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You may not have given any thought to how websites use data to improve their services, measure how popular the site is, or make sure that you receive content or digital adverts of interest to you.

These processes require information to be collected and processed. This commonly includes information about the devices you use (such as laptops and mobile phones), your location and information obtained from your browsing activities. This information is collected using cookies (small files of data sent by a website) and other similar technologies such as tag, pixels and device identifiers which are deployed on or collected from your device when you land on a website or access content through a mobile app.

For the purposes of this Cookie Policy, we use the term "cookie" to cover our use of all types of similar technology used to monitor online activity, including cookies, tags, pixels and beacons. We hope that this policy helps you understand and feel more confident about our use of cookies.

This policy

This is the Cookie Policy for all our websites, and we hope that it helps you understand our use of cookies. You can read more about our use of personal data in our Privacy Policy.

Our websites use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our websites. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our websites and also allows us to improve our websites since we can learn about what interests our websites' visitors and – just as importantly – what doesn’t.

The types of cookies we may use

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our websites. These essential cookies are always enabled because our websites won’t work properly without them.
  • Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our websites when they are using them. This helps us to improve the way our websites work – for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and anonymous (i.e., we could not identify you as an individual using the data).
  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our websites. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our websites, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed.


Some of the cookies that we use are deleted when you close your browser. These cookies are known as 'session cookies'. Some other cookies have a longer lifetime (which varies cookie by cookie) and will be stored on your device until their expiration date. These are known as 'persistent cookies'.

Please note that third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. This may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies or performance cookies or targeting cookies.

If you would like more detail, we have included a table at the end of this policy showing all the cookies that we use on our websites and the purposes for which we use them.

Managing cookies

When you access our websites for the first time you will see our cookie consent mechanism which describes the types of cookies we use and what information they may collect. We will not place (and we won't permit third parties to place) cookies other than strictly necessary cookies on your device or browser when using our websites unless you have told us that you are happy for us to do so using our cookie consent mechanism. You can update your preferences at any time by clicking below.

You can choose which analytical, functionality and targeting cookies we can set by clicking on the button(s):

Strictly necessary cookies: ALWAYS ACTIVE   

Analytical or performance cookies: OFF

Functionality cookies: OFF        

Targeting cookies: OFF

You can also choose to "Reject All" cookies in the cookie banner. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our websites.        

Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 400 days.          

More information        

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies and similar technologies, please email us at legal@ilpliterary.com. You can also find more information about our use of personal data by reading our Privacy Policy which is available here.       

Detailed information on cookies

Cookie TitlePurposeMore information
SquarespaceOur Squarespace websites use cookies to enhance site functionality, monitor user interactions and collect analytics. These cookies help us understand user behaviour, improve site performance, and personalise your experience by storing preferences and settings. This data is essential for maintaining and optimising the usability and content of our website.See here.
Google AnalyticsThe cookie is to help us gather insights into user activity on our websites including counting how many times visitors first visited our websites and when they last visited. These insights are crucial for analysing traffic and improving user experience to enhance our websites’ usability and content.See here. You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites here.
MailchimpThe primary purpose of the cookie is to help Mailchimp provide a smooth and efficient user experience during interactions with its forms and landing pages. These functionalities are important for maintaining consistent user session, which ensures that the user’s actions such as form submissions are properly tracked and processed error-free. It also ensures that the data entered into forms is retained and processed correctly and securely, improving the reliability and efficiency of those forms.See here.