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March 2025
January 2025
OUR LIBRARIES WITH MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE
Tate Britain Reading Rooms
Millbank London SW1P 4RG
An afternoon of talks on book collections and the working libraries of artists and writers, with Felicity Allen, Paul Buck, Julia Calver, Susan Finlay, Michael Hampton, Rebecca La Marre, Wiebke Leister, Murdo Macdonald, Louis Mason, Timothy Matthews, Joseph Noonan-Ganley, Adrian Rifkin, Isabella Streffen, Frank Wasser. and Simon Wortham
Convened by Rosa Apignanesi, Gustavo Grandal Montero, and Sharon Kivland
Last year, The Editor asked the authors published by her press to describe the organisation of their libraries for a cahier in the series published by Mette Edvardsen as Appendixes # 1–4, arranging them according to a singular system that brought the writers together, keeping company with each other and her. These were the private arrangements of private libraries; even those who had decided to reject books addressed the challenge of organisation.
Our Libraries at Tate Library brought the subjective systems of individual libraries, where orderly and logical access may not be the foremost requirement, to the public forum of a national museum library, free and open to all. There are matters of grouping, organising, categorising, and so on; in both situations, decisions must be made. This event presents the processes of decision-making in what the poet Susan Howe calls the ‘telepathy of the archive’.
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE was delighted to hold a
launch event to celebratethe publication of Joseph Noonan-Ganley’s
The Cesspool of Rapture, Artist's Texts 2012-2024
an evening of readings, a screening, and conversational responses to the book from Seán Elder and Linda Stupart
at FormaHQ & Presse Books, 140 Great Dover Street
London, SE1 4GW
Tate Britain Reading Rooms
Millbank London SW1P 4RG
An afternoon of talks on book collections and the working libraries of artists and writers, with Felicity Allen, Paul Buck, Julia Calver, Susan Finlay, Michael Hampton, Rebecca La Marre, Wiebke Leister, Murdo Macdonald, Louis Mason, Timothy Matthews, Joseph Noonan-Ganley, Adrian Rifkin, Isabella Streffen, Frank Wasser. and Simon Wortham
Convened by Rosa Apignanesi, Gustavo Grandal Montero, and Sharon Kivland
Last year, The Editor asked the authors published by her press to describe the organisation of their libraries for a cahier in the series published by Mette Edvardsen as Appendixes # 1–4, arranging them according to a singular system that brought the writers together, keeping company with each other and her. These were the private arrangements of private libraries; even those who had decided to reject books addressed the challenge of organisation.
Our Libraries at Tate Library brought the subjective systems of individual libraries, where orderly and logical access may not be the foremost requirement, to the public forum of a national museum library, free and open to all. There are matters of grouping, organising, categorising, and so on; in both situations, decisions must be made. This event presents the processes of decision-making in what the poet Susan Howe calls the ‘telepathy of the archive’.
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE was delighted to hold a
launch event to celebratethe publication of Joseph Noonan-Ganley’s
The Cesspool of Rapture, Artist's Texts 2012-2024
an evening of readings, a screening, and conversational responses to the book from Seán Elder and Linda Stupart
at FormaHQ & Presse Books, 140 Great Dover Street
London, SE1 4GW
October 2024 MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE
was at Miss Read, HKW, Berlin,
on 11, 12, and 13 October.
The charming Editor was on duty.
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE
was at the Small Publishers Fair at Conway Hall, London
on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 October.
On Saturday at 12.30
Sam Dolbear and Joseph Noonan-Ganley read
from their respective new books in the library.,
on 11, 12, and 13 October.
The charming Editor was on duty.
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE
was at the Small Publishers Fair at Conway Hall, London
on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 October.
On Saturday at 12.30
Sam Dolbear and Joseph Noonan-Ganley read
from their respective new books in the library.,
August 2024
Book presentation/ departure reading:
Sam Dolbear presented his new book
@ b_books @b_books_verlag
Lübbener Str. 14
10997 Berlin
Friday, 9 August 2024
from 19:00
There were readings, conversations, and drinks.
Sam Dolbear presented his new book
@ b_books @b_books_verlag
Lübbener Str. 14
10997 Berlin
Friday, 9 August 2024
from 19:00
There were readings, conversations, and drinks.
June 2024
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE was delighted to have a a launch with readings at the enchanting Broadway Bookshop on Thursday 20 June, 18.30 to 20.30.Iris Colomb read from Where do you begin in this, performing with ‘World without end’ (a 450 cm string of beads made from the 680 pages of Ulysses…), then Hilary Whiteread from Holes.
The Broadway Bookshop is at 8 Broadway Market,
London E8 4QJ.
The Broadway Bookshop is at 8 Broadway Market,
London E8 4QJ.
May 2024
September 2023
July 2023
A launch for Wiebke Leister’s book
ECHOES & CALLINGS. A HANNYA MANIFESTO
was held at 9 Lower Mall, Hammersmith, London W6 9DJ on Thursday 13 July 2023 with a performance by David Toop, Ania Psenitsnikova, Emi Watanabe, a short talk by Ashley Thorpe, and readings from the book.
The George Goetchius and Donald Howarth Society of Friends Awards supported this event. For over a century, 9 Lower Mall has been occupied by people who have made their names in the arts and living in what has been described as queer-domesticity. Photographer Alvin Langdon Coburn, poet and editor Charles Kains-Jackson, theatre director George Devine, playwright Peter Gill, sociologist George Goetschius and playwright Donald Howarth, all worked and lived at 9 Lower Mall. In 2020 Donald Howarth bequeathed his estate to a charity to continue the life of the house as a resource for those in the arts and those living queer domesticities.
June 2023
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE was back atPARIS ASS
in June, this year held in the glasshouse heat of the Palais de Tokyo. The wonderful Bibliothèque Kandinsky acquired several books from the press for its collection, and we were all very pleased.
in June, this year held in the glasshouse heat of the Palais de Tokyo. The wonderful Bibliothèque Kandinsky acquired several books from the press for its collection, and we were all very pleased.
March 2023
A launch event for Timothy Mathews’s THERE AND NOT HERE, CHRONICLES OF ART & LOSS, and Thinking Through Relation: Encounters in Creative Critical Writing (Peter Lang 2021), edited by Florian Mussgnug, Mathelinda Nabugodi and Thea Petrou took, place on Thursday 9 March at the University of London. Speakers included: Florian Mussgnug, Mathelinda Nabugodi, Thea Petrou, Sharon Kivland, Timothy Mathews, Jenny Chamarette, Emily Orley, Delphine Grass, Clare Finburgh Delijani, John Schad and Clare Lees.
The recording may be viewed HERE.
The recording may be viewed HERE.
Isabella Streffen read from FABULAE. HOW IT BEGINS,
with Tom Allen and Tobias Ryan, at AFTER 8, Paris, in March 2023. Later we saw Catherine Malabou in the restaurant where we had supper.
December 2022
A book launch with six short readings New books from five authors were launched at the wonderful South London Gallery, organised by the fabulous book shop, on Wednesday 7 December, 2022.
Museums and echoes, brutal meditations and the
embrace of grief, flirtations with library indexes and forgotten catalogues, floating female bodies and silent protest, the condition of narrative and slippery radiance Murdo Macdonald, Timothy Mathews, Adrian Rifkin, Isabella Streffen, Simon Wortham
Museums and echoes, brutal meditations and the
embrace of grief, flirtations with library indexes and forgotten catalogues, floating female bodies and silent protest, the condition of narrative and slippery radiance Murdo Macdonald, Timothy Mathews, Adrian Rifkin, Isabella Streffen, Simon Wortham
June 2022
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE was at PARIS ASS
at the Fondation Lafayette in June. MOIST was at the next table, and there was gossiping as well as book sales.
at the Fondation Lafayette in June. MOIST was at the next table, and there was gossiping as well as book sales.
May 2022
MA BIBILIOTHÉQUE was at OFFPRINT London
at Tate Modern in May 2022. Some authors turned up, as did quite a few pals. And a few books were sold.
at Tate Modern in May 2022. Some authors turned up, as did quite a few pals. And a few books were sold.
February 2020
OBJEKTOPHILIA by Susan Finlay
was launched at Donlon Books, 75 Broadway Market, London on Thursday 6 February, 2020.
Susan Finlay read from the opening chapter of her book, It was packed and the publisher stupidly did not bring enough books.
was launched at Donlon Books, 75 Broadway Market, London on Thursday 6 February, 2020.
Susan Finlay read from the opening chapter of her book, It was packed and the publisher stupidly did not bring enough books.
November 2019
LA A DYBIRD by Rachel Cattle
was launched at Donlon Book, Broadway Market, London Thursday 28 November, 2019.
Rachel Cattle read from her book. There was a small exhibition of her drawings, and the event was accompanied by a soundtrack of electronica by women, compiled with Steve Richards and Rachel Cattle.
was launched at Donlon Book, Broadway Market, London Thursday 28 November, 2019.
Rachel Cattle read from her book. There was a small exhibition of her drawings, and the event was accompanied by a soundtrack of electronica by women, compiled with Steve Richards and Rachel Cattle.
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE was at the Small Publishers Fair,
Conway Hall, London. on 15 & 16 November, 2019. The Small Publishers Fair is the annual gathering of small press publishers, writers, artists, poets and book designers. Sixty-five publishers from across the UK and around the world together with a featured exhibition,readings and talks in the historic Conway Hall, the centre of humanism and literary Bloomsbury.
Conway Hall, London. on 15 & 16 November, 2019. The Small Publishers Fair is the annual gathering of small press publishers, writers, artists, poets and book designers. Sixty-five publishers from across the UK and around the world together with a featured exhibition,readings and talks in the historic Conway Hall, the centre of humanism and literary Bloomsbury.
Oct - Dec 2019
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE is PUBLISHER OF THE MONTH
at the SOUTH LONDON GALLERY, October to December 2019
at the SOUTH LONDON GALLERY, October to December 2019
September 2019
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE was at the SOUTH LONDON GALLERY
on Tuesday 11 September for evening of readings celebrating the launch of The Graveside Orations of Carl Einstein. This book collates contributions by artists, poets, critics, and philosophers speculating on a speech given by political radical Carl Einstein at a memorial for Rosa Luxemburg in 1919.
Readers: Uma Breakdown, (read by Jack Etches), Sophie Carapetian, Alison J. Carr, John Cunningham, Sam Dolbear, Rebekah Georgiou-Tolley, John Hyatt, Dale Holmes, Derek Horton, Sacha Kahir,Sharon Kivland, Pil Galia Kollectiv, Mark Leahy, Ed Luker, TC McCormack, Benjamin Noys, Benedict Seymour, Frank Wasser, Sarah Wood (read by Ali Smith)
on Tuesday 11 September for evening of readings celebrating the launch of The Graveside Orations of Carl Einstein. This book collates contributions by artists, poets, critics, and philosophers speculating on a speech given by political radical Carl Einstein at a memorial for Rosa Luxemburg in 1919.
Readers: Uma Breakdown, (read by Jack Etches), Sophie Carapetian, Alison J. Carr, John Cunningham, Sam Dolbear, Rebekah Georgiou-Tolley, John Hyatt, Dale Holmes, Derek Horton, Sacha Kahir,Sharon Kivland, Pil Galia Kollectiv, Mark Leahy, Ed Luker, TC McCormack, Benjamin Noys, Benedict Seymour, Frank Wasser, Sarah Wood (read by Ali Smith)
June 2019
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE was at HOPSCOTCH BERLIN
Kurfurstenstr. 14 10785 Berlin on Thursday 13 June with readings from THE GRAVESIDE ORATIONS OF CARL EINSTEIN (eds Dale Holmes & Sharon Kivland)
Introduction by Dale Holmes
I. Geoffrey Wildanger, Sonja Burbidge (read by Irina Gheorghe), Hannes Bajohr (read by Donal Fitzpatrick), Betsy Porritt
II. Sean Bonney & Sacha Kahir, Declan Clarke, John Z. Komurki (read by Sean Smuda)
III. Christian A. Wollin, Ed Luker, Matthew Burbidge, Katharina Ludwig, Donal Fitzpatrick
IV. Sacha Kahir, Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko (extract, read by Sharon Kivland), Sharon Kivland, Spartakus
John Cunningham read four extracts from his essay in each of the sets above, There was birdsong and Susan Philipsz sang a lament.
Kurfurstenstr. 14 10785 Berlin on Thursday 13 June with readings from THE GRAVESIDE ORATIONS OF CARL EINSTEIN (eds Dale Holmes & Sharon Kivland)
Introduction by Dale Holmes
I. Geoffrey Wildanger, Sonja Burbidge (read by Irina Gheorghe), Hannes Bajohr (read by Donal Fitzpatrick), Betsy Porritt
II. Sean Bonney & Sacha Kahir, Declan Clarke, John Z. Komurki (read by Sean Smuda)
III. Christian A. Wollin, Ed Luker, Matthew Burbidge, Katharina Ludwig, Donal Fitzpatrick
IV. Sacha Kahir, Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko (extract, read by Sharon Kivland), Sharon Kivland, Spartakus
John Cunningham read four extracts from his essay in each of the sets above, There was birdsong and Susan Philipsz sang a lament.
May 2019
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE was at South London Gallery
Tuesday 8 May, 19 h to 22 h
Readings from recent MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE books byFelicity Allen with Althea Greenan, David Berridge, Isobel Wohl, Joseph Noonan-Ganley with Carl Gent & Virgil B/G Taylor, Sharon Kivland with Arnaud Desjardin & Benjamin Rhodes
Tuesday 8 May, 19 h to 22 h
Readings from recent MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE books byFelicity Allen with Althea Greenan, David Berridge, Isobel Wohl, Joseph Noonan-Ganley with Carl Gent & Virgil B/G Taylor, Sharon Kivland with Arnaud Desjardin & Benjamin Rhodes
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE was at OFFPRINT,
Tate Modern, 17 to 19 May
On Saturday 18 May, readings from recent MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE books by David Berridge, Kate Briggs, and Isobel Wohl
Tate Modern, 17 to 19 May
On Saturday 18 May, readings from recent MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE books by David Berridge, Kate Briggs, and Isobel Wohl
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE was at HOPSCOTCH BERLIN
Kurfurstenstr. 14 10785 Berlin on Saturday 4 May
Readings from recent MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE books by Felicity Allen, with Althea Greenan. David Berridge, Isobel Wohl, Joseph Noonan-Ganley with Jack Hogan & Sean Smuda, Sharon Kivland with Francis Haselden & Christian Wollin.
Readings from recent MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE books by Felicity Allen, with Althea Greenan. David Berridge, Isobel Wohl, Joseph Noonan-Ganley with Jack Hogan & Sean Smuda, Sharon Kivland with Francis Haselden & Christian Wollin.
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE was at MISS READ, BERLIN, 2019
People kept trying to leave their coats with us. We said they could if they bought a book.
People kept trying to leave their coats with us. We said they could if they bought a book.
October 2019
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE was at the Dostoevsky Wannabe Indie Book Fair in association with the Contemporary Small Press project
at the University of Westminster. on Saturday 19 October, 2019. The fair featured Prototype Publishing, The 87 Press (sharing with Pamenar Press), Ma Bibliotheque, Ink, Sweat and Tears, Influx, Open Pen, And Other Stories, Bookworks, Les Fugitives, Fitzcarraldo, Boiler House Press, Hotel, Green Bottle Press, Death of Workers Whilst Building Skyscrapers, Silver Press, Source Mag, Gallic Books, Arachne Press, Nightjar, Tilted Axis, and Information as Material.
A good time was had by all.
at the University of Westminster. on Saturday 19 October, 2019. The fair featured Prototype Publishing, The 87 Press (sharing with Pamenar Press), Ma Bibliotheque, Ink, Sweat and Tears, Influx, Open Pen, And Other Stories, Bookworks, Les Fugitives, Fitzcarraldo, Boiler House Press, Hotel, Green Bottle Press, Death of Workers Whilst Building Skyscrapers, Silver Press, Source Mag, Gallic Books, Arachne Press, Nightjar, Tilted Axis, and Information as Material.
A good time was had by all.