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Tortoise Quarterly

A short book of long reads

The best thing about slow news is that it doesn’t have a shelf life. Released four times a year, the Tortoise Quarterly is where we publish our long reads and essays. It’s part of our mission to build a journalism that lasts.

You can order any past edition in glorious, old-fashioned print below.

Latest edition


Echoes
Tortoise Quarterly | Edition 13

Non-member price: £15 + postage
Member price: £12 + postage

From Xavier Greenwood’s account of converting to Judaism to Rosie Blunt’s story about a lost religious masterpiece, many of the pieces in Tortoise’s thirteenth book of long reads follow a recurring theme: faith.

Also in the latest edition: Will Brown on the Ukrainians rooting for a Russian win, Lucy Webster on how disabled women are being excluded from essential services and Liz Moseley recalls her adventures dating online in the 2000s.

ISBN 978-1-913323-17-2
Published September 2023
Soft cover
166 pages, full colour

Past editions


Tortoise Quarterly XII
Echoes

Non-member price: £15
Member price: £12

Tortoise Quarterly XI
Anniversary 2023

Non-member price: £15
Member price: £12

Tortoise Quarterly X
Comics

Non-member price: £15
Member price: £12

Tortoise Quarterly IX
News

Non-member price: £15
Member price: £12

Tortoise Quarterly VIII
Festival

Non-member price: £15
Member price: £12

Tortoise Quarterly VII
Anniversary

Non-member price: £15
Member price: £12

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anniversary 2023 | quarterly Xi
comics | quarterly X
News | Quarterly iX
festival | Quarterly viii
anniversary | Quarterly vii
giants | Quarterly vi