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Ambeck Design
Mette-Sofie D. Ambeck is a Farnham-based Danish designer, book artist, teacher and curator. Twice winner of the Birgit Skiöld Memorial Trust Award of Excellence. Investigating life’s details – simple yet complicated.
ambeckdesign.blogspot.com
Anne Rook
Animation, multi-media, installation and book artist, based in London. Publications feature drawings, photographs, short poetical prose and found images such as fruit labels.
Boekie Woekie
Henriëtte van Egten (Netherlands), Rúna Thorkelsdóttir (Iceland) and Jan Voss (Germany) are artists who make books and founded Amsterdam’s Boekie Woekie Book Shop and Gallery in 1986 and run it still today.
boekiewoekie.com
Camberwell Press/MA Illustration
Publications from the in-house imprint of the art college, previously home to the renowned MA Book Arts. Led by Hayfaa Chalabi, Miriam Elgon and Gareth Proscourine-Barnett.
Camberwell MA Illustration
Coracle
Printer-publisher and editor of spaces since the 1970s. Directed by writer and artist Erica Van Horn and poet, artist and editor Simon Cutts. Previous bases in Liverpool, London and Norfolk; now in Ireland.
coracle.ie
AMBruno
Coalition of artists with a common interest in the book, established 2008. Annual project invites proposals in response to a theme. This year’s, ‘Finale’, launches at the Fair. Artists include Claudia de la Torre, Rafael Klein and Cally Trench.
Badbloodandsibyl
The imprint of Andrew Kötting who makes films, bookworks, performances, installations, CDs, LPs, VR and music, often in collaboration with daughter Eden or writer Iain Sinclair.
andrewkotting.com
Book Works
Commissions and supports new work by emerging artists. Publications, public lectures and exhibitions, artists’ surgeries and workshops. London studio also offers book binding and related services.
CB Editions
London-based publisher of fiction, poetry and non-fiction, including work in translation. Founded on a wing and a prayer in 2007 by ex-Faber poet Charles Boyle, surprised to be still here.
cbeditions.com
Dare-Gale Press
Indie poetry press, founded 2015, based in Brighton. Editors are Paul O’Prey and Pilar Garcia. Established and early career poets. Pamphlets focus on design and the environment. Michael Marks Publisher of the Year 2024.
daregale.com
Andrew Morrison Books
Poet, book artist and printer working with woodcut, letterpress and potato prints. Books, prints and ephemera are typeset, printed and handbound. Themes include memory, sequences, tokens and the zebra. Based in Cirencester.
Batool Showghi
London-based mixed media and book artist. Uses photography, illustration, painting and textiles to explore women’s issues, immigration, family disintegration and the experience of displacement.
Bookartbookshop
Shoreditch bookshop specialising in books by artists. Founded by owner Tanya Peixoto in 2002 it also stocks small press publications of 20th century avant-garde works from Dadaism to ‘Pataphysics.
bookartbookshop.com
Clod Magazine and Books
Universal truths revealed by small-town hacks, in their magazine of fiction; CLOD. Off-shoot book editions emphasise the team’s ‘local’ to ‘universal’ approach, using the ‘half-joke’ to garner ‘50% seriousness’.
clodmagazine.wixsite.com/ourspace
Eeodo
Artists’ books by Paul O’Kane & Bada Song, some made with guest collaborators. Fledgling and nonprofit, eedo celebrates the idea that “…art, while innovative and esoteric, is also an everyday human experience.”
eeodo.co.uk
Elisabeth Tonnard
Artist and poet from the Netherlands. New literature from existing texts and images. Works ranging from a book that is invisible to one that is a swimming pool.
elisabethtonnard.com
Ensixteen Editions
Diaristic zine series ‘bio auto graphic’ founded in 2004. Pictures and words by sole proprietor Mike Nicholson, Farnham-based, Lake District-born illustrator and academic.
instagram.com/ensixteen_editions
Essense Press
The imprint of Edinburgh-based artist, curator and publisher, Julie Johnstone. Minimal quiet books, cards and poem objects, exploring perception and contemplative experience.
juliejohnstone.com
Fifth Syllable
Small press releasing artists books and editions. Also bimonthly single sheet publication A3/4 released in small numbers by a different artist each time. Run by artist Scott Robertson it releases work when he can find the time and money to do so. Based in Hastings.
fifthsyllable.co.uk
Fly on the Wall Press
Independent Manchester publisher of political fiction, poetry and anthologies. Winner of Small Press of the Year (North) at British Book Awards 2024. Integrates social activism. Directed by Isabelle Kenyon.
Guillemot Press
Multi-award-winning publisher of poetry and non-fiction. An emphasis on pamphlets and short forms, sustainability and materials. Editors Luke Thompson and Sarah Cave are based in Cornwall.
Guy Bigland
Artists’ books, editions and ephemera exploring systems, language and rules. Lives and works in Wiltshire. Also runs booksaboutart.co.uk specialist booksales of art and design publications at discount prices, founded 2020.
guybigland.com
Hazard Press
The imprint of queer poet and book artist Jeremy Dixon, now based on the Wirral after over 40 years living in Wales. Small runs often incorporate collage with the emphasis on handmade, happenstance and recycling found text and images.
Hinterland Press Ltd
Creative non-fiction magazine, Norwich-based, published three times a year. Established authors and newcomers; memoir, essay, travel and food writing, reportage, psychoscape, biography and flash non-fiction. Editored by writers Freya Dean, Andrew Kenrick, Yin F. Lim and Iona Macduff.
If a Leaf Falls Press
The London poetry imprint of poet and author, Sam Riviere. Limited-edition titles with an emphasis on appropriative and procedural writing processes. Design by O. Tong.
ifaleaffallspress.com
Impact Press
The imprint of the Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of West of England, Bristol. Artists’ books projects, The Blue Notebook Journal for Artists’ Books, Book Arts Newsletter and Artist’s Book Year Book. Contact: Sarah Bodman.
intergraphia
Edited by artist-writers Emma Bolland and Rachel Smith, committed to inclusivity and affordability, intergraphia publishes artists and writers working at intersections and edges.
Jane Cradock-Watson
Book artist and printmaker based in Surrey. Artist’s books exploring place, landscape and the natural world, through material and form using printmaking, photography and illustration.
John Dilnot
Artist and printmaker, making books since 1985 as an integral part of his practice. Also makes prints, paintings and box works. Based in East Sussex.
johndilnot.com
Les Fugitives
Founded 2015 to publish translations of short contemporary works by French women. Now also narrative non-fiction, works that defy categorisation and English language originals. London-based. Led by Cécile Menon.
lesfugitives.com
Liver and Lights
The imprint of London artist and musician John Bently. Publications feature “contemporary and cast-off reprographic technology from skip-rescued photocopiers to delicate hand cut rubber stamps… the DIY ethic personified.”
Longbarrow Press
Sheffield-based poetry publisher of work exploring the intersections of landscape, history and memory. Collaborations include walks, exhibitions and field recordings. Founded 2006 by writer and editor Brian Lewis.
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE
The London-based press of artist, writer and editor, Sharon Kivland. Writing about reading / re-reading: essays, experimental fiction and a little poetry, critical and conceptual writing.
mabiblioteque.cargo.site
Mandy Brannan
Book artist, experimental paper maker and workshop leader. London-based.
mandybrannan.co.uk
Martha Hellion
Mexican book artist, curator and founder of the Centre for Research and Documentation of Artists’ Publications, Mexico City. Co-founder of the influential Beau Geste press (Devon, 1970-76).
marthahellion@gmail.com
Negative Press London
Artist-led press by Roelof Bakker. Exploring the potential of relationships between image, text and form. Addresses contemporary issues and historical events. Hastings-based.
New Arcadian Press
Investigating the cultural politics of historical landscapes through art and scholarship since 1981. NAP publishes a journal, broadsheets, books, cards and posters. Director Patrick Eyres is based in Leeds.
New North Press
East London-based letterpress studio founded in 1986 by Graham Bignell, now run in partnership with Richard Ardagh. Publishes limited edition books and posters, including the broadside Forme – a typographical exploration of science, language and understanding.
Nightjar Press
Limited edition single short-story chapbooks by individual authors. Occasional departures from this format. Based in Manchester, editor Nicholas Royle is a novelist and short story writer.
Nowhereman Press
The imprint of Mexican book artist Ximena Pérez Grobet. Based in Barcelona she has been making artist’s books since 1994 and also collaborates with others to make special editions. Her work is exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide.
P&H Books
Indie publisher based in Glasgow. Founded in 2014 and now under the ownership of Rob Westwood. Comedy, music, memoir and travel plus the journal New Escapologist.
Pamenar Press
Poetry, hybrid and critical writing forms which are cross-cultural and multilingual. Based in London. Founded in 2019 by poet, writer and translator Ghazal Mosadeq.
Pilot Press
London-based imprint of artist Richard Porter, a publishing project started in 2017 to share the work of queer writers and help retrieve a philosophy lost to AIDS and capitalism.
Poetics Research Centre
Led by Redell Olsen and Robert Hampson at Royal Holloway: poetry, hybrid poetics and bookworks by present and former students. Chapbooks, concrete and visual poetry and performance.
poeticsresearchcentre.wordpress.com
Prototype
Poetry, prose, interdisciplinary projects and anthologies. London press, founded 2019 by publisher, editor and musician Jess Chandler, co-founder of Test Centre and House Sparrow Press.
Red Plate Press
Visual artist, David Armes, is based in Todmorden and works primarily with letterpress printing, language and the layering of space. Works vary from large scroll installations and prints to artist’s books and chapbooks.
Red Sphinx
Artists’ books, postcards, prints and Seedy CDs from Berlin-based English artist, editor and translator Malcolm Green. Plus rare stock from former SPF regular, the now defunct Atlas Press which Green co-edited with the late Alastair Brotchie.
Road Books
Founded by writer Judy Kravis and artist Peter Morgan in 1992 on a hill in Ireland. Solo and collaborative works. Fluid, adventurous and diverse.
Roberts Print
Based in Margate, Richard Roberts describes himself as a ‘purveyor of slow dissemination’. His printed books and zines take a sideways glance at different aspects of contemporary culture.
Russell Weekes
South London-based maker, working with objects, images, books and ephemera. Exploring observations and connections found within everyday surroundings.
Ruth Martin
Illustrator and book artist, based in London. Colourful, hand-crafted and hands-on little books printed with intricately hand cut rubber stamps. Playful, funny, clever and enchanting.
nothingbuttheruth.co.uk
Scratch Books
Small London press dedicated to the craft of the short story. Anthologies, collections, competitions and events. Edited by publisher and writer Tom Conaghan.
scratch-books.co.uk
Serena Smith
Artist-lithographer, writer and book artist. Hand-made publications use material poetics to explore research undertaken in the arts and humanities. Based in Leicester.
Set Margins Press
The imprint of Eindhoven-based writer, curator, editor and lecturer, Freek Lomme. Founded 2022. Critical and creative publishing to rethink and evolve visual communication and forms of cooperation.
Shearsman Books
Editor, publisher and translator Tony Frazer founded Shearsman magazine in 1981, shortly followed by Shearsman Books. Oxfordshire-based. Publishes poetry, poetry-related essays and literary criticism and a lot of poetry in translation.
SJ Fowler
London-based poet, writer and performer SJ Fowler, subject of the Small Publishers Fair exhibition in 2022.
Strange Attractor Press
Indie publishing house, founded 2003, rooted in a series of events at The Horse Hospital. London-based, Mark Pilkington and Jamie Sutcliffe’s imprint celebrates unpopular culture via neglected and esoteric cultural, historical and anthropological themes.
Swedenborg House
Publications chart the cultural and intellectual legacy of Swedish scientist and philosopher, Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) and include work from Alice Albinia, Gareth Evans and Iain Sinclair. Artist and writer Stephen McNeilly directs the society, museum and imprint.
Sylph Editions
Fiction, theoretical essays, limited-edition art and photography books with an emphasis on works in which image and text support and reinforcing one another, co-exist as one. Founded in 2006 by Ornan Rotem and Num Stibbe.
sylpheditions.com
Tenement Press
An occasional publisher of experimental, esoteric, accidental and interdisciplinary literatures; cousin to the magazine Hotel. Edited by Dominic J. Jaeckle, designed by Traven T. Croves. Based in London and Bristol.
The Caseroom Press
Tamar MacLellan (Banbury) and Philippa Wood (Stamford) apply systems, cataloguing, and data collection to inform their work using a combination of found surfaces, relief and screen print, letterpress, hand and machine stitch, typewriter and copy machine.
The New Menard Press
Original and translated poetry and fiction, non-fiction, art and literary criticism. Founded by Anthony Rudolf in 1969, The Menard Press published 150 titles in 40 years. The new iteration is the UK arm of Amsterdam indie imprint HetMoet. Publisher Elte Rauch lives and works between London and Amsterdam.
Uniformbooks
Edited and published in Axminster since 2011. The project has now adopted a more variable approach, new titles appearing as and when, both uniform and ‘nonuniform’.
Owner, Colin Sackett is an artist, designer and publisher. He has been designer for Small Publishers Fair since 2002.
Weproductions
Founded in the 1970s and run by artist Helen Douglas based in Yarrow, Scotland. Books combine photographic image with page and sequence to explore visual narrative and themes of place and the natural world.
weproductions.com
Writers’ Kingston
Literary cultural institute dedicated to an expansive, innovative understanding of creative writing, curated this year by Kingston graduates the IPLA collective.
Yasushi Cho
Book artist from Tokyo. Publications are made using reconstructed images of printed matter and snapped photos.
