TYPE, the new review of new writing, is now in your hands. As seems to be the spirit of the moment, we will avoid for this issue any cynicism and say; this is a good thing. We don't doubt you will enjoy it; but while novelty is the great leveller of value; it too often seems to be used as the only judge of value. We do not subscribe to this view. New work is not simply, work that is different and produced in the present; it is not novelty. New denotes something else, something substantially other to that which preceded it, a breaking up of the ground, new land, a rotation, a substantial reconsideration - an eschatological realisation of the inappropriateness of the old, and the realisation that here is something new. New is a movement, but not necessarily a progression – the easy analogies do not apply, it is not as series of evolutionary steps – but still, it is a test of fitness. The new is not a generational process; new will come from a dialogue, most often not with our mothers and fathers, but with our uncles, our grandfathers, and most importantly our peers and our dearest enemies - by drawing upon disparate and foreign voices and opinions. If we merely rely on progression, entrenching and building upon the works of those that proceeded, we quickly grow into a stilted and stultifying edifice with foundations that are inadequate to hold them. Constant and considered radicalism and renewal is necessary, and has always taken place. At TYPE we are interested in dialogue, a dialogue with ourselves, with each other and our various pasts – but the past is important only so far as it enables us to create the present. To try and find a method of simultaneously talking of the present - of what it is to be right now - and of living the present; to attempt to concurrently make, and to remake, and to inhabit, the ongoing moment. It may go wrong, there are dead ends and trails which lead no-where, but the more eyes, the more critical you choose to become of the process of creation, the more appropriate that process will become for your desires, your interests, and the more entertained you will be. We hope that you enjoy what TYPE has to offer in this and subsequent issues, but even more, we hope that it leaves you with something to say, something to complain about and something to praise. This is a review and distillation from all our contributions of what we have found the most intriguing and refreshing. We may be wrong, but we think we have presented some of the most interesting and innovative voices out there. But there are no binding judgements, only opinions. And this is ours.