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About the-ambit-team

This is the account that the ambit team uses to update the site. We might move to having separate accounts at some stage so you can see who has posted particular items, but for the moment we're just going to be providing content en masse.

Ambit 208 is out now!

Posted on 25 April, 2012 by the-ambit-team

Ambit 208 is on sale now! Featuring 104 pages of prose poetry and artwork, perfect-bound and beautiful to behold. Buy it now. . . In this quarter’s issue: Jane Deverson Lift Your Head Up From The Table, Gladys David Shook … Continue reading →

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Ambit 207 – on sale now!

Posted on 26 January, 2012 by the-ambit-team

Featuring: Prose from Catherine Eisner, Neil Ferguson (read this story online), John Saul, Nick Sweeney. Poetry from Lotte Kramer, Rosemary Norman, Donald Atkinson, Patricia Cherin, Lance Lee, Thomas Orszag-Land, J. Jason Mitchell, Alexis Lykiard, Clint Margrave, John Hartley Williams, Julian … Continue reading →

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Ambit’s Christmas Bundle!

Posted on 1 December, 2011 by the-ambit-team

Hey shoppers! We’ve put our heads together and come up with a fantastic Christmas gift for your literary loved ones – Five back issues in a handsome Ambit bag! [UPDATE! Our next posting of these will be on the 20th, … Continue reading →

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Ambit is looking for a new editorial assistant!

Posted on 17 November, 2011 by the-ambit-team

We’re looking for someone to come to the office one day a week and help us out with all of our editorial activities. Have a look at the description below and see if it looks good to you… Some information … Continue reading →

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Thanks to Ditto Doors!

Posted on 17 November, 2011 by the-ambit-team

Thanks to the fantastic folks at Ditto Doors for hosting a great exhibition of Ambit covers at their gallery in Islington.  To see some pictures and learn more, head to their site and click on ‘October’: http://www.ditto.tv/doors.html

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Ambit 206 is here!

Posted on 26 October, 2011 by the-ambit-team

Hey – It’s Ambit #206! Buy it now! Featuring: Kevin Crossley-Holland / Astrid Chesney In the Window-Seat Jack Moss Pencil and Crayon Drawings Nigel Pantling Moon-landing Alix Nathan MOVE Myra Schneider Oranges Geoff Nicholson / Michael Foreman QAWGOLDOF Knute Skinner … Continue reading →

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Wowsers! The Youth Issue of Ambit is out!

Posted on 20 July, 2011 by the-ambit-team

Here it is! Ambit 205! 96 pages of new voices, fresh perspectives, youthful zip, vim and vigour, piss and vinegar. And other youthful stuff. Come along to the launch in Kentish town on Thursday 21 July Buy it now! YOUTH … Continue reading →

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From the archive – Ambit issue 1

Posted on 12 May, 2011 by the-ambit-team

Here’s a scan of the front cover of the very first Ambit, printed in the Summer of 1959: And here’s Martin’s very first editorial: And here’s what a computer makes of Martin’s scanned text.  I was going to correct it, … Continue reading →

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Ambit 204 is here!

Posted on 28 April, 2011 by the-ambit-team

The Spring issue of Ambit is here.  The image below doesn’t do the lettering justice – it’s a fantastic bright neon.  See below the picture for the issue’s contents. CONTENTS 3   James Priestman/Michael Foreman Breakfast, 3rd July 2009 6   David … Continue reading →

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Ambit is no longer accepting submissions for the youth issue

Posted on 27 April, 2011 by the-ambit-team

The deadline is passed.  All future youth submissions will be added to our regular submissions pile.  Thanks so much to all who have sent us work – the quality so far has been extremely good. Looking forward to getting some … Continue reading →

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