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iwalewabooks

Based in Johannesburg (South Africa), Lagos (Nigeria) and Frankfurt (Germany) iwalewabooks create books as an aesthetic and collective endeavour.

Theo Eshetu: Till Death Us Do Part
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3 January 2024

Set Margins' publications

Set Margins’ is here to frame current impulses from the margin with particular focus for communication, forms of cooperation, and involved politics.

#11 Who can afford to be critical?
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13 October 2023

Printer Fault Press

Printer Fault Press is an artist-run publishing house based in a bedroom in Frankfurt am Main, with a foot in Mallorca.

HIGH EXPECTATIONS
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28 September 2023

Black Zeus Books

Based in Berlin, Black Zeus has given substance to comics, art books, prints, and memorabilia.

Digital Genesis
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1 September 2023

No Reply Press

Based in Portland, No Reply Press publishes handmade limited editions. Each book is printed letterpress on a hand-operated machine, then painstakingly bound by hand.

ABOVE ALL ELSE DO NOT LIE
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29 May 2023

The Laterals Magazine

Based in Kuala Lumpur, The Laterals Magazine features in-depth interviews with global profiles of film, art, fashion music and the industry.

The Laterals Magazine Issue 07—Tom Sturridge
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7 May 2023

SPROUT PUBLISH

Based in Amsterdam, SPROUT PUBLISH promotes and sells photo books to support artists across the globe.

Confiscating Skies
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17 April 2023

Flat i

Based in Rotterdam, Flat i explores the narrative potential of artistic processes and mediating these new narratives in different publishing formats.

O Fortuna
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15 April 2023

msdm publications

Based in London, msdm is conceived as a research practice that focuses on exploring mobile strategies of display & mediation in the book medium.

liquid memories
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2 April 2023

Process Magazine

Based in Kuala Lumpur, Process Magazine is an independent print magazine that explores the creative processes of thinkers in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.

Vol. 2: Forms of Contemplation
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2 April 2023

We Print Nice Things Pty Ltd

Based in Byron Bay, Australia, We Print Nice Things is a bright ideas service and indie publishing house.

Lunch Lady #29
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23 January 2023

MIASMA

Based in Amsterdam, Miasma is an independent publishing project focused around arts, culture, and social issues.

SWISS ARMY FUNDUS
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5 December 2022

soi press

Based in Bangkok, ซอย | soi or ‘soi squad’ desires to interpret the act of writing and the production of words in the widest and wildest sense.

PARTICLES OF PERPETUAL PARALYSIS
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5 December 2022

Verlag Kettler

Based in Dortmund, Germany, Verlag Ketter cooperates with museums and exhibition venues and explore different topics and forms of presentation in collaboration with authors, artists, and curators.

Queer Tattoo
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5 November 2022

Gordian Projects

Based in Sheffield, York & Glasgow, Gordian Projects is an independent not-for-profit press, operating at the intersection of artist’s book, literatures, and archive.

LOOM
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27 October 2022

A PUBLISHER

Based in Antwerp, A PUBLISHER has a unique point of view where curation is paramount and the perspective of a chosen fashion designer acts as a catalyst for many forms of creative expression.

A#24 - A magazine curated by Erdem
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16 January 2023

VAINE Magazine

Based in Cardiff, Wales, VAINE Magazine is the indie mag that gives voice to emerging artists and writers worldwide.

ISSUE 01: COVID-19 EDITION
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17 October 2022

FORMA Editions

Based in London, FORMA EDITIONS was created as a platform to offer the opportunity for a first publication as well as long-term collaborations.

GROWING INWARDS AND OUTWARDS WITHOUT A CLEAR PATTERN
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7 October 2022

Native

Based in London, Native's approach to publishing is rooted in collaboration, working with artists and designers to produce zines, artist books, printed matter and other items.

TURBULENCE
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4 October 2022

Velocity Press

Based in London, Velocity Press aims to create a catalogue that feels like a trusted record label in its integrity and vision.

Members Only
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2 October 2022

co/editions

Based in London, co/editions is a burgeoning art publisher and organization specialized in artists’ publishing.

Your Brain Is Not For Thinking
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30 September 2022

zero-Editions

Based in Itajaí, Brazil, zero-Editions editorial practice is established at the intersection of contemporary art, literature and photography.

Contretemps
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7 July 2022

Calmo

Based in Madrid and Brussels, Calmo believes in a paused editorial process carefully selecting few editions every year mostly focused on art, architecture or experimental formats.

Stepwells of Ahmedabad Water, gender, heritage.
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28 April 2022

Object Lessons Space

Object Lessons Space is an art historical archive and platform that documents conversations with artists, writers, and curators. The platform creates nuanced, sensitive and intersectional dialogue...

On Holding Space
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21 April 2022

textur

Based in Berlin, textur is a collectively founded and produced art mag – or zine – considering art through text and text as a visual medium.

TEXTUR ISSUE 4: BUREAUCRACY
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14 March 2022

DOLCE

Based in Athens, DOLCE publications was founded with three main goals in mind: design, produce and distribute artists’ books and publications.

IN THE CURRENT OF THE SITUATION
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30 January 2022

Other Editions

Based in Helsinki, Other Editions (OE) is an art-publishing project devoted to showing the daily urban experiences, the ordinary and the banal, from different perspectives.

THE CITY IS OURS - #1 DISCARDED GUMS
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23 January 2022

Suburbia Projects

Based in the leafy suburbs of Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, Suburbia Projects is an independent architectural publisher and retailer.

BACKGROUND, FRAME, PLATFORM
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22 January 2022

kyklàda.press

kyklàda.press is a publishing organ in Athens, driven by a trans-disciplinary team, exploring critical and experimental positions in writing.

Architectures of Healing
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18 January 2022

This Way Up

Based in London, This Way Up is a creative hunger and lifestyle magazine exploring the curiosity, desire and fulfilment of self-initiated projects in creative culture.

This Way Up #2
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18 January 2022

Fifthsyllable

Based in Hastings, Fifthsyllable aims to release artists books and vinyl that are artworks in themselves.

People Looking at Art
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6 December 2021

DITO Publishing

Based in Rome, DITO Publishing is an independent publishing house for contemporary photography and visual arts.

nel buio più acceso
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6 December 2021

MARCH: a journal of art & strategy

Based in St. Louis and Berlin, MARCH is a journal of art & strategy that embraces publishing as an act of protest.

MARCH 02: Black Ecologies
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19 November 2021

AMAG publisher

Based in Porto, AMAG PUBLISHER is an international publisher that carefully conceives, develops and publishes publications and products related to the areas of architecture and design.

AMAG 24 MORQ
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7 September 2021

Zone

Based in Bologna, Zone is a contemporary photography magazine and a world-wide community of photographers, artists, and photography-enthusiasts.

The Halcyon Days
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25 August 2021

Circo de Ideias

Circo de Ideias is an architecture publisher, bookshop and gallery based in Porto.

Porto Brutalista
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29 July 2021

K. Verlag

Based in Berlin, K. Verlag is a publishing atelier advancing new forms of the “book-as-exhibition.”

Despite Dispossession: An Activity Book
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7 July 2021

Errant Journal

Based in Amsterdam and Berlin, Errant Journal is an international publication for cultural theory and practice.

Issue #2, Spring/Summer 2021 SLOW VIOLENCE
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6 July 2021

Bartlebooth

Bartlebooth is an independent publishing and research project based in Spain exploring the contexts and procedures of contemporary spatial practice.

Learning to Live Together: Cars, Humans, and Kerbs in Solidarity
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6 July 2021

Zubaan

Based in New Delhi, Zubaan was set up in 2003 as an imprint of India’s first feminist publishing house.

A LIFE IN TRANS ACTIVISM
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23 June 2021

Beam Editions

Based in Nottingham, Beam publish books on contemporary art and culture.

Sounds Like Her
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14 May 2021

Enjoy Contemporary Art Space

Based in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, Enjoy publishes books by artists and around art and its politics.

Wishing Well // Ma'u Pe Kai
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8 April 2021

Formist Editions

Based in Sydney, Formist Editions creates high quality books, prints and artworks for lovers of art and design.

Gemma Smith Found Ground
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19 March 2021

Autogenesis

Based in Berlin, Autogenesis brings together individuals and groups working across different medias.

AG 001
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4 March 2021

FFPEOPLEWITH

Based in Brussels, FFPW is an artist publishing ideas outfit established 2018.

I Have Moved On To Other Things
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21 February 2021

les murmurations

Based in Paris, les murmurations is a publishing house dedicated to artists’ books and their writings, to visual and literary experiments.

Our political mentalities: the arts of governing the present time
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30 January 2021

Slanted Publishers

Based in Karlsruhe, Slanted Publishers publishes the print magazine Slanted and related publications in the field of typography, design, illustration, photography and art.

Shape Grammars
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23 January 2021

Seaton Street Press

Based in Philadelphia, Seaton Street Press is an artist-run, independent artists’ books and publications project.

DE AQUÍ PARA ALLÁ
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21 December 2020

Nodes

Based in Rome and founded by a group of artists and researchers, Nodes Journal explores the relationship between art and neuroscience.

Nodes 13-14
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6 December 2020

Windfall* Editorial

Based in Glasgow & Dundee, Windfall* is a quarterly arts publication and digital editorial platform.

WINDFALL* ISSUE 1
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22 November 2020

Raw Meat Collective

Based in Brooklyn, Raw Meat Collective strive to give a voice to Queer & Femme contemporary artists within publication and print.

Losing In The Form Of Darkness
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21 November 2020

everyedition

Based in Zurich, everyedition is a publishing house with a strong focus on artist books. Their publications communicate simple ideas through various collaborations.

Holding the Camera
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11 November 2020

The Velvet Cell

Based in Berlin, The Velvet Cell is an independent publishing house dedicated to photobooks on architecture, urbanism and modernism.

Osaka Diary
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28 October 2020

Two And The Same

Based in Palma de Mallorca, Two and the same is an independent Riso workshop and publishing house.

SWEEPS
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24 October 2020

P/////AKT

Based in Amsterdam, this non-profit exhibition space for exceptional, emerging artistic talents, has a publishing practice comprised in a yearly printed publication and commissioned limited editions.

Oomph
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24 October 2020

Mode and Mode

Based in Melbourne, Mode and Mode is concerned with experimental publishing and fashion.

Mode and Mode seven
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18 October 2020

Failed States

Based in London, Failed States, is an occasional publication that aims to collate and investigate ideas around place, or more specifically: “indeterminate geographies”.

issue no.1: island
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2 April 2019

Feels

Based in Toronto, Feels is a publication about feelings; a place to explore, share, and be honest. They are a feminist, sex-positive, 2SLGBTQ*, anti-racist, anti-colonial publication.

Issue 12: Freedom
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14 October 2020

Kamboja Press

Based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Kamboja Press is a unit that focuses on the exploration of photography through risograph printing method.

Big Bang
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8 October 2020

Replika Publishing

Based in Berlin, Replika Publishing produces under two branches; Replika Volumes - a curated artist periodical; and Replika Artist Books.

Greek Dog Days
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7 October 2020

Whitechapel Gallery

Based in London, Whitechapel Gallery showcases the best in contemporary art, and publish a diverse range of catalogues, archival reprints and artist’s books.

Documents of Contemporary Art: Participation
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7 October 2020

Rhombus Press

Based in New York, Rhombus Press is a growing platform by artist Shahrzad Kamel as a means to work on collaborative projects with like-minded individuals.

Amber
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6 October 2020

PositiF

Based in Prague, PositiF focus on thoughtful and well-crafted author’s books around photography and contemporary art.

Trampové (Tramps)
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5 October 2020

CentreCentre

Based in London, CentreCentre celebrates the everyday, mundane and overlooked. Finding and preserving the unpublishable, with particular emphasis on obscure or unexpected design collections.

Magic Papers
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4 October 2020

Salt n Pepper Press

Salt n Pepper is an independent publisher based in Leeds/Dewsbury, England printing contemporary photography and art.

Absent Air
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3 October 2020

Tide Press

Based in West Yorkshire, Tide Press is an independent photobook publishing project. All their publications are hand made in their studio.

Room One
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1 October 2020

Ceremony Press

Based in Manchester, Ceremony Press showcases contemporary photography, writing and other forms of visual art.

Prawn Dumpling
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30 September 2020

Coloured Publishing

Based in Los Angeles and publishing outside institutional standards, Coloured Publishing aims to share ideas about an eclectic range of topics with full autonomy.

NIGGA SHIT
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28 September 2020

GenderFail

Based in Brooklyn, GenderFail is an imperfect queer publishing platform that looks at failure -as a boundless form of creative potential.

Radical Softness as a Boundless Form of Resistance
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27 September 2020

Wendy's Subway

Based in New York, Wendy's Subway is a non-profit reading room, writing space, and independent publisher.

The Odd Years
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23 September 2020

prompt:

Based in New York, prompt: is a collaborative artist publication where two artists with a mutual interest form of research or subject matter and who have not previously worked together meet.

1. Jenni Crain & Audra Wolowiec: Workbook for a Performance
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12 September 2020

Goodbye Books

Goodbye Books is a nomadic performative publishing platform and growing research community, founded in Tel Aviv Yaffa.

Techniques of Invisibility
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30 August 2020

Reliable Copy

Based in Bangalore, Reliable Copy is an independent, non-profit publishing house dedicated to the realisation and circulation of works, projects, and writing by artists.

Flexing Muscles
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30 August 2020

Amateur Cities

Amateur Cities is a research agency and an online publishing platform on alternative ways of city making presented critically. It aims to connect city thinkers to city makers.

Radical Care: Embracing Feminist Finance
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29 July 2020

Outer Space Press

Based in Berlin, Outer Space Press is a resource for artists’ books, a platform for collaboration and book design studio founded in 2016.

RÓŻE
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14 July 2020

ZTSCRPT

Based in Vienna & Berlin, ZTSCRPT is an international independent magazine focused on contemporary art and theory.

Techno
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21 May 2020

turismo vérité

Based in Madrid, turismo vérité pays attention to what we say and how we say it all at once, not seeing boundaries between form and content.

ahora después
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16 May 2020

Calipso Press

Based in Cali, Colombia, Calipso Press is a riso studio and publishing house as well as a residency program focused on editorial experimentation and printing possibilities.

Manifiesto Ferviente
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6 May 2020

Loose Joints Publishing

Based in Marseille, Loose Joints is an independent publishing house collaborating with leading and emerging artists on contemporary approaches to photography in book form.

Living Trust
Added
6 May 2020

EDITIONS DE L'OBSERVEUR

Based in Milan, EDITIONS DE L'OBSERVEUR is a young independent publishing house publishing The Light Observer magazine.

the light observer: ISSUE 1
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27 April 2020

Monroe Books

Based in Berlin, Monroe Books focuses on unconventional projects in art, writing and music which come with a need for publishing.

TRISTES TROPIQUES
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27 April 2020

Revue Faire

Based in Paris, Revue Faire are critical publications dedicated to the analysis of Graphic Design.

Revue Faire 16
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26 April 2020

Empire

Based in Paris, Empire makes questions of reproduction, documentation, and the circulation of images central through catalogues, monographs, theoretical works, magazines, posters or re-editions.

IBM, Paul Rand’s Graphic Standards Manual reprint
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25 April 2020

Overlapse Books

Based in London, Overlapse Books works with subjects that address social, cultural, and environmental issues – stories connected with human behaviour and experience.

The Saxons of Transylvania
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25 April 2020

Nordisk Books

Based in Whitstable, UK, Nordisk Books brings modern and contemporary literary fiction from the Nordic countries to an English reading audience.

Zero
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25 April 2020

The Silent Academy

Based in Port Townsend, USA, The Silent Academy is an artist-run multimedia press that makes conceptual site-specific and experiential art and limited edition books.

questions
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22 April 2020

BLOW UP PRESS

Based in Warsaw, Poland, BLOW UP PRESS is a boutique publishing house, transferring stories that matter to art- and photo- books.

OVER.STATE
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18 April 2020

crevasse

Based in Ibaraki, Japan, crevasse is nano-publisher that discovers artists and their publications that have fallen in "crevasse".

【ZINE】404
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18 April 2020

Adhesivo Magazine

Based in Mexico City, Adhesivo Magazine is an independent print publication that shares the stories & work of young creatives from around the world.

ISSUE 003: THE PROCESS ISSUE
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17 April 2020

Void

Founded in 2016, Void is an NPO acting as an independent publishing house, and an alternative exhibition space in the heart of Athens.

Sleep Creek
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11 April 2020

The Skirt Chronicles

Based in Paris, The Skirt Chronicles grants the same importance to photography as it does to the written word. It explores literature, fashion, culture and beyond.

The Skirt Chronicles Volume VI
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11 April 2020

Can Can Press

Based in Mexico City, Can Can Press retakes the artist book by the new art of making books, creating a visual and conceptual narrative from the content to the form of the object.

THANK YOU FOR RE-EXPLAINING THAT TO ME… BUT I STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND
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11 April 2020

onestar press

Based in Paris, onestar press is dedicated to the production of books and multiples by artists.

Nose Peak
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5 April 2020

Artphilein Editions

Based in Lugano, Switzerland, Artphilein Editions is a publishing house dedicated to producing photography-based books and artists’ books.

Border Soundscapes
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4 April 2020

Three Star Books

Based in Paris, Three Star Books produces books and editions with the finest contemporary artists.

The End
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1 April 2020

School of Observation

Based in Berlin & Luzern, School of Observation is a multidisciplinary research and publishing practice.

Insight
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1 April 2020

Macaronibook

Based in Brussels, Macaronibook focuses on photographic and poetic projects which questions memory, identity & exile.

Quand l'océan se retire
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29 March 2020

GLORIA Books

Based in Auckland, New Zealand and Berlin, Germany, GLORIA is an intercontinental publishing platform that focuses on the publication of art and photography books.

Still Looking Good
Added
28 March 2020

Happy Potato Press

Based in Berlin, Happy Potato Press publishes books, prints, printed matter and other potatoes. With or without mayonnaise.

One Ingredient Recipes
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28 March 2020

About Books

Based in Zurich, About Books develops and distribute book projects of high design quality and materialization in small editions.

Mathematische Modelle 2016–2018
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28 March 2020

ENTKUNSTUNG

Based in Berlin and Vienna, ENTKUNSTUNG is an independent forum for art criticism and practice.

ENTKUNSTUNG III
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28 March 2020

White Fungus

Based in Taichung City, Taiwan, White Fungus is a print magazine and publishing platform.

Issue #16
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28 March 2020

BOLO Paper

Based in Milan, BOLO Paper produce quality items, artist's books, magazines, fanzines and prints in limited edition, without obeying market logic and common sense.

BOLO 3
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22 March 2020

TD PAPELES

Based in Barcelona, TD PAPELES makes quick publications printed in B/W. Zines, Posters & Collections.

High Society
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4 March 2020

EXIT PUBLICACIONES

Based in Madrid, Spain, EXIT's editorial activity revolves around photography, contemporary art, criticism and contemporary culture.

EXIT #76. Your favourite photograph
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19 February 2020

Mattering Press

Based in Manchester, UK, Mattering Press publishes high quality, peer reviewed open access books within relational research on science, technology and society.

Modes of Knowing: Resources from the Baroque
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19 February 2020

Conveyor

Based in Jersey City, US, Conveyor is an independent publisher and studio for bespoke book printing and binding.

The Moon and Stars Can Be Yours : Notes on Subway Psychics
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20 January 2020

Posture Editions

Based in Ghent, Belgium, Posture Editions offers opportunities to artists to present their work and to shed light on their oeuvre in a more unusual way.

Specimen Days
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12 January 2020

Cocoa and Jasmine

Based in Delhi, India, Cocoa and Jasmine is a cultural publication from India exploring design, art and crafts through print, digital and exhibitions.

The Himalayan Issue
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28 December 2019

les éditions musicographiques

Based in Paris, les éditions musicographiques are linked to ‘musicographisme’, an editorial performance project addressing the relation between music and graphic design.

musicographisme_2 Tape
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28 December 2019

Naranja Publicaciones

Based in Santiago de Chile, Naranja is a publisher and specialized collection in artists' books.

from her(e) to now(here)
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14 December 2019

Occasional Papers

Based in London, Occasional Papers is 
a non-profit publisher of affordable books devoted to the histories of architecture, art, design, film and literature.

The Natural Enemies of Books: A Messy History of Women in Printing and Typography
Added
14 December 2019

The Emma Press

Based in Birmingham, The Emma Press is dedicated to producing beautiful, thought-provoking books, and to making poetry accessible to everyone.

The Adventures Of Na Willa
Added
8 December 2019

Tabula Rasa Magazine, Inc.

Tabula Rasa Magazine is a non-profit organization and limited-edition arts and photography publication based in New York.

Tabula Rasa Magazine Volume IV: Performance
Added
7 December 2019

Risotrip Print Shop Co.

Based in Rio de Janeiro, Risotrip Print Shop Co. is a design studio and risograph printing press focusing on artist's multiples, short-run editions and printed matter.

Zonas Cromáticas
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4 December 2019

Standards Manual

Based in Brooklyn, Standards Manual archives and preserves artifacts of design history and makes them available to future generations.

NYCTA Graphics Standards Manual
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28 November 2019

META/BOOKS

META/BOOKS is a feminist publishing and research platform for emerging photographers and designers, founded in 2014 by Delphine Bedel.

Lassen by Małgorzata Stankiewicz
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24 November 2019

Khatt Books

Based in Amsterdam, Khatt Books publish design and visual culture of the Middle East and North Africa.

Arabic Typography
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24 November 2019

literaturhaus

HAUS RED - Vol. 2
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9 November 2019

The Sandberg Series

Based in Amsterdam, The Sandberg Series publishes the research of 'temporary' master programs at the Sandberg Institute.

Radical Cut-Up – Nothing is Original
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25 September 2019

Further Reading

Based in Jakarta, Further Reading is a multi-format publishing platform exploring the sociocultural and political contexts.

Futher Reading Print No.1
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14 August 2019

Mark Pezinger Books

Based in Vienna, Mark Pezinger Books' collaborations include both, institutional and self-initiated projects and are based on a strong exchange between artist, designer and editor.

Baroness Elsa’s em dashes
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9 August 2019

RAMSDAM BOOKS

Based in Brussels, Ramsdam Books tries to find a middle ground between artists books and zines.

Same same but different (a book to make friends with)
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11 November 2020

Jordan, jordan Édition

Based in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jordan, jordan Édition aims to create books that hopefully appeals to everyone through very specific and reduced topic without any censorship, or government restrictions.

War, Astronaut, Death, Violence, Floating Mountain and Roman Soldiers
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30 June 2019

Catalpa

Based in Los Angeles, Catalpa acts as a press (text, image, audio) that tends to focus on the intersection of visual and literary arts.

The Physiology of Taste [excerpts]
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30 May 2019

August Verlag

Based in Berlin, August Verlag is a forum for theory at the crossroads of philosophy, politics and art.

The Labour of Enjoyment
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23 May 2019

Hesterglock Press

Based in Bristol, Hesterglock Press publishes radical & challenging books, collaborating with other artists and writers on projects that may well make a social/cultural difference or a change.

Logbook
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18 January 2020

POOL Publishing

Based in Vienna, POOL Publishing is a contemporary publishing house with a focus on illustration, graphic design and photography.

IT MEANS NOTHING TO ME (OH, VIENNA)
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8 May 2019

Meraki Agency

Based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Meraki Agency is an artist-led organization focussed on the emancipation of artists and designers by working with them in the realization of their ideas.

Movements
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2 May 2019

PANTOFLE BOOKS

Based in Tilburg, the Netherlands, PANTOFLE BOOKS is a totally independent publisher working with the keywords artists books, collage, humour, short stories and limited-editions.

YOU RUN AROUND TOWN LIKE A FOOL AND YOU THINK THAT IT'S GROOVY
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2 May 2019

Auslöser

Based in Vienna, Auslöser is a biannual, bilingual indie print magazine that focuses on the human stories behind the camera.

Auslöser Magazine Issue 1
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14 April 2019

Floating Opera Press

Based in Berlin, Floating Opera Press produces unique books that extend the narrative of an artist's practice as well as push the limits of what an artist book can be.

BONSAI FEELING
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8 April 2019

Four Corners Books

Based in London, Four Corner Books makes art books that have a story to tell, with a special focus on art outside traditional gallery contexts.

See Red Women’s Workshop: Feminist Posters 1974-1990
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29 March 2019

Dossier Industries

Based in Dallas, Texas, Dossier Industries is an experimental publishing imprint and graphic design studio.

Vacationist
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29 March 2019

High Steaks Media

Based in New York & California (USA), High Steaks Media aims to produce content exploring processes that normalize food as an inherent aspect of our universal, shared culture.

Dish Rag Magazine Issue 0: Caves
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27 March 2019

MAP

Based in Glasgow, MAP is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the discussion and support of artist-led publishing and production.

DO NOT MAKE THE
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26 March 2019

Soft Fiction Projects

Based between Belfast and Glasgow, Soft Fiction Projects is dedicated to producing digital and printed matter on film and artist moving image culture.

DORIS
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25 February 2019

The Future Publishing

Based in Amsterdam, The Future Publishing uses the definition of ”to publish” as “to make public”, employing printed matter as a medium to communicate ideas in all of its stages.

No Sense of Urgency
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23 April 2019

The Brown Orient

Based in San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines, The Brown Orient is an independent press and arts organization exclusively showcasing contemporary art and literature by Brown Asian women and queer folk.

The Brown Orient: Issue 3
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12 February 2019

Knust/Extrapool

Based in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Knust/Extrapool has been specialized in stencilprinted matter (risograph printing) over the last 25 years – publishing various series of books and print projects.

Round Hours
Added
5 February 2019

Your Local Newsstand

Based in Singapore, this independent publishing group specializes in photography zines.

Portraits of People - The Travel Issue
Added
18 January 2019

GRØSS

Based in Los Angeles, GRØSS specalizes in the publication of magazines with a focus on Contemporary Art & Creative Industries.

VOL. 3: Creature of Habit
Added
8 January 2019

Jap Sam Books

Based in Heijningen, the Netherlands, Jap Sam Books reflects, connects and responds to developments in the fields such as art, architecture, philosophy, landscape, urbanism, visual culture and design.

The Living Surface
Added
7 January 2019

Lost Alphabet

Based in the United States, with staff and distribution worldwide, this nomadic publishing company is an oasis for the weird, the wacky, the nonconformist and the intellectually poignant.

Sandy Ass Cheerios
Added
6 January 2019

Gloria Glitzer

Based in Berlin, this artists' group and publisher understands publishing as artistic practice. Gloria Glitzer develops, creates and publishes artzines and artists books.

RiffRaff
Added
3 January 2019

Goswell Road

Based in Paris, Goswell Road is a non-profit artspace and publishing house set up by art duo Ruiz Stephinson.

Forbidden to Forbid
Added
28 December 2018

Draw Down Books

Draw Down Books is a designer-run publishing platform based in New Haven, producing 
small and unique books with a focus on graphic design, photography, typography and 
illustration.

Cleon Peterson
Added
28 December 2018

Rostfrei Publishing

Based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Rostfrei Publishing is a collective platform for publishing inspiring, critical and inventive artist books.

BELGRADE RAW
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14 December 2018

MOMENTUM

Based in Madrid, MOMENTUM magazine is the materialization of a non profit cultural association sharing new visions and reflections about architecture with a spirit of learning.

#2 SELF, SHELL, SHELTER
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10 December 2018

POETIC PASTEL PRESS

Founded in London by a painter and interdisciplinary artist, Poetic Pastel Press publishes limited editions, artists publications and even a magazine, by its growing circle of friends and peers.

Journal du Thé
Added
8 December 2018

Snowfox Works

Based in Kojsko, Slovenia, this non-for-profit small independent publishing house focuses on publishing photobooks.

Phantom pain
Added
5 December 2018

Shelter Press

Based in Rennes, Frances, Shelter Press is a publishing platform set up by a publisher and artist to build up dialogues between contemporary art, poetry and experimental music.

When The Ocean Sounds
Added
3 December 2018

Sandstone Press

Sandstone Press is an independent publisher with an international outlook and was founded in Dingwall, Scotland in 2002.

The Secret Life of the Mountain Hare
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1 December 2018

The Eriskay Connection

Founded in 2011 in Breda, the Netherlands, The Eriskay Connection is a Dutch studio for book design and an independent publisher of art books.

Shaky Ground / Traces of the Great War at the Ypres Salient
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21 November 2018

Publication Studio Glasgow

Based in Glasgow, this independent publishing enterprise is also an open source book-production facility. Part of the international publishing network Publication Studio.

Flow Country
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22 October 2018

Looiersgracht 60

Based in Amsterdam, this non-profit exhibition space regularly publishes limited-edition bespoke publications to accompany its exhibition programme.

Containing Content
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22 October 2018

Tara Books

Tara Books is a collective of writers, designers and bookmakers publishing illustrated books for children and adults.

The Night Life of Trees
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4 October 2018

Oberon Books

Based in London, Oberon Books is the UK's most exciting independent publisher specialising in theatre, drama and the performing arts.

The Oberon Book of Queer Monologues
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12 September 2018

Saqi Books

Founded in 1983 in London, Saqi Books is an independent publishing house of quality general interest and academic books on North Africa and the Middle East.

Elsewhere, Home
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12 September 2018

Braw Books

Based in Glasgow, this independent publisher has one intention: to gather together the creative output of various seasoned Scottish underground comic artists into one place!

The Collected John G. Miller, 1990-1999
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6 August 2018

Ailsapress

This small independent publisher based on the Isle of Islay, Scotland, produces art-led books that reflect indigenous island life.

Bramble and Coultoon Their Hebridean Adventure
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6 August 2018

In The End, Books?

Based in Antwerp, Belgium, this independent artist book publishing focuses on young artists who use aspects of publishing as part of their artistic practice.

Kwintet
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23 July 2018

Space Poetry

Based in Copenhagen, Space Poetry publishes artists books, catalogues, a bit of poetry and other art related titles as well as their art magazine Pist Protta, an ongoing work of art.

Pist Protta 79
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20 June 2018

backbonebooks

Based in Berlin, backbonebooks performs consistently in a flexible, conceptual and collaborative process, aiming to open a new perspective into what a book can be.

Fringilla Coelebs. L
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20 June 2018

Las Injurias

Based in Valencia, Spain, Las Injurias focuses on aritsts' zines.

Without Permission: Cruise Or Be Cruised
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18 June 2018

PARIAH PRESS

This independent publishing house seeks to establish an alternative vision – a wild and memorable departure from conceit and mediocrity – based upon a considered selection of authors.

OBSCENITY & THE ARTS
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18 June 2018

Paper Monument

A non-profit art press intent on presenting smart, serious writing that is accessible to a wide audience.

Social Medium: Artists Writing, 2000–2015
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14 June 2018

n+1

n+1 was founded in New York City in 2004 by six young writers and editors who wanted to revive the American tradition of politically engaged literary magazines.

Other Russias
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14 June 2018

ATLAS Projectos

ATLAS Projectos is a publisher of art projects in printed, audio/visual and exhibition formats, founded in 2007 and currently based in Lisbon and Berlin.

beings that accept and embrace the growth of other beings
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20 May 2018

Carcanet Press

Publishing since 1969 Carcanet is an award-winning independent publisher of poetry based in Manchester, UK.

Venus as a Bear
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17 May 2018

The Fruitmarket Gallery

The Fruitmarket Gallery, in Edinburgh, conceives of publishing as part of the exhibition-making process, with the book extending the reach and life of each exhibition.

Lee Lozano
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17 May 2018

Lolli Editions

Lolli Editions is an independent publisher based in London.

Walking Through Palermo
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17 May 2018

Uniformbooks

Uniformbooks, based in Devon, UK, is an imprint for the visual and literary arts, cultural geography and history, music and bibliographic studies.

The Keartons: Inventing nature photography
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17 May 2018

Tombstone Press

Based in London, this publishing house is dedicated to exploring themes around architecture, urbanism, politics and the future.

Affectation Correspondence
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12 May 2018

PSS

PSS is a London-based independent publisher working with a variety of practitioners across art, poetry and theory.

Archipelago Journal
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12 May 2018

Terry Bleu

Colour, Explosions, Art... are some of the keywords used by this Amsterdam-based independent screen printing workshop and publishing house to define its work.

York Blvd.
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11 May 2018

punctum books

Based in Santa Barbara, California, this open-access publisher is dedicated to radically creative modes of intellectual inquiry and writing across a whimsical para-humanities assemblage.

Noise Thinks the Anthropocene: An Experiment in Noise Poetics
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10 May 2018

RAUM

Based in Glasgow, RAUM publishes a magazine of international poetry.

RAUM / Vol 1 Issue 4 / Winter 2017
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10 May 2018

SPAM Press

Based in Glasgow, SPAM Press is a publisher of zines of poetic experiments for the post-internet world.

TESSERACT LIFE
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10 May 2018

Brown Owl Press

Independent publisher of photo books and zines based in Newcastle, UK.

Old Domino
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8 May 2018

Comma Press

Based in Manchester, UK, Comma’s mission is to put the short story at the heart of contemporary narrative culture.

In Another Country: Selected Stories
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8 May 2018

Foe Publishing

This press is run by readers, writers and artists. Their love for books moved them to switch from writing and reading books to producing them.

King of the Bored Frontier
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3 May 2018

Tapsalteerie

Based in Tarland, a small village on the East of Scotland, this independent publisher of poetry pamphlets focuses on new and innovative writing in the Scots, Gaelic and English languages.

Minoritie Status
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2 May 2018

MARIA†. editions

Based in Nicosia and New York, MARIA†. editions is devoted to producing digital and printed matter, providing a platform for new artworks, collaborations, writing and exhibitions.

Gee
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1 May 2018

Publication Studio London

Publication Studio London (2015) is part of the international network of sibling PS studios printing-binding books one at a time, working with local artists & writers to create unique work.

Knotted Mass II
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20 April 2018

Speculative Books

Based in Glasgow, Speculative Books sends you a brand new book of poetry every month. They will also be releasing fiction titles from May 2018.

ENHANCED FOOL DISCLOSURE
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16 April 2018

Fitzcarraldo Editions

Fitzcarraldo Editions publishing house started in 2014. Based in London it specialises in novels and long-form essays in relation to relevant contemporary themes.

COUNTERNARRATIVES
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14 April 2018

The Last Books

The Last Books based in Amsterdam is a publishing project initiated in 2012 by Phil Baber and Snejanka Mihaylova.

PRACTICAL TRAINING IN THINKING
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14 April 2018

Glasgow Women's Library

Glasgow Women's Library, established 1991, is a lending library, museum and archive dedicated to women's lives. GWL publishes books informed by its innovative learning and events programme.

VOICES FROM THE BELVIDERE
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14 April 2018

Owl Cave Books

An amazing artist-run bookstore distributing independent publishing across San Francisco specialized in international contemporary art, theory culture & politics. And it also publishes!

UNTITLED
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14 April 2018

Inland Editions

Inland Editions started in 2014, in London and Lisbon. It publishes critical texts and explores the book as a platform for sharing ideas in the post-digital age.

BOOKSPACE: COLLECTED ESSAYS ON LIBRARIES
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14 April 2018

Tipo e

This independent print based in Madrid & London are dedicated to better establish typographic culture in Spain and beyond through its publishing projects.

HOW TO CREATE TYPEFACES
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14 April 2018

Book Works

Book Works (1984) is an artist books publisher and maker based in London. Apart from publishing and commissing new work, it also runs a programme of activities and a book-making studio.

FRIENDSHIP OF NATIONS: POLISH SHI’ITE SHOWBIZ
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14 April 2018

Actar Publishers

Based in Barcelona & New York, Actar Publishers investigates the culture of architectural, urbanism and landscape disciplines through innovative design, theory, criticism and pedagogy.

IMMINENT COMMONS: URBAN QUESTIONS FOR THE NEAR FUTURE
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14 April 2018

Platypus Press

Based in Shropshire, United Kingdom this boutique press unearths innovative contemproary poetry and prose.

So Long the Sky
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11 April 2018

Notting Hill Editions

Based in Kendal, United Kingdom this family-run press is committed to print the work of the most unusual thinkers of our time.

The Foreigner: Two Essays on Exile
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11 April 2018

Forlaget AFTRYK

An art-centric publishing house based in Copenhagen with a focus on the Scandinavian scene.

Eistrup Fragmentarium
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8 April 2018

404 Ink

Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, this alternative and independent publisher works with books and literary magazines based in the UK.

Let Me Tell You This
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8 April 2019

Belladonna* Collaborative

Adventurous, experimental, politically involved, multi-form, multicultural, multi-gendered, impossible to define, unpredictable, and dangerous with language is the work published by Belladonna.

Sweet Dreams
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1 May 2018

BHP Comics

BHP Comics is a micro publishing house based in Glasgow making comics, graphic novels and art books from established creators and cutting-edge new talent.

Frank Quitely: Drawings+Sketches
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7 March 2018

Cooper Gallery DJCAD

Cooper Gallery Publications strive to support experimental, radical and critical writing on contemporary art and culture. Part of Cooper Gallery, DJCAD, based in Dundee.

THE HISTORY OF SCULPTURE
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14 April 2018

Valiz

Contemporary art, theory, critique and urban affairs are the scope of this international independent publisher based in Amsterdam.

Facing Value
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5 March 2018

Peepal Tree Press

Based in Leeds, Peepal Tree Press publishes Caribbean and Black British fiction, poetry, literary criticism, memoirs and historical studies.

The Bone Readers
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3 March 2018

Modjaji Books

A feminist independent press based in Cape Town publishing the work of southern African women writers.

Bom Boy
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27 February 2018

Headmistress Press

Based in Sequim, Washington, this press aims to promote and market lesbian-identified poetry written by LBT poets.

On Loving a Saudi Girl
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25 February 2018

Linen Press

Based in London, Linen Press publishes female creative voices and it is run by women, for women.

The Red Beach Hut
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25 February 2018

dpr-barcelona

Based in Barcelona, this architectural research practice not only publishes but also deals with criticism and curating.

Weaponized Architecture. The Impossibility of Innocence
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5 February 2018

Cranachan Publishing

Cranachan Publishing based in the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, was established in 1984 and publishes children's historical fiction in relation to Scottish culture and heritage.

The Beast on the Broch
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22 September 2017

Atlantic Press Books

Atlantic Press is based in Falmouth, UK and specialises in graphic literature. Founded in 1998.

72 Hours
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22 September 2017

Dead Ink

Dead Ink was founded in 2011 in the city of Liverpool, UK to publish bold literaty fiction and non-fiction.

Another Justified Sinner
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11 July 2017

Gold Rain

Based in an artist-run space in Querétaro, México, Gold Rain publishes artists’ books, catalogs, zines, editorial accidents, and other experimental books.

Added
1 January 1970

Publishing Dreams

Publishers of Flaneur Magazine and SOFA.

Added
1 January 1970

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