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Maternal Potential is now available via our BigCartel! To celebrate the launch, we have some limited edition centrefold editions, which come with a removable centrefold poster. There is only 40 available- to get your hands on one, use the code LAMBY25 at the checkout. (Please note, only one centrefold is available per order). A physical launch event will happen later in the year, so stay tuned for info on that! Maternal Potential by Lotte Latham (@mybabyallgone )follows the protagonist, a thirty-something-year old s*x worker, who begins by contemplating motherhood, before herself brushing with it. A combination of auto-fiction and social-commentary, this raw experimental prose will make you squirm. #carrionpress #indiepublishing #experimentalwriting

OPEN CALL: Seeking written responses to the themes of entanglement and freedom, for new anthology ‘RATKING’. We are especially interested in experimental and anti-genre works. We are accepting both completed pieces and proposals. For this open call we are specifically not seeking poetry, except in experimental examples. For examples of work we publish, please see our previous publications. ‘Milk’ and ‘decay’ are particularly thematic. Deadline: 3rd February 2026 (Midnight GMT). Please email submissions to: [email protected] Definitions: Ratking: A collection of rats or mice whose tails are intertwined and bound together, potentially a result of material (such as hair), a sticky substance (such as sap or gum), or the tails being knotted together. Entanglement: The condition of being twisted together or entwined. Something difficult to escape, and a forced proximity, a compromising situation or relationship. A quantum physics phenomena where each particle in a group cannot be described independently of the others, even when they are separated over large distances. #opencall #callforsubmissions #callforwriters

QUEER RESPONSES TO DANTE’S PARADISO Now available on our Big Cartel! £10.50 Following Dante and his path through the celestial spheres into Paradise, Queer Responses to Dante’s Paradiso examines relationships between queer identities, and Dante’s Paradiso, the final act of the Divine Comedy. This collection seeks to explore, reclaim and reevaluate the relationship queers have with historic sin, concepts of a queer heaven, and the epic Paradiso. Contributors: Alex Prince ( @alexprincepoet ) Alice Musgrove ( @witchscribbles ) Cloud Sinclair ( @yappybebop ) Dale Booton ( @dale.booton ) Daniel Skentelbery (@dskentel ) Hannah Mark Harper Walton ( @harperwalton_ ) Jack Freckleton Sturla ( @seedy_cake ) Liam Strong ( @beanbie666 ) Matthew Kinlin (@obscene_mirror ) 84pp 203 x 127 x 8.19 mm Cover and Contents: Uncoated paper Internal pages are printed in black and white. #carrionpress #dante #paradiso #queerwriting #experimentalwriting #poetry #indiepublishing

NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE: 11th February 2026 (Midnight GMT) Seeking written responses to the themes of entanglement and freedom, for new anthology ‘RATKING’. We are especially interested in experimental and anti-genre works. We are accepting both completed pieces and proposals. For this open call we are specifically not seeking poetry, except in experimental examples. For examples of work we publish, please see our previous publications. ‘Milk’ and ‘decay’ are particularly thematic. Please email submissions to: [email protected] If you have any questions, please do get in touch - replies may have a delay due to work commitments, but we will try and get back to you as soon as we can. Definitions: Ratking: A collection of rats or mice whose tails are intertwined and bound together, potentially a result of material (such as hair), a sticky substance (such as sap or gum), or the tails being knotted together. Entanglement: The condition of being twisted together or entwined. Something difficult to escape, and a forced proximity, a compromising situation or relationship. A quantum physics phenomena where each particle in a group cannot be described independently of the others, even when they are separated over large distances. #opencall #callforsubmissions #callforwriters #experimentalwriting

Shop Updates - Jan 2026 Image 2 Text: Seconds Sale! We are selling some ‘seconds’ copies of Maternal Potential on our Big Cartel. These are copies that have flaws in them, that don’t meet the standard for our standard stock. These flaws primarily affect the covers, and include scuffs, tag/tears on the spine (where they were not cut cleanly, amongst other minor cosmetic defects. In most cases these are barely noticeable. (Please see below for some an example- please note each copy varies so may not be the same defect). We therefore are offering these are a reduced price-all of these copies are still readable and have no internal print issues! Image 3 Text: Temporary Closure…. Our Big Cartel will be pausing sales between the 14th and 30th of January - orders placed after 6pm on the 13th of January will be shipped when we return. Image 4 Text: Ratking Open Call! Our RatKing anthology Open Call ends at midnight (GMT) 3rd of February. We will aim to get back to submissions within two weeks of the open call closing, depending on the quantity of submissions. For more information on this, please see the pinned post on our page!

As the days draw in, we like to sit with a good book and listen to the radio or a podcast… Author of Maternal Potential, Lotte Latham (@mybabyallgone ) was recently interviewed on @radioavasw , during which she did a reading of an excerpt from Maternal Potential. We recommend giving it a listen! We still have a limited amount of centrefold edition copies of Maternal Potential- if you’d like one of these make sure to use code LAMBY25 on our Big Cartel (available whilst stock lasts!). Also, a special thank you to everyone who came out to support the launch party for Maternal Potential last month, it was a great evening showcasing some amazing talent!

🍼 MATERNAL POTENTIAL LAUNCH PARTY 🍼 To celebrate the launch of Lotte Latham (@mybabyallgone )’s book, Maternal Potential, you are invited to join us at a launch party this Thursday! With excerpt readings of Maternal Potential by Lotte, we are also joined by writers Vic Brooks (@vics_double_trouble ), Tilda Storey (@tildahashair ), Harper Walton (@harperwalton_ ), Sian Astor-Lewis (@sianastorlewis ) and Nutrix Norverca (@nutrixnoverca ). There will also be featured artists Silvie So (@saalvia.so ) ABCDE Flash (@abcde_flash ), Trashbat.Cock (@trashbat.cock ) and Lola, the Baby (@lola.upload ). Tickets are free 😮 but limited! Make sure to sign up on our eventbrite (link in bio) to not be disappointed. There will be a small bar, with donations going to running the studios, and copies of Maternal Potential available on the night. Doors open at 7pm, readings start at 7:30 Due to the ongoing TFL strikes, please plan your journey carefully! The overground is the nearest transport link(Caledonian + Barnsbury), the 17/259 bus stops by the station, and it is also a 25 minute walk from King’s Cross. Solidarity with all striking TFL workers. Please look at the eventbrite for accessibility information.

Maternal Potential is coming to London! We have an exciting launch party planned for the 11th of September- that’s only one week away! There will be readings/performances from several amazing authors and artists, to celebrate the launch of Lotte Latham (@mybabyallgone )’s chapbook. This will be held at the Westgate House studios of SCRAM! (@scram.collective ) - a free space provided by Hypha Studios (@hyphastudios ). Tickets are free but limited- please make sure to grab a ticket through the eventbrite link (in bio) to avoid being turned away. Accessibility information also in eventbrite link. Copies of Maternal Potential will be available on the day, but are also still available via our Big Cartel (link in bio). We can’t wait to see you there! 📸 by @mybabyallgone #carrionpress #launchparty #indiepublishing

To mark the launch of Lotte Latham’s ( @mybabyallgone ) chapbook “Maternal Potential” birthed with Carrion Press ( @carrionpress ) this summer, we are hosting an experimental scratch night. ⭐️ Join us at Westgate House, N7 8XH - the studios of SCRAM! ( @scram.collective ) - A free space provided by Hypha Studios ( @hyphastudios ) from 7pm - 11th September 2025 ⭐️ 💸 Tix are free but must be booked via Eventbrite… link in bio.💸 🍼 Donation-based bar. 👶🏽 Expect: Works on the themes: Riot-mamas / Planned Unparenthood / Reproductive Rights / Freudian Slips / S*x working mamas / Frittering eggs / Othermothers / Postpartum Psych / M.I.L.F / Madonna / C*nt. Mummy luvs u! Poster by @bobsterbob 🎨

“Maternal Potential is a raw hymnal to the mess of feeling, where bodily autonomy is not a slogan but a battlefield - tender, horny, hilarious, and haunted. Lotte writes with the precision of a scalpel and the ferocity of someone who’s lived the contradictions. This is ab*rtion-lit, yes-but it’s also a manual for surviving systems that were never built for us. A c*nt-classic from one of our own”. - Letizia Miro (Peripheral Corporalities) Maternal Potential, by Lotte Latham (@mybabyallgone ) follows the protagonist, a thirty-something-year old s*x worker, who begins by contemplating motherhood, before herself brushing with it. A combination of auto-fiction and social-commentary, this raw experimental prose will make you squirm. Maternal Potential is currently available on our Big Cartel (via our linktree) and Good Press. More stockists will be updated in near future. #carrionpress #maternalpotential

Maternal Potential by Lotte Latham (@mybabyallgone )has now been out for one week! We still have some copies with the limited edition centrefold (contains explicit imagery), which can be got through using LAMBY25 at the checkout on our BigCartel. There is also a current Open Call (see previous post and Lotte’s page) to perform at the launch event for Maternal Potential in September! [Image: A spread of Maternal Potential, black and white, with a square box across both pages. The text inside the box reads: Disappointing My Dad…. but never yours. Text below the box reads: A PLACARD]

*MATERNAL POTENTIAL OPEN CALL* Tick Tock, Baby you’re a time b⭐️mb! 💣 To mark the birth of our bouncing, new, baby chapbook - @mybabyallgone and @carrionpress are hosting a night of visual art, readings and performance in North London (address to follow). We are seeking experimental works on the themes: Riot-mamas / Reproductive Rights / Postpartum Psych / Punk-Parentals / Planned Unparenthood / Bent-Breeders / M.I.L.F / Madonna / C*nt Send pitches (below 300 words) or finished work to: [email protected] Paid open call: £100 per successful applicant (£30 for video art/film Deadline: 15th August (00:00) Live Event Date: Evening of September 11th Diamonds in the rough welcomed 💎 ( Link in bio to the chapbook - Poster by @bobsterbob ) Mummy Luvs U!