Press Release - For Immediate Release

Small Publishers Fair 2011

11th and 12th November

London - Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, WC1R 4RL

Free admission to the public to Fair and all events, open Friday and Saturday 11.00am -7.00pm

Full details at www.rgap.co.uk/spf.php

The international event in London celebrating books by contemporary artists, poets, writers, composers, and their publishers.

This year we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Fair, and we will be showcasing more than sixty publishers with a truly international field - including presses from Canada, Mexico, and Korea; from France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, and throughout the UK.

This annual Fair brings together international artists, poets, writers, composers, book designers and their publishers to celebrate contemporary artist publishing. A programme of readings and events will take place on Saturday 12th November - see schedule below. The Fair has attracted widespread interest, and praise for the quality of the events, and the immense variety of work on display.

All the books and editions are for sale, - an opportunity to buy work at an affordable price. With free admission, there's something for everyone – from artists’ books and editions, contemporary poetry and writing, multiples, zines, inexpensive pamphlets and artists cards. Several young artists’ collectives will be showing their work for the first time. Many of the published artists will be attending the Fair.

The Small Publishers Fair has announced this year's Readings and Events programme which takes place alongside the Fair on Saturday 12th November. With an international cast, and events ranging from performance, booklaunches and poetry readings:

12.00 Poetic Practice MA at Royal Holloway: Jennie Cole, Emma Conway, Julius Hinks, Hazel McMichael, Rachel Porteret, Maximilian Richmond, Juliet Troy & James Waite

1.00 Etruscan Books: Nicholas Johnson: ‘Listening to the Stones’

1.30 Suryastra: David Elias presents’Delhicious’: the experience of Indian Street Food Culture

2.00 Shearsman Books: Jaime Robles & Laurie Duggan

2.30 Martha Hellion: Director of the M•H Centre for Research and Documentation of Artist´s Books, Mexico City

3.00 Road Books: Judy Kravis launches ‘Strangeness: a poem sequence of exotic elementary tales’

3.30 seekers of lice: ‘A Minor Poet of the 21st Century: 59 index cards in no particular order’

4.00 Reality Street & West House Books: John Gilmore, Richard Makin & Geraldine Monk

5.00 Litteraria Pragensia Books: David Vichnar & Louis Armand launch VLAK 2

5.30 Veer Books: Johan de Wit, Rebecca Cremin, Alan Halsey, Esther Leslie, Aodan McCardle & Adrian Clarke

Events in the Brockway Room, alongside the Fair - admission is free to all events and readings

Further information:

Organiser Martin Rogers, of RGAP, said

‘The Fair has established itself as the national forum for the many small presses and independent publishers actively promoting contemporary artists’ work both in the UK and abroad. There will be a huge range of books and editions on display, an opportunity to see many special items which may not find their way into conventional bookshops, or sit on regular bookshelves.'

List of participating publishers:-

Alex Czinczel (The Chinchilla)

Ambeck Design

Anne Rook M.M. Visual Catering

Antic Ham

Artistsbooksonline.com

Atlantic Press

Batool Showghi

Boekie Woekie

bookRoom

Caseroom Press

Catherine Liégeois

Colin Sackett

Coracle

Editions Solo ma non troppo

Ensixteen Editions

Etruscan Books

Faction

Go Together Press

Fold

Grania Hayes & David Mitchell

Impact Press

In House publishing

Jacqueline Thomas Books

Jean-Claude Loubières

John Dilnot

Kate Van Houten

Klara Smith

Liver & Lights

Litteraria Pragensia Books

Mark Pawson

Martha Hellion

Moschatel Press

New Arcadian Press

The Observatory

Perro Verlag

Peter Foolen

Poetic Practice MA at Royal Holloway

Poetry Library at the South Bank Centre

The Poetry Translation Centre

Reality Street

Red Fox Press

Red Sphinx

RGAP

Road Books

Ruth Martin

seekers of lice

Shearsman Books

Sidney Nolan Trust

Suryastra

Tom Gauld / Brighten the Corners

Tony Hayward

Tufnell Art Press

Veer Books

Weproductions

West House Books

whnic Press

William Allen

The Small Publishers Fair is organised by RGAP

Images are available

For more information contact Martin Rogers at RGAP

email info@rgap.co.uk

Tel:- 07789 338952

www.rgap.co.uk

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