Class of 2024
This year we had the pleasure of publishing six first hand experiences to inspire conversation and make change.
Our shop is open. Books are £10 each or £50 for the full collection, featuring...
💙 Feeling Seen by @ing514 who writes on representation, remembering summer days spent at a Montreal-based Haitian culture centre as a child.
💛 Finding Family on the Field by @kateehui who writes on belonging, recounting her founding of a women’s football club in East London.
❤️ Living in Hormonal Hell by @okcorrall who writes on hormones and mental health in this unfiltered experience of life with Premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
🧡 Being Loved Back to Life by @zoegibsonquirk who writes on love and mental health, opening her heart to share her experience of crisis.
💚 Choosing Kinship in a Crisis by @fortheloveoflemons2.0 who writes on community care, stitching stories of her past to issues of our shared present.
💜 Befriending Doubt by Wren Lee who writes on doubt and strength, in both the mental and physical sense.
With love and thanks to all who have bought our books and have shared our passion.
BECOME A FOUNDING MEMBER
Believe in our vision? Join us in sharing real experiences from real people to inspire conversations and make change. Even though we’re challenging the status quo in publishing, it still takes time and costs money. Your support will go a long way on this journey.
What’s included:
– The full collection
– Official Progress Press tote bag (for all your books)
– Invites to discussions about the future of Progress Press
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OUR TEAM
Four women advocating for new voices; tackling barriers in publishing; and reducing fear around the issues impacting our future.
Our team is made up of creatives who met at @pentagramdesign - the world’s largest independent design agency - and stayed connected out of a love for work with purpose.
@kateehui Founder
@zoegibsonquirk Founder
@bobysia Editor
@rebeccapenmore Designer
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CHOOSING KINSHIP IN A CRISIS
Shóna Slemon writes on community care, stitching stories of her past to issues of our shared present. This is a loving homage to her Irish foremothers and their acts of kinship in times of adversity and a meditation on the healing that is possible when we connect with one another - and the world around us.
Shóna Slemon (she/her) is a creative producer, community organiser and yoga teacher.
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SMALL BOOKS FOR BIG CHANGE
Our collectable pocket-sized books invite you to hold different perspectives in your hands to pause, think and talk. With covers to colour your shelves. And ideas to brighten our future.
The last day to order books from our first collection is Friday 26th April. Support women’s voices and buy a book today.
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BEFRIENDING DOUBT
Wren Lee writes on doubt and strength, in both the mental and physical sense. Journeying through trauma and triumph, Lee reflects on the human need to survive and the great outdoors’ part in that, challenging readers to reframe their relationship with the voice all of us have inside of our heads.
Wren Lee (she/her) is a sportsperson advocating for mental health awareness.
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DON’T MISS OUT
You have until Friday 26th April to pre-order books from our first collection. We will then shut our shop doors and send final order numbers to our printers.
Small books for big change, with no unnecessary waste. Because printing doesn’t need to cost the planet.
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FINDING FAMILY ON THE FIELD
Katee Hui writes on belonging, recounting her founding of a women’s football club in East London and the deep friendships that followed, on and off the field. It is a heartbreaking and joyous celebration of team spirit, evidencing that space for women’s sports isn’t just about equal access to fitness, but for many, it is about chosen family.
Katee Hui MBE (she/her) is a strategist and founder of Laces Community Football Club.
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BEING LOVED BACK TO LIFE
Zoë Gibson Quirk writes on love and mental health, opening her heart to share her experience of crisis, and how the most everyday acts of love can mean everything. An ode to those who helped her through and an exploration into how love and connection helped her heal and have kept her well.
Zoë Gibson Quirk (she/her) is a communications expert and illustrator advocating for mental health awareness.
YOU CAN PRE-ORDER ZOË'S BOOK AND DISCOVER THE FULL COLLECTION AT
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