A real magical newspaper — delivered by post, fortnightly, to young readers across the world. Written by goblins. Illustrated by fairies. Edited with great personal dignity by Gormund Silt.
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Established in the Year of the Amber Comet · Gormund Silt, Editor · Vol. CDXII · Printed on Enchanted Parchment
G. Silt
Editor in Chief
400 years of
excellence
You are looking at the finest publication in any world, magical or otherwise. I say this not to impress you. I say it because it is simply and magnificently true — and unlike certain other publications I am too professional to name, the facts here have not been altered to suit a narrative.
The Galdur Gazette has been reporting the news of the magical realm for four hundred years. We have never missed a deadline. We have never printed a retraction. We have, in recent months, been targeted by what I will describe only as deliberately fabricated dispatches. Manufactured content of a suspiciously convenient nature, circulated by forces who benefit from a poorly informed public. I will not use the term others have begun using for this. I am above that. But I think you know what I mean. You know what I mean.
These dispatches — and I am being generous calling them that — briefly affected our enchanted printing press, which as a sensitive and highly intelligent piece of machinery, took the whole thing rather personally. We do not speak of the dark fortnight. The press has recovered. We are back. I want that on the record.
Each fortnight, a letter arrives at your door. Real parchment. Real stamp. Your child's name on the front. Inside: verified, re-verified, and verified again dispatches from our reporters. Real news from a world that is considerably more interesting than this one.
Also: biscuit recipes. This was not my idea. My staff insisted. I find myself unable to explain why I allowed it.
Yours in perpetual and well-documented excellence,
G. Silt, Editor in Chief — The Galdur Gazette
400 years. Zero retractions. One regrettable incident with the press, which was not our fault.
Every fortnight. Real paper. Real stamp. Real magic.
Dispatches from across the magical realm. Troll diplomacy incidents. Potion competition upsets. Weather events that cannot be fully explained. Written by our rotating team of reporters — each with their own voice, beat, and level of enthusiasm Gormund did not ask for.
One chapter of the year-long adventure, every fortnight. Each year, a complete story. Each issue, a cliffhanger ending. Children have been known to carry these chapters to school. Gormund considers this the highest possible compliment.
One real trick, illusion, or experiment — framed as a spell from the Gazette's archives. Fooling your family at the dinner table is encouraged. Gormund calls this "practical magical education." It is also just excellent fun.
Riddles, codes, word puzzles, and challenges. Gormund claims to have invented all of them. He solved all of them immediately. He finds it deeply suspicious when young readers solve them too.
One reader's original spell, featured in their copy. Every subscriber submits a spell when they join. Once a year, near their birthday, it appears in print — with Gormund's personal commentary. He will not be enthusiastic about it. He will be secretly moved.
A recipe from someone on the editorial team. Usually Gormund's, which he will deny making. Occasionally Pip's, which will be adventurous. Once, memorably, Twix's, which required seventeen ingredients and was absolutely worth it.
Each fortnight, Gormund's editorial team selects one young reader's spell to feature in that issue's Community Cauldron. It could be yours.— The Galdur Gazette, Subscriber Information
Every subscriber submits a spell when they first sign up. Gormund keeps all spells on file. How the selection process works is a matter of considerable editorial mystery, and he has declined to elaborate.
All we can confirm is that it has something to do with birthdays. Gormund says this is a coincidence.
Not all reporters appear in every issue. It depends on what is happening in the magical world that fortnight.
Has never published a correction. Has never been wrong. These two facts are, he insists, entirely unrelated.
Her reports sometimes go sideways mid-sentence because something shiny happened. The shiny thing is always newsworthy. Gormund disagrees.
Deeply unreliable. Always right. Has been to places she shouldn't have been, talked to people who weren't supposed to talk. Gormund finds this professionally frustrating.
Has sources everywhere. Won't say who. Has never, in twenty years, filed a story that wasn't true. Gormund both respects and fears this.
Writes in short sentences. Very short. Gets to the point. Occasionally forgets who won. Gormund has words about this. Boulk does not have words back.
Files reports of extraordinary length about weather that could be summarised in six words. Gormund has told him this. Rhem continues.
Every subscriber gets their birthday moment. No lottery. No luck. Just a child seeing their name — and their spell — printed in a real magical newspaper, with a curmudgeonly goblin's commentary, arriving in the post near the day they were born.
Every issue is generated individually. Your child's name appears on the front and throughout. The story arc picks up from where their subscription began. The season, the regional weather, the Community Cauldron spell — all personalised. A child subscribing in July gets a different Gazette to one who subscribed in February, even if both arrive on the same day. There is no master copy. There is only their copy.
If you subscribe more than one child, register them as siblings in your account. Their spells are filed separately and scheduled so they will never be featured in the same issue — because that would make no sense at all. Two siblings receiving the same edition of the Gazette on the same day, both featuring their own spell, would raise questions Gormund is not prepared to answer.
Each child's copy is genuinely their own. The magic only works if it's kept that way.
— G. Silt, Editor · On the matter of sibling logisticsFour steps. Then magic arrives in the post.
Choose a monthly plan or a gift option. Enter your child's name, birthday, and address. Ships to Australia and internationally.
First issue includes a formal acceptance letter from Gormund. He writes it as though you applied. You did not need to apply. He finds this distinction unimportant.
Each issue includes a unique QR code linking to your child's personal subscriber portal. They submit their spell there. What happens next is between Gormund and the editorial team.
Every fortnight, an envelope. Aged parchment paper. A proper stamp. Their name on the front. Their issue — not a copy of someone else's. No two Gazettes are ever alike.
One card arrives with every issue. They are collectibles, not a game. Gormund considers game mechanics beneath him.
✦ Collector Bundle ✦
A premium collector's folder with a sleeve for every Series I card — including one reserved permanently for your Founding Reader card. Available at cost price with any preorder subscription. Full retail after 31 July.
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Every preorder subscriber receives a Special Edition Founding Reader card — a limited collectible included free with your first issue. These will not be reprinted. A small number will be available for purchase later. Preorder subscribers receive theirs first, and at no cost.
"The enchanted printing press experienced a brief period of what I can only describe as informational confusion, caused by fabricated dispatches from a source I have chosen not to name but am absolutely thinking about. It has been resolved. We proceed." — G. Silt
Preorder closes 31 July 2026 · First issue posts first fortnight of August
Cancel anytime. Gift options available. Ships worldwide.
Prices in AUD · International shipping available · No hidden fees, ever — Gormund considers hidden fees "a journalistic integrity issue"
Primarily ages 6–12, though Gormund would like it noted that he has readers aged 7 to 74 and considers age "an irrelevant consideration for anyone with adequate taste in journalism."
Yes. The Gazette ships to Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and most of Europe. If you're somewhere unusual, contact us — we'll find a way. Gormund has been reaching readers in difficult locations for four hundred years.
When you subscribe, your child submits a spell via their unique QR code portal. We hold it on file. The issue closest to their birthday features their spell in the Community Cauldron section — personalised to their copy only, with Gormund's written commentary. Every single subscriber gets this. It is not random. Do not tell the children.
Yes — the 6-month and full-year options are both one-time payments, perfect for gifting. You enter the recipient's details, we handle the rest. A gift note from you (or from Gormund, if you prefer) can be included with the acceptance letter.
Back issues will be available for purchase. The serial story is designed so each chapter works as a standalone read, though the full experience rewards subscribers who collect every issue. Gormund calls missing an issue "a preventable tragedy."
Monthly subscribers can cancel anytime with no penalty. Gift subscriptions run for their full term. Gormund would prefer you didn't cancel, and has written several editorials he insists are not about this topic but clearly are.
The Gazette requires the following particulars before your subscription may be confirmed.
The Sibling Guard ensures their birthday spells are filed separately and they will never appear in the same issue. Register them here and the Gazette will handle the rest.