After just two issues, Astra Publishing House is shutting down its literary journal Astra Magazine. The book publishing side will remain intact. They write in a release that all magazine operations including the website “will come to a close by the end of 2022.” The magazine was launched in April by editor-in-chief Nadja Spiegelman and deputy editor Samuel Rutter. Leying Jiang, president of Astra Publishing House writes, “We are disappointed not to be able to further fund the magazine. In a very difficult year for publishing, we found that the format provided unexpected challenges and have decided to close the magazine […]
