Final issue of Planet?

Sadly, as our core funding from the Books Council of Wales will not continue from 1 April 2024 following a competitive tender, the February issue is the final Planet issue, for the time being at least. This issue will be available from ourselves and in shops for the next few months. More on these developments can be found in the issue, plus on longer term plans to campaign for reform of the funding system for Welsh magazines.

Thanks to our writers, the issue is bursting with evidence that the path of neoliberalism and philistinism is not an inevitable trajectory for Wales.

The maverick spirit of the grassroots lights up this whole issue (as do numerous fires – spot them!): salvaging human agency and self-expression from AI, building bridges at community level as peace activists; and answers to the crises of our time from folklore, radical anthologies, everyday ‘structures of feeling’ and more…