’ The Author
‘Fondling its delightfully crisp, cream pages you can almost feel corduroy patches sprouting from your elbows’ The Guardian
‘Packed with anecdotes, reminiscences and essays about books, writers and the trade. If you love books you’ll love Slightly Foxed.’ Time Out
‘Absolutely beautifully produced’ James Naughtie, BBC Radio 4, Today
‘Like a breath of fresh air’ Irish Times
‘Brilliant . . . a great present for those who love books and those who live abroad’ Financial Times
‘A lovely production . . . it contains many riches.’ The Bookseller
‘Sparky and independent’ The Times
‘A joy in itself – and it also publishes attractive, limited-edition, cloth-bound pocket hardbacks that will appeal to traditionalists’ House & Garden
‘‘Both literary and easily readable . . . Slightly Foxed offers a chance to discover about eighty books a year that most of us have never heard of but all of us will wonder about. Strike a blow for good reading everywhere and order a sample issue . . . It’s all about books, really good books . . . I couldn’t be happier to have found this magazine.’ Bookslut, US
‘It’s a joy, a delight, a quarterly treat that drives me to the bookshelves, the bookshop or the library in search of forgotten or never-encountered pleasures.’ I won’t say that Slightly Foxed is essential, it’s just that I can’t live without it any more. Bernard Cornwell
‘The arrival of a new issue of Slightly Foxed makes me drop everything. I read it from cover to cover and it immediately sends me off to order a number of the books that it features. Slightly Foxed is a brilliant idea, beautifully realised.’ Alexander McCall Smith
‘Sometimes deep, sometimes surprising, often eccentric, but always unputdownable.’ Posy Simmonds
‘I’m not sure if the rules of ‘Desert Island Discs’ allow a periodical instead of a book; but if they do – and no doubt the people at Brewhouse Yard could arrange delivery by homing albatross – I’d go for a subscription to Slightly Foxed and ration myself, very strictly, to an article a week . . . And I know I’d still read it in one go the day it arrived.’ Tim Mackintosh-Smith
‘It’s always a red-letter day when the post includes Slightly Foxed – gorgeous new cover, choice list of contents. I always find one title I plan to read – or an old favourite I’d forgotten about.’ Penelope Lively
‘For all ‘Read Readers’ it’s exciting to open a new issue of Slightly Foxed, sure of meeting a kindred spirit in each little essay – though that’s all you can be sure of, given the deliciously unpredictable variety of themes. This quarterly passes the re-reading test and deserves its own space in a bookcase; later generations can quote from it to prove that good writing didn’t die with the twentieth century.’ Dervla Murphy
‘A quarterly box of delights – always something unexpected to excite the taste buds of the bookish. I know it’s planned, but it feels fortuitous and that’s quite an art.’ Paul Routledge
‘Slightly Foxed is a handsome handful of thick creaminess, always with lovely covers, and would make a great present for someone who likes books, and for who you can never think of a remotely suitable present… the magazine is rather like that voice you always hope to hear behind you in old bookshops … ‘Ah now that’s an interesting one’. Miles Kington
‘Not only is it a fantastic read in its own right, it introduces the reader to an eclectic, unusual selection of reading material outside the usual bestseller lists and bookshop ‘books of the week’. Kate Humble, presenter of Springwatch (BBC2)