Bulgilhan Press x Glacier Bay Books - Double Launch Party - Testament and Baku Chan

Gosh! is proud to host a launch party for two North American independent publishing giants, Bulgilhan Press and Glacier Bay! Both of these legendary outfits are on a rare foray into the UK for Thought Bubble Festival and have decided to launch new titles with us here at Gosh! on Tuesday 18th November 2025 from 7-9pm. 

Alongside their previous titles Bulgilhan Press will be launching Testament with J. Marshall Smith in attendance! 

“Meet Testament: the premier caretaker android for the future. Not only were they designed to care for the well-being of dozens of interstellar passengers; explorers, scientists, poets, and artists - they have also downloaded millennia of religious texts and liturgies to best serve the members of a religious commune that make up the bulk of their human charges. These members of the Order of the Abundant Grace of the Cosmic Christ, having already chosen a monastic and scholarly life, are ideal for their mission: a one-way voyage to discover all they can about a miraculous far-flung planet capable of life and, by choice, not repopulate.”

Glacier Bay will be launching Baku Chan. Please note the author will not be in attendance. 

“A devastatingly beautiful short comic about an immigrant tapir on Earth by the author of CHILDREN OF MU-TOWN (published by Glacier Bay Books, 2021). Baku Chan is a young tapir emigrated to Tokyo, Earth all the way from their home planet, the distant Star of the Tapirs. Once they arrive, they find Earth a strange and alien, yet somehow familiar, world full of surprises. With the help of their newfound friend Hana they navigate the various challenges, uncertainties, as well as the humorous and beautiful moments of their new life as an immigrant. Set in a world that's a looking glass reflection of our own, and drawn in the wake of the escalating global politics of the 2010s, Masumura Jushichi's timeless tale was awarded the 21st Japan Media Arts Festival's New Face Award in 2018.” 

Join us for this exciting double launch party on Tuesday 18th November 2025, from 7pm.

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