Erotic Review

Erotic Review
Frequency3 / year
First issue1995 (1995)
CompanyErotic Review Publishing Ltd.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
WebsiteER website


Erotic Review is a UK-based magazine published two times a year. It publishes essays, short stories, poetry, art and reviews, taking a literary approach to desire. Erotic Review is edited by Lucy Roeber, deputy edited by Saskia Vogel, and designed by Studio Frith.

Over the years, Erotic Review has had many prominent contributors, among them Sarah Waters, Michel Faber, Barry Humphries, Simon Raven, Auberon Waugh, Alain de Botton, India Knight, Arnold Wesker, Mariella Frostrup, Claus von Bulow, Damien Hirst, Boris Johnson, Malcolm McLaren, Steven Appleby, David Bailey, George Saunders and Immodesty Blaize.

Subsequent Booker Prize-winner DBC Pierre published his first short story in Erotic Review.

Meanwhile, Victoria Coren and Charlie Skelton wrote their book Once More, with Feeling: How We Tried to Make the Greatest Porn Film Ever after their time reviewing porn films for Erotic Review inspired them to try to make their own.