Archipelago (magazine)

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Archipelago
EditorAndrew McNeillie
Categories Literary magazine
FrequencyVariable
First issue2007
CompanyClutag Press
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Website www.clutagpress.com/product-category/archipelago/
OCLC 234083534

Archipelago is a literary magazine that publishes non-fiction and poetry on the subject of the British Isles. It is edited by Andrew McNeillie and published by Clutag Press. [1] [2] In 2021, The Lilliput Press published an anthology of contributions to the magazine between 2007 and 2019, edited by Nicholas Allen and Fiona Stafford and entitled Archipelago: A reader. [3] Notable contributors to the magazine include Seamus Heaney, Robert Macfarlane, and Terry Eagleton. [4]

Although several sources, including the aforementioned anthology, state that Archipelago stopped publishing in 2019, [3] [4] as of April 2023 new issues are still being published. [1]

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