
This is the shop of artis Francesco Lo Iacono, featuring on Issue 3. In the cold months of winter his colourful illustrations are just what we want to carry our stuff in. Our favourite is Giraffe Boy&Elephant Girl (below). Click on the banner to go to the shop and get our own!


His & Hers
Dear Friends,
Have we ever mentioned how hard it is to fund a literary magazine nowadays? It’s probably too obvious to mention. What’s worth mentioning, however, is that we won’t be intimidated by the unpopularity of poetry and the solitude of short stories in the world of money but we will flip our nutshell over, stick a sail in it and use it as a vessel to sail the seas of funding, starting with sartorial experimentation! Yes, that can only mean one thing: the famous Nutshell Tees are finally ready and they are:
- hand printed one by one (yes, it took ages – but anything for you!)
- super limited edition – only 50 (better hurry)
- limited prints of Siobhan Maguire‘s legendary cover design (you can frame them if you want)
- great quality and fit: American Apparel (ooooh)
- super wearable: black print on light grey (instant chic)
And here’s the second list, by buying them you will be:
- supporting your favourite literary magazine – who loves you and needs you so
- making the world a better place where magazines can exist and play trumps with each other’s submissions
- becoming the owner of a real work of art, a collectible item and a piece of history
- possibly giving the best Christmas present ever
- so cooool
This is how you can buy your T-shirt for only 12 pounds (or more if you feel generous). They come in Unisex S, M and L (sizes are on the small side) or Girl fit S and M (which are also great for kids)::
-By cheque. Make it payable to Federica Fornasier and post to this address:
Nutshell Magazine
19E Clapton Square, London E5 8HP, UK
(Remember to include a note saying what size you want and to what address you want it shipped!)
-Pay via Paypal below
Order your copy of Nutshell #2 here!

This time around we’ve got interviews with ‘half man, half desk’ and leading British poet, Don Paterson, and with Sicilian novelist and pipe-puffing aristocrat, Simonetta Agnello Hornby, as well as the most glittering assortment of poetry, prose and art we could unearth. Daughters of Roan Inish, egg-nickers, people living in the pipes of your house, we’ve got it all here. Even that farmer, fucking Snoopy in the snow. Especially him.