Peculiarity Press

21/05/2023

Very sad to say that circumstances outside my control have meant the cancellation of the event on Thursday. Many people were planning to come, and I have tried to email directly as far as possible.

I was so looking forward to meeting everyone, old faces, new faces, and friends and colleagues who I was going to meet for the first time in almost 30 years, or the first time in person. But it was not meant to be this time 😔

The book will still be released on Thursday.

It's a project I'm extremely proud to be part of creating. I hope you will be intrigued by TRACe: Museum of Memory and will consider buying a copy to explore for yourself.
Available direct from the website. UK postage free until 4 June with code ROMAPOSTFREE
www.peculiaritypress.com

19/05/2023

The big launch event is almost here in London!
Join us on Thursday 6-7.30pm.
And conversation with Professor David Herd of will be engaging!
Westminster Reference Library, WC2H 7HP

An artist's book collaboration between and
with and
Story, drawing, photo, letterpress, book-binding ...

Eventbrite link in bio
All welcome, and I'm planning refreshing drinks too

12/05/2023

It rained. But even in this rain, thought Emile Charpentier, as he shook the water from his shoes, Venice looked beautiful. It was a good job he bought his boat with him. And his wetsuit. And his dry socks, for umbrellas were of no use….
But then he noticed that, even in the puddles there were traces of other mysterious things in this watery city….
‘All will be revealed soon,’ he muttered.




TRACe. Venice. May 12/13

26/09/2022

Come and meet and this week - Thursday 29th September 2pm - 3pm
Book of essays and artworks out now. See link in bio

23/09/2022

Congratulations Salma! It all came together marvellously.

And congratulations to all the artists of for an excellent exhibition. Lovely to meet so many of you and all your work in person last night 🎉

And the book looks not half bad too - even if I do say so myself 😊 (see link in bio). Filled with gorgeous images and fascinating essays. In particular I want to find out more about the work of - thank you Emily and Stephen

Exhibition open for 2 weeks at

Hoorah for

21/09/2022

TOMORROW!! I'll be there 😁

Posted • 22nd September - 4th October don’t miss us or you’ll be sooooo sorry 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🎉🎉🎉 opening party 5pm - 8pm 22nd September (5pm - 6pm screening film 🎥) with amazing work from of FUNDED BY

Book launch! Book design by with

Buy the book at the launch for a special price! Normally £25.

12/09/2022

Countdown to the exhibition next week. Looking forward to seeing the artworks that feature in the forthcoming book 😊 (link in bio)

Posted • are delighted to be showing this fascinating and important series by artist duo September 22nd - 4th October using to exploitative images of women on postcards Here at Imaginarium we use our personal stories and reclaim ornament as a

07/09/2022

- DREAMING OUR FUTURES OUT OF OUR PAST we’ve picked over every comma and full stop and gorgeous sumptuous book of art, critical writing, essays and poetry, edited and curated by is going to print on Monday. Thank you for gorgeous design work through out - you are a star ⭐️ and big thanks to for all your brilliance and tenacity as a proof reader. With contributions from , professor , Dr Stephen Putnam Hughes & Dr Emily Stevenson, .dunder translated by , of We are funded by 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 And love and gratitude to my husband for his concept design, advice and support. Special thanks to artist for all her assistance with the funding application ❤️

04/07/2022

Delighted to be in the Archive 🥰 105 Artist's Hands by
Lots of books and collections of books to explore throughout the site

10/06/2022

Exhibition open until Sunday 12th - Fringe Arts Bath - WORDPLAY - rich and varied and curated by Geoff Dunlop at 44AD Artspace, Bath

In 44AD artspace for Fringe Arts Bath 2022 you’ll find Us And Our Pictures (see next post) Glitch (see previous post) and WORDplay.

“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
Rudyard Kipling

Silent or spoken. Meaningful or meaningless. Sober or funny. Telling truth or lies. A salmagundi of artists comes together to play with words. Seriously.

“Don't gobblefunk around with words!”
Roald Dahl

Close to thirty artists come together at the 44AD artspace to make use of a full range of techniques – including painting, carving and print, video, performance and odd machines, plus books of all shapes and sizes.

“Everything that goes into my mouth seems to make me fat, everything that comes out of my mouth embarrasses me.”
Gabriel García Márquez

Discover more here : www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/wordplay, see link in bio.

Curated by .kailash, WORDplay is at until 12 June as part of

14/12/2021

So great to find out today that 105 Artists' Hands has been featured in Printmaking Today magazine in the latest issue

23/11/2021

'Typos: the story of a reluctant artwork' is almost here 🎈🎈🎈
Guarantee your copy - very short print run https://www.peculiaritypress.com/store/p18/typos.html

“…it’s easier to define what something isn’t than to say definitively what it is. Assuming you can really do either. I’m certainly not sure what Typos is because I think it becomes lots of different things to lots of different people... and on reflection I don’t think you can pin it down to one thing. Does that make sense?”

These are the words of the main protagonist talking about the artwork at the heart of this book. They apply just as well to the book itself: at once a work of fiction in the form of an artist’s monograph and a monograph about a fictional artwork.

Typos is the story of a significant but little known artwork by one of conceptual art’s most elusive and unknown practitioners. In setting out to produce a book about the enigmatic in art, the publisher and authors inadvertently raise questions about the nature of fiction and the nature of art.

01/09/2021

This coming Saturday - I'm doing a talk with Cally Trench at Wycombe Arts Centre about her photography and creating Cally’s book of photographs: 105 Artists’ Hands: Touch Tell Create.

WHEN: Saturday 4th September, 2-3 PM
WHERE: WAC Cafe Space
All welcome. FREE: To reserve your space, please contact Cally Trench directly on [email protected]

Find out more: https://wycombeartscentre.com/events/105-artists-hands-touch-tell-create/

Another one is coming up at South Hill Park in Bracknell on evening of Thursday 23rd.

28/08/2021

Next weekend I'm talking with Cally Trench at Wycombe Arts Centre about her photography and creating Cally’s book of photographs: 105 Artists’ Hands: Touch Tell Create.

WHEN: Saturday 4th September, 2-3 PM
WHERE: WAC Cafe Space
All welcome. FREE: To reserve your space, please contact Cally Trench directly on [email protected]

Find out more: https://wycombeartscentre.com/events/105-artists-hands-touch-tell-create/

Artist Cally Trench and designer Jane Glennie will be in conversation about Cally’s book of photographs, 105 Artists’ Hands: Touch Tell Create. Cally Trench will talk about her project of photographing artists’ hands and working with the artists to create a book. At the heart of this explorati...

30/07/2021

105 Artists' Hands by
Event on Sunday! 2-5pm. Crouch Hill, London
Readings, performances, object handling from many of the 105 artists 😊
Join us? DM for details

Detail of: Hands of Alex Dewart:
‘Courage calls to courage everywhere’

29/07/2021

Preparing a few bits for this Sunday at the event with and at Space36 for 105 Artists' Hands.

Not too late to join us for lots of readings/performances 😃 2-5pm in Crouch Hill, London. PM me for full details

09/07/2021

‘105 Artists’ Hands: Touch Tell Create’ has been delayed a little in production and we have a slightly modified cover.

The book should be with us by the time of the very exciting book launch on Sunday 1st August (2-5pm) at Space 36 with (off Crouch Hill, London)
RSVP to Cally

Cally has planned an amazing programme with many of the artists featured in the book giving readings and performances: including and much more

So there will be very much to see and do... and tea and cake!

Still 49 copies available to buy.
https://www.peculiaritypress.com/store/p16/hands.html

Design by Jane Glennie

17/06/2021

Many boxes have arrived!
Time has flown by, and UPS has delivered much quicker than I'd come to expect of late, so I have 11 boxes of 's book '105 Artists' Hands' filling the hall. Exciting! More details on the official launch to follow but we will be signing, packing and labelling the advance orders over the next couple of weeks. Expect delivery in July. Order now if you haven't already!

08/06/2021

I've been collecting 'Polite notices', and this variation is pretty quirky (and the oldest so far).

If you see any - do send!