Paupers' Press

30/07/2026

Now available: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Writing-Colin-Wilsons-Adrift-Soho/dp/106831575X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2KV67W55CQRWJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xmsyU6T9jiwAFvaR34fB1pIkzztpN3VvKn4yTC6rGuN37QsCLQ0S4BNhVsLlcXql1S3tZUu2YCp4-VUn1FSohZV1gqKl4cS08gwjjKVOsJ84g5-sxcJ-LGKj_o6ZwfFrBAI6p_WeGrE9gINUwqnpcZ2dLjYWeJEdkIdgCUXQ9M2NyeHR_G0IMZ4G643EkQzEYpDDhGmeTQDP_HP9nF4hsYTJW0xIY2xBfEMFdTjHwS8.IWVz8mwYNETaEyfMJ0E61O-3F6EZ0gF1rFAo4qjuXzs&dib_tag=se&keywords=stanley+the+writing+of+colin+wilson%27s&qid=1785421789&s=books&sprefix=stanley+the+writing+of+colin+wilson%27s%2Cstripbooks%2C101&sr=1-1

01/07/2026

Next month we will be issuing an expanded edition of 'The Writing of Colin Wilson's 'Adrift in Soho'' in anticipation of the new edition of the novel to be published by Five Leaves in the autumn (which will include a new Postscript by Colin Stanley). The expanded edition of the booklet will add two extra essays: 'Ironfoot Jack and Colin Wilson' and 'Soho in Nottingham: the making of the feature film'. More details later...

01/03/2026

Coming from Paupers' Press: May 28, 2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of Colin Wilson's iconic book 'The Outsider'. We will be publishing a volume of essays, by scholars worldwide, to celebrate... stand-by for more announcements...

13/02/2026

Now available as a Kindle edition:
Contains papers by Alan Murdie, Antoni Diller, Darren Coffield, Lindsay Siviter, Chris Nelson, David Moore, Anthony Peake, Cathi Unsworth, David Power, Matthew Coniam and Gary Lachman. Edited by Colin Stanley...

This book contains the papers delivered at the Fourth International Colin Wilson Conference held in Soho, London on July 7, 2025. Subjects, reflecting Wilson’s work and interests, range from philosophy, psychology, criminology, music, literature, unexplained mysteries and more, presented by Wilso....

17/01/2026

Now available:

S*x and S*xuality in the Work of Colin Wilson: 36 (Colin Wilson Studies)

12/01/2026

Always nice to get an appreciative mention from one of our authors. This from Gary Lachman's memoir 'Touched by the Presence'. Both booklets mentioned are still available in paperback and/or Kindle editions...

15/12/2025

We have now made Colin Wilson's book of book reviews, 'Existential Criticism', available in the Kindle store...

For over fifty years Colin Wilson has championed existential criticism, having established his position in a groundbreaking essay published in 1959: “A literary critic turns without embarrassment from Milton to Dostoevsky, from Jane Austen to Shaw. Such nonchalance may be envied by the existenti.....