May Update - This is What an Aftershock Looks Like

From shelves to stained glass there is an Aftershock everywhere

WHAT A MONTH, AND THANK YOU

The Aftershock Review - May Recap – A visual journey through the launch of The Aftershock Review in May 2025. The bold purple magazine appears on indie bookshop shelves beside new releases, in readers’ hands across the UK, and onstage at Chorlton Arts Festival beneath stained glass windows and neon signage. Poets read from its pages in a church, a cappuccino rests beside a featured poem, and online praise rolls in from Poetry Book Society and The Bookseller. Bunting flutters outside festival venues, while mountains rise behind the magazine in the Alps — a testament to its reach, beauty, and community.

May has been a month of wild beauty, deep gratitude, and full-circle moments.

From stained glass and neon at Chorlton Arts Festival, to seeing The Aftershock Review on shelves beside Ali Smith and Armitage, to coverage in The Bookseller and beyond, I’m floored. Every post, order, and message has made this project feel real in ways I can’t quite explain.

To everyone who bought a copy, shouted about it, stocked it, or stood beside me at a mic, thank you. This magazine began as a quiet spark while I was bed-bound with PTSD. Now it’s a physical thing in the world. That’s not just survival. That’s something else.

If you’ve been waiting to order, postal runs resume Monday: