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Hard Copies of Issue Five’s Roundtable Are Finally Here!

The second part of our fifth and final issue is are finally here for you in hard copy form, with all sales going towards INQUEST and Trans Survivors Switchboard, and we can’t wait for you to see it!

To celebrate our final issue for the forseeable future we have put together a very special roundtable titled ‘Survive the Night: An Endlessly Affirming Roundtable of Advice, Advocacy, Assertions and Aspirations for Storming Through Mental Health Struggles On Our Most Hopeless of Days’. And at 78 pages long, with 105 contributors, it turned out so big and beautiful that we had to release it as its own issue in and of itself!

Featuring writing, artwork and more by awesome humans such as Vanessa Willoughby, James Gaunt, Tavi Gevinson, Rudy Loewe, Dior Vargas, Cindy L. Rodriguez, Khairani Barokka, Mya Carmichael, Alaina Leary, Imade Nibokun, Hannah Ewens, Stefanie Kaufman, Kailey Flyte, Simone Lia, Zeba Talkhani and countless others! Lovingly designed in full colour, this very special roundtable issue is jam packed with soothing illustrations, thoughtful writing, colourful collages and real talk. We think it is beautiful, we think it is necessary, and we hope you do too.

Plus as an extra thank you, we are throwing in a digital copy of the full bumper issue of Doll Hospital Issue Five! That includes the main part of our fifth issue which is not included in this print launch. Plus a bunch of spotify mixes made lovingly for you from out editorial and contributor team!

All hard orders are shipped in a timely manner from Bristol, U.K (so if you’re ordering from farther afield please allow it a little extra time to reach you!)

Hard Copies of Issue Five’s Roundtable Coming This Saturday!

The second part of our fifth and final issue is coming soon for you in hard copy form, Saturday the 3rd of August at 10am, UK time to be exact, and we can’t wait for you to see it!

To celebrate our final issue for the forseeable future we have put together a very special roundtable titled ‘Survive the Night: An Endlessly Affirming Roundtable of Advice, Advocacy, Assertions and Aspirations for Storming Through Mental Health Struggles On Our Most Hopeless of Days’. And at 78 pages long, with 105 contributors, it turned out so big and beautiful that we had to release it as its own issue in and of itself!

Featuring writing, artwork and more by awesome humans such as Vanessa Willoughby, James Gaunt, Tavi Gevinson, Rudy Loewe, Dior Vargas, Cindy L. Rodriguez, Khairani Barokka, Mya Carmichael, Alaina Leary, Imade Nibokun, Hannah Rose Ewens, Stefanie Kaufman, Kailey Flyte, Simone Lia, Zeba Talkhani and countless others! Lovingly designed in full colour, this very special roundtable issue is jam packed with soothing illustrations, thoughtful writing, colourful collages and real talk. We think it is beautiful, we think it is necessary, and we hope you do too.

Plus as an extra thank you, we are throwing in a digital copy of the bumper issue of Doll Hospital Issue Five! That includes the main part of our fifth issue which is not included in this print launch. Plus a bunch of spotify mixes made lovingly for you from out editorial and contributor team!

Normally, all the profits from our print issues, and pay as you wish digital issues, would go straight back into making Doll Hospital Journal. You see, sales are our only income so previously any money raised went towards practical things like printing hard copies and posting out contributor’s copies.

However, as this is our final issue for the forseeable future we don’t have to worry about saving our pennies for our next print release. Not only is that a nice relief, I mean fundraising is stressful(!), it also means we can put the money we raise from this roundtable, as well as future sales of our pay as you wish digital copies, to good use!

As a result, we’re very happy to say that from the 3rd August 2019 all our profits will be going towards two mental health themed organisations that are advocating for issues that are very dear to us.

The first, INQUEST which is the only charity in England and Wales providing expertise on contentious deaths and their investigation to bereaved people, lawyers, other advice and support agencies, media, parliamentarians and the general public. Its range of cases includes custody and detention, such as in psychiatric, prison or police settings; multi-agency failings; or where wider issues of state and corporate accountability are in question, such as with the Hillsborough and Grenfell Tower disasters. Working alongside those who have lost relatives, INQUEST provides advice and support to bereaved families and demands truth, justice, accountability and systemic change to prevent such deaths happening in the future.

Find out more about their work here.

The second is Trans Survivors Switchboard, a hotline run for and by trans and non binary folks in the UK. TSS offers information and emotional support to those who are struggling with experiences of abuse, trauma, crime and sexual violence. A sex worker affirming space, they are experienced with complex subjects such as homelessness and living under domestic abuse. Previously, they have provided an irl wheelchair accessible drop in space for survivors in Brighton, and donations from these sales will go towards continuing this work.

The helpline runs from 3pm to 5pm on Sundays, just ring 01273204050, and they also offer a live web chat if talking on the phone isn’t your thing!

Find out more about their work here.

All hard orders are shipped in a timely manner from Bristol, U.K (so if you’re ordering from farther afield please allow it a little extra time to reach you!)

It’s here!

You can now officially pre-order our as of yet last Issue of Doll Hospital Journal here! The pre-orders last until December 16th. Read more about the issue here.

Coming soon: Doll Hospital Journal Issue Five Hard Copy + Issue Five Bumper Digital Copy

It’s almost time for our fifth and final issue hard copy release! You can start to pre-order this extra emotional and beautiful issue from 10am (UK time) on Saturday the 1st of December to 9pm on Sunday the 16th December. So that’s a little over two weeks to get your orders in! Then our issue will go to print at the lovely folks at Ex Why Zed which will take around two weeks before being shipped out to you in the new year of 2019!

This is our biggest and most beautiful issue yet and we can’t wait for you to see it! Featuring essays, artwork, interviews and more by awesome humans such as Seo Kim, IGGYLDN, Ambivalently Yours, Rudy Loewe, Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Ruby Etc, Khairani Barokka, Mya Carmichael, John Porcellino, MJ Robinson, Steve Haines, Sara Lautman and countless others! Lovingly designed in full colour this very special issue is jam packed with soothing illustrations, comic art, poetry, photography, cultural criticism and real talk. We think it is beautiful, we think it is necessary, and we hope you do too.

As an extra thank you, we are throwing in a digital copy of the bumper issue of Doll Hospital Issue Five! That includes a bonus 100 page roundtable which is not included in the print launch. (But don’t worry we’re planning to release that in print form as a separate issue in the new year!) Plus, an 8 tracks mix of good vibe sounds (lovingly put together by our pal Claire Biddles!) All orders are shipped in a timely manner from Bristol, U.K (so if you’re ordering from farther afield please allow it a little extra time to reach you!)

Read more about Issue Five here. And check out the pre-order listing at our big cartel page here.

Coming soon: digital copies of Issue Five & hard copies of Issue Four available for pre-order!

Great news! On April 6 Issue Four of Doll Hospital Journal will be available to order in its hard copy form. With that you will also receive a digital copy of our latest and final Issue Five. Issue Five will also available be as a digital copy alone. We’ll go live April 6, 9AM UK time sharp! The pre-order sale of Issue Four ends April 22nd.

And yes, you read that right; Five is our final issue. For now, at least. Other Doll Hospital related plans are being spun but this Fifth can be considered a Final Issue. As such it is nearly twice the size of our previous issues! Sneak a peak and read the deets here.

But this is not the end! Consider it a break, or the closing of a first chapter. Issue Five still needs to be published in its beautiful hard copy form while all of Doll Hospital Journal’s previous issue will remain available digitally on a pay as you wish based in our store.

With your help we want to persevere in our mission to stretch, question, re-tell and in creating our own narratives surrounding mental health/illness. In our years of trying to make Doll Hospital a reality we’ve found that one of the hardest aspects to sustain is its material funding. So though we are taking a break in creating and accepting new content, please consider that you can continue to support our mission and hopeful future plans by purchasing our journal, donating, collaborating or more. We are so grateful and proud for all we have achieved and created so far thanks to you; our readers, contributors, editors, sponsors, believers. Let’s continue working together in weaving our own stories and re-writing histories.

Coming soon: digital copies of Issue Four & hard copies of Issue Three

Exciting news! Digital copies of doll hospital issue 4 **and** our pre-orders for issue 3 hard copies are both going live this Saturday! That’s March 18th at 10am UK time!! 🎉
Not sure which one you fancy? 📚 Well we’re throwing in digital copies of issue 4 with all issue 3 pre-orders so no choice needed! 😇 But don’t worry our regular pay as you wish option will be available too! 💖
You’ve got a little over two weeks to get your pre-orders in as we’ll closing up shop on them on Sunday the 2nd of April! Can’t wait for you to see them!

Now available: issue 3 & issue 2 hard copy pre-sale!

Hurrah! Finally here we are with not only an issue two hard copy pre-sale but also a digital version of issue three!

Our issue two pre-order sale starts today and ends August 19th! After this sale, the orders will be placed and the physical copies mailed late August/early September. This pre-order is to raise funds for printing as we are currently unable to offer our usual pay as you wish option. However, we hope to our pay as you wish option again in the not-too-distant future. So stay posted if you cannot afford a pre-order but still wish to own a physical copy!

Also, as an extra thank you for pre-orders we will be sending you a free digital version of Issue Three as well as an 8 tracks mix of good vibe songs mailed to you inbox automatically!

Issue Three is also available as a stand alone digital copy as of right now!  Check out the sneak preview here. Our latest issue features a gorgeous cover by the wonderfully talented Haejin Park, tackles themes such as experiences with OCPD, the trauma of black girlhood, young men’s mental health in prison spaces, unlearning the shame of crystal meth use, representations of mental health in Bollywood cinema, pregnancy and mental health treatment, coping with a phobia of sleep, toxic parents, psychosis and delusions of grandeur, navigating the intersections of Islamphobia and black girlhood, the stigma of schizophrenia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer….and much more. We also have interviews with Dina Fiasconaro, Ambivalently Yours and Sara Lautman. Some of our editors and contributors chatted about what mental health experiences are seen as too stigmatised to talk about openly. And of course we have some amazing art to accompany this all! See a detailed list of contributors and more on our usual Issue page.

Issue Two pre-order of physical copies and Issue Three digital launch!

We’re so excited to share some wonderful news with you! As you may have guessed by the title Issue Two will be printed for the first time and Issue Three will launch digitally on August 5th!

Issue Two will be available for pre-order from Friday August 5th to Friday August 19th! They will then go to our printers before being mailed in late August/early September (a process we will keep you updated on). This pre-order is to raise funds for printing as we are unable to offer our usual pay as you wish option, which we hope to offer again in the not-too-distant future. So stay posted if you cannot afford a pre-order but still wish to own a physical copy!

Pre-orders of Issue Two will go live on 9am (UK time) of Friday the 5th. (Here you can easily calculate 9AM GMT to wherever you live!) For more info on this issue you can visit this page where you can see a preview, read the contributors names, the themes that are tackled therein and see what our open conversation is about. The physical copy is 155 pages full colour of soothing illustrations, comic art, poetry, fiction, literary essays and real talk. Away from the hectic internet and ready for IRL physicality for you alone and anyone you wish to share it with!

Also, as an extra thank you for pre-orders we will be sending you a free digital version of Issue Three as well as an 8 tracks mix of good vibe songs mailed to you inbox automatically!

Issue Three is a 162 paged colourful tome, featuring, among others, Krystal Monique Reddick, Anne Boyer, Wishcandy, Amaal Said, Haejin Park, SBTL CLNG, Ambivalently Yours, Angelica Jade Bastién, Valentine Gallardo, Sara Lautman, Akujixxv, Doodlemancy, Kailey Flyte, Hannah Eaton and Yuta Sakakibara.

View a preview, see what themes, contributors and open conversation of Issue Three on this detailed page!

We hope you’re excited as us! Let us know your thoughts!

Issue 2 is here!

Issue 2 is finally here!!! Well, digitally! We still need to practice some patience for the hard copies but they will come early 2016!

Get your digital copy of Doll Hospital Journal Issue Two here!

If I do say so myself, this issue is a sight to behold, and bold, too, in colours and words. This time there are contributions and interviews from awesome people such as Bassey Ikpi, Dior Vargas, Gemma Correll, Cindy L. Rodriguez, L’lerrét Jazelle Ailith, Allison Augustyn and Yumi Sakugawa. Read up on literally all contributors, themes (including triggering ones) and this issue’s open conversation here. It is 155 pages full colour of soothing illustrations, comic art, poetry, fiction, literary essays and real talk. We think it is beautiful, we think it is necessary, and we hope you do too.

Our suggested donation amount for the digital copy of the journal is £5.00, however there is also a pay as you wish option in the drop down menu if you’d like to pay more or less.

Don’t be shy to let us know what you think! We believe every input and voice is a step towards growth and a richer understanding of our communities and, of course, also zine making. You can make a comment here, email us, drop us a line via tumblr, tweet us, message on facebook, and even instagram, whatever whichever however we’re here for you, ok?

Also, if you have any trouble downloading the digital issues, just reply to the order email and we’ll resend a download link to you right away!

Issue Two Digital Launch! Tomorrow!!!

Omg! So digital copies of Issue Two launch tomorrow?! Are you excited!? We’re excited!!

Only digital copies are available for now, as we are just too happy about this issue to wait for the printing process to finish and we’d love to share our new issue now that the often difficult holidays are coming up.

But if you’d prefer a hard copy to really get a feel of the pages, and slip in your bag wherever you go without having to be connected to any device, we are currently in the process of printing and we’ll be launching our hard copies early 2016!

Our second issue features A+ amazing contributions and interviews from awesome people such as Bassey Ikpi, Dior Vargas, Gemma Correll, Cindy L. Rodriguez, L’lerrét Jazelle Ailith, Allison Augustyn and Yumi Sakugawa. It is 155 pages full colour of soothing illustrations, comic art, poetry, fiction, literary essays and real talk. We think it is beautiful, we think it is necessary, and we hope you do too!

To grab your copy head over to our Big Cartel from 9AM GMT time Friday the 4th of December! Confused about time zones? Us, too. Here you can easily calculate 9AM GMT to wherever you live!

Our suggested donation amount for the digital copy of the journal is £5.00. However, like Issue One copies will be available to purchase on a pay as you wish basis to ensure our journal is accessible to those who need it.

Plus, every order comes with a mixtape of our fave self care songs to soothe you on sad days!

We can’t wait for you to see it!! And, if you feel like it, let us know what you think!

XOXOXO