About Cachimbo de Magritte

Last month we spent a whole issue on a library that lends telescopes, seed packets, and one very good cake tin. That's the sort of thing we can't stop poking at.

So here's what this is. A letter about reading, and about the culture that grows up around it, sent once a month and not a moment more. We like books that have had time to settle. We like the second life a novel gets in translation. We like a library card that opens more doors than the ones marked fiction.

It's for you if your to-read pile has a to-read pile of its own, and you'd rather someone pointed you toward one good older book than shouted twelve new titles at you. You don't need to have read the classics. You don't need opinions ready to go. Curiosity is the whole entry requirement.

Each issue, you get a few things worth your attention: a backlist book we've been living with, a note on something translated, and a small piece on libraries doing more than lending. Sometimes an essay when a subject won't leave us alone. It's meant to be read slowly, with a coffee going cold beside you.

What we don't do is fill your inbox. One letter a month, and quiet the rest of the time. We're not here to track the release calendar or tell you what's trending this week. If a book is good, it'll still be good next month, which is roughly when you'll hear from us again.

What is in scope

• Backlist over new releases
• Abandoning a book guiltlessly
• Translated fiction
• Libraries beyond borrowing

The schedule

One issue, once a month.

The publisher

Cachimbo de Magritte is written and sent from Dover, DE. The company behind it and our registered address are on the Terms of Use.

The Get in touch is where to write if you need us.