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Publish and Be Damned

释义

Origin
The Event
Publications
Public Library
Funding
Events
References
External links

{{Primary sources|date=March 2008}}Publish And Be Damned is an annual independent publishing fair in London, United Kingdom. Its name comes from the retort of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington on being blackmailed by John Joseph Stockdale and Harriette Wilson.^[1]

Origin

Publish And Be Damned was first held in 2004 and curated by Emily Pethick and Kit Hammonds. Over the years the project was run by Kit Hammonds, Sarah McCrory, Joe Scotland, Louise O’Hare and Kate Phillimore. The last fair was at the ICA in 2013. Hammonds, O'Hare and Phillimore declared the fair dead in November 2014. Hammonds founded Vernacular Institute in 2014 and now run by Jo Ying Peng since 2017. O'Hare and Phillimore are now running a new fair and organisation for artist-led publishing – Three Letter Words.

The Event

The selected publishers were allocated tables where they could display their work and sell from. The number of publishers varied each year. The event expanded in size and attendance from 2004.

Publications

The types of publication featured each year included everything from zines and self-published books to newsprint titles and glossy magazines, all of which are independently published. Some titles were free whilst most were sold.

Eligibility was decided by a panel made up of the founders and invited guests curators.

An open call for submissions is announced in early spring each year, with details on how to submit publications are found on their homepage.

Publications who took part in the fair included 20x20 magazine, Harry Pye's The Rebel magazine, Plan B, Fever Zine, Dent-de-Leone, BUTT, Useless and Le Gun.

Public Library

The Publish And Be Damned Public Library is a travelling archive of past submissions to the fair. Each year (2004–14) new submissions were added.

The collection has so far travelled to, or been featured in exhibitions in:

Germany (Munich)
United Kingdom (Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Cambridge, Norwich, Bristol)
The Netherlands (Utrecht)
United States (Los Angeles, New York)
Czech Republic (Prague)
Switzerland (Winterthur)
Slovakia (Bratislava)

Three Letter Words is custodian of the PABD Public Library and digitising it. You can view publications here http://threeletterwords.org/category/publish-and-be-damned-public-library/

Funding

Publish And Be Damned was funded by grants from various Arts organisations. Since 2004 the event has received support from The Elephant Trust, Arts Council, England, A Foundation, Studio Voltaire, The Goethe Institute, The Polish Cultural Forum, Pro Helvetia and the Mondrian Foundation.

The Public Library received funding from amongst others the Cubitt Gallery, Tranzit, The Elephant Trust, Arts Council England & The British Council.

Events

2004's event took place in The Crypt of St James' Church in the Clerkenwell area of London on Sunday 4 July. More than 30 titles from the U.K. and Europe took part.
2005's event took place on Sunday 31 July at the same venue as the previous year.
2006 saw a change of venue with the event moving to the Rochelle School in the Shoreditch area of East London.
2008 the Rochelle School in Shoreditch, East London on 3 August 2008.
2013 saw Publish and Be Damned come to the South West for the first time with an event at Plymouth Arts Centre, on 3 December 2013. This event was produced in collaboration with arts and culture journal Nom de Strip.

References

1. ^{{ cite book | title=Wellington – The Years of the Sword | year=1970 | author=Longford, E. | pages=p.209 | authorlink=Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford | publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson | isbn=0-297-17917-9 }}

External links

Vernacular Institute
Three Letter Words

2 : Annual events in London|Publishing organizations

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