Finch

portrait of Karl
drawing: tin beetle

Karl Finch is an Edinburgh-based writer of poetry, fiction and occasionally other things.

Having self-published several small collections, he is currently working on his first novel, To Kill a Ghost.

Since 2017, he has also been experimenting in other media with the Negative Index project and more recently the zine leftfield.

work in progress on tumblr

bits & pieces on Instagram

The Leftfield Collective

leftfield design
Latitudes front cover Negative Index design
Attempts front cover Livorno front cover Threads front cover

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Work

leftfield design

leftfield

May 2018–present

‘a platform for alternative media and thought’

leftfieldcollective.cc

Latitudes front design

Latitudes

December 2017

Conceived and compiled during a difficult time, a chapbook about addiction.

A6, 40 pp. hand-bound edition of 5 including a handwritten piece.

Available in print on request or as a PDF.

Negative Index design

Negative Index

August 2017–present

Once and future web experiment and quasi-conscious nightmare being.

negativeindex.org

Attempts front design

Attempts

June 2017

Too early for autumn, a late harvest of poetry and one very short play.

A6, 40 pp. hand-bound edition of 5. Cover by tin beetle, who is tired of designing covers.

Available in print on request or as a PDF.

Livorno design

Livorno and Other Travels

May 2016

Another chapbook of poetry and short fiction.

A6, 40 pp. hand-bound edition of 5. Cover by tin beetle.

Available in print on request or as a PDF.

Threads front design

Threads

March 2015

A freshman chapbook of poetry, flash fiction and other shorts.

A6, 40 pp. hand-bound edition of 25. Cover by tin beetle.

Available in print on request or as a PDF.