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Since its beginnings in 2003, the independent Strange Attractor Press has carved out a specialist niche as a publisher of subcultural titles.

‘Our books cover quite a wide range of material – history, art, literature, music, film, esoterica, fiction and things that aren’t easy to categorise,’ said co-publisher Mark Pilkington. ‘We started out focused on what we called “unpopular culture” and we are still very much drawn to unusual material, but we hope some of it might be popular. We’re predominantly interested in non-fiction, but we are pleased to be growing a

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