 First issue, published June 2008 | |
| Editor | Craig Taylor |
|---|---|
| Categories | Literary magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly (ish) |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton |
| Total circulation | 140,000 (approx) |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | London |
| Language | English |
| Website | fivedials.com |
Five Dials is a digital literary magazine published from London by Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Books.[1] Edited by Craig Taylor, Five Dials features short fiction, essays, letters, poetry, reporting from around the world (humbly tagged “Currentish Events”) and illustrations.[2] The magazine is free and distributed in Portable Document Format (PDF) approximately every month.[3]
Though available online, the magazine is intended to be printed and enjoyed on paper. Five Dials is downloadable from the Hamish Hamilton website and subscribers receive email notifications about new issues. In his editor's letter for the June 2008 inaugural issue, Craig Taylor described Five Dials as “the product of a few editors and writers who would like to push a small enterprise into the inboxes of anyone interested in good writing.”[4]
- ^ Dammann, Guy (24 June 2008). "The Literary Periodical Goes Online". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ Brisick, Jamie (22 March 2010). "Fortifying Fruit for Sunstruck Vegetables". Malibu Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ Zhong, Fan. "Five Dials". Interview. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ Taylor, Craig (2008). "A Letter from the Editor: Introducing Five Dials" (PDF). Five Dials. 1 (1). Hamish Hamilton: 3.