Colliding Lines commission and publish experimental literature, interactive art objects and collaborative live recordings. We sell bespoke, limited edition physical releases created by our artists just for you, as well as digital downloads of albums and live studio sessions. Our commitment is to bringing inspiring and innovative artists together, and this is where you get to take their work home with you for keeps.

All items are available to buy directly through our current online store, hosted at our online store. Please have fun exploring and if you’d like more information, or to submit work for consideration, please get in touch with us here.

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Digital Downloads

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Zines

Live Sessions & Collaborative Recordings

Our live studio sessions are where the unexpected finds a home. We invite pairings of musicians, poets and sound artists who have never shared a room before, set up microphones in our London studio, and let the afternoon unfold without a score. The resulting recordings are then mastered, cut and assembled into limited runs that capture a single moment of improvisation.

These sessions often begin with a written prompt, a borrowed object or a single line of text passed between the performers. Nothing is rehearsed, and very little is discarded. You can hear the room breathe, the pages turn, the hesitation before a first note. Each release is numbered by hand and accompanied by a small card explaining how the collaboration came about.

Recent sessions have included a harpist responding to tide charts, a typewriter poet duetting with a modular synthesiser, and a spoken-word artist reading from a text that was written during the session itself. All are available as digital downloads, and a small number are pressed onto lathe-cut records with hand-printed sleeves.

Interactive Art Objects

Many of our physical editions are not made to sit behind glass. They are objects that ask something of you: a card to tear, a map to fold the wrong way, a set of instructions printed onto the inside of an envelope. Our artists work with paper engineers, printmakers and bookbinders to create pieces that change each time they are handled.

One recent commission, The Listening Box, contains a small speaker, a hand-cut stencil and a single AA battery. When you open the lid, a recording of a room in Lisbon begins to play; when you close it, the sound stops. Another object, Instructions for a Disappearing Act, is a pad of carbonless paper that erases its own text as you read it.

We keep the mechanics deliberately simple. No apps, no screens, no subscription. Everything you need is in your hands, and every object is tested by the artist before it leaves the studio.

Artist Submissions & Commissions

We read and respond to every submission we receive. If you make experimental writing, sound work, print editions, or something that does not yet have a name, we would love to hear from you. Submissions can be sent through the contact page, and should include a short note about the work, a sample or link, and an idea of the form you imagine it might take.

We commission a small number of new projects each year, and we are particularly interested in proposals that combine two or more disciplines, or that rethink what a book, record or edition can be. Commissioned artists receive an advance, production support and a fair split of each sale. We work closely with you on every stage, from the first prototype to the final packaging.

Because our editions are made in small batches, we can take risks that larger publishers cannot. If you have an idea that feels too fragile, too strange or too personal for conventional publication, it may be exactly right for us.

Shipping, Care & Collecting

Every order is packed by hand in our studio, using recycled card, paper tape and no plastic. We ship worldwide, and all items are sent tracked. Digital downloads are delivered immediately through our online store; physical editions are dispatched within three working days unless they are made to order, in which case you will receive a note with a completion date.

Because our editions are made from paper, cloth, ink and other materials that respond to light and touch, we ask you to keep them away from direct sun and excess moisture. A little wear is welcome: a crease in a cover, a smudge on a page, a crackle in a record groove. These are objects that are meant to be used, not preserved in shrink-wrap.

• a hand-numbered certificate of authenticity
• a small print or card from the artist
• care instructions specific to the piece
• a surprise extra, when the studio can spare one