You can read what people said about the novel on my ‘Press’ page…
The exhibition at Matt’s Gallery in Nine Elms, ‘Thirty-one Years of Piece of Paper Press’, ends its extended run next week on 25 April. New opening times Weds–Fridays 12–6pm (excluding Good Friday).
‘THE BIG READ II: A Dagger of Crime Writers’ at The Bread & Roses Theatre, featuring Heidi Amsinck, Julie Anderson, Alice Castle, Anne Coates, Victoria Dowd, Jennie Ensor, Ivy Ngeow, Tony White, and Diana Wilkinson. Join us for an atmospheric afternoon of crime fiction. This event brings together crime writers reading gripping excerpts from their novels—live, raw, and unfiltered. Expect thrilling storytelling, dark twists, and literary intrigue, all in the intimate setting of one of London’s best fringe venues. The Bread & Roses Theatre, 68 Clapham Manor Street, London SW4 6DZ, 2–4pm. FREE, booking recommended!
Today Thursday 3 April is a day of action against Meta, organised by the Society of Authors in the UK.
The SoA is organising a day of protest against Meta following revelations of pirated books being used to train their large language models.
On Thursday 3 April, we are planning a day of action to protest against Meta’s alleged theft of copyright-protected works and to showcase the strength of feeling amongst creators.
UPDATE from Matt’s Gallery — it was just confirmed on Friday that the archival display ‘Thirty-one Years of Piece of Paper Press: artists’ books, artworks and ephemera, 1994-2025’ is still available for viewing until Friday 25 April.
New times are Weds–Fridays 12-6pm (excluding Good Friday 18/04) or by appointment, until Friday 25 April inclusive.
Photo: Brett Dee
Then it all goes back into its archive boxes until who knows when!
So if you’ve been meaning to get down to Nine Elms but didn’t already, do come and see the show and get one of the last few numbered sets of these two beautiful new artists’ books by Katie Cuddon and Andrew Mottershead — while very-limited stocks last…
And you can still see/touch/read rare artists’ books, artworks and ephemera from Ian Bourn, Pavel Büchler, Peter Bunting, Barbara Campbell, Mikey Cuddihy, Stevie Deas, Joolz Denby, Tim Etchells, Stephanie Fawbert, Rose Frain, Jane Gifford, Bruce Gilchrist, Halford + Beard, M John Harrison, David Hayden, Christopher Hewitt, Steven Hull, Sharon Kivland. Liliane Lijn, Elizabeth Magill, Andrea Mason, Penny McCarthy, Susana Medina, Katharine Meynell, Michael Moorcock, Andrew Mottershead, Courttia Newland, James Pyman, Borivoj Radaković, Sheena Rose, Pete Smith, Gordana Stanišić, Selina Thompson, Suzanne Treister, Alison Turnbull, Joanna Walsh, and more.
I’m very grateful to Robin and the great team at Matt’s Gallery for this incredible support, which means I can also now complete the work I started back in January, of cataloguing the archive to date — thanks all ;)
Best, then, to head to the exhibition running at Matt’s Gallery in Vauxhall . . . Comprising two vitrines’ worth of display copies, proof copies, correspondence, and related miscellanea, it could offer inspiration to anyone who wishes to experiment with their own variations on this ‘simple, miniature and archaic’ format. (TLS)
Matt’s Gallery, 6 Charles Clowes Walk, London SW11 7AN. Open Weds-Fri, 12-6pm, or by appointment, to 25 April 2025.
It’s your last chance to see the Piece of Paper Press archival display at Matt’s Gallery, in Nine Elms, London! The show is open 12-6pm until Sunday 23 March, and features work by artists and writers including Ian Bourn, Pavel Büchler, Peter Bunting, Barbara Campbell, Mikey Cuddihy, Stevie Deas, Joolz Denby, Tim Etchells, Stephanie Fawbert, Rose Frain, Jane Gifford, Bruce Gilchrist, Halford + Beard, M John Harrison, David Hayden, Christopher Hewitt, Steven Hull, Sharon Kivland, Liliane Lijn, Elizabeth Magill, Andrea Mason, Penny McCarthy, Susana Medina, Katharine Meynell, Michael Moorcock, Andrew Mottershead, Courttia Newland, James Pyman, Borivoj Radaković, Sheena Rose, Pete Smith, Gordana Stanišić, Selina Thompson, Suzanne Treister, Alison Turnbull, and Joanna Walsh.
This weekend is also your last chance to see the brilliant ‘No Dimensions’ by Katie Cuddon, which runs concurrently in the main gallery.
One gallery visitor yesterday said that both shows complement one another, that they both felt somehow ‘undone’. This was high praise indeed – thank you!
Here’s what The TLS said:
‘Best, then, to head to the exhibition running at Matt’s Gallery in Vauxhall . . . Comprising two vitrines’ worth of display copies, proof copies, correspondence, and related miscellanea, it could offer inspiration to anyone who wishes to experiment with their own variations on this “simple, miniature and archaic” format…’
The response from gallery visitors, too, whether the many student groups, passers-by, gallery goers, readers, or artists’ book enthusiasts has been incredible – with many people spending an hour or more reading, thinking, chatting… Thanks all!
This weekend is also your last chance to get these two beautiful new artists’ books by Katie Cuddon, and Andrew Mottershead, which are free to gallery visitors as a numbered set, while stocks last.
I’ve been privileged to have been able to spend time in the gallery, where I’ve been invigilating every other Sunday – using this opportunity to catalogue the archive. I’ll be there again this Sunday 23 March, the last day of the show.
Matt’s Gallery, 6 Charles Clowes Walk, London SW11 7AN. Open Weds-Sun, 12-6pm, to 23 March.
‘Best, then, to head to the exhibition running at Matt’s Gallery in Vauxhall . . . Comprising two vitrines’ worth of display copies, proof copies, correspondence, and related miscellanea, it could offer inspiration to anyone who wishes to experiment with their own variations on this “simple, miniature and archaic” format.’ (TLS)
Matt’s Gallery, 6 Charles Clowes Walk, London SW11 7AN. Open Weds-Sun, 12-6pm, to 23 March.
Andrew Mottershead, TONES (POPP.046), and Katie Cuddon, NO DIMENSIONS (POPP.047)
Join us for the launch of two new publications released by Piece of Paper Press in association with Matt’s Gallery as part of the archival display Thirty-one Years of Piece of Paper Press: artists’ books, artworks and ephemera, 1994–2025. The books will be given away free during the evening, and will then be a free giveaway to gallery visitors while stocks last (to 23 March).
Andrew Mottershead, TONES (POPP.046)
Deceptively simple, Mottershead’s contribution to the Piece of Paper Press series is a slow-burn joke that gathers a succession of two-word names for different shades of white: ghost white, off white, bone white, etc. Significantly, although the book is made the same way as all previous titles in the series (i.e. a printed A4 sheet folded in half three times, progressively, across its shortest dimension) the production process is here arrested at that point. For the first time in the series, TONES is published both unstapled and untrimmed, so must be unfolded and re-folded by the reader. In so doing, TONES both honours and illuminates the Piece of Paper Press design.
Katie Cuddon, NO DIMENSIONS (POPP.047)
While working with the team at Matt’s Gallery to prepare the printed list of works to accompany her Matt’s Gallery exhibition No Dimensions (29 January to 23 March 2025), Cuddon produced a series of outline drawings of the twelve sculptures included in the show so that they could be linked with ease by the viewer to their title, date and material. They are being reproduced in this publication both to accompany the exhibition, and to become an intimate lasting trace of it.
Free, no booking required
Matt’s Gallery, 6 Charles Clowes Walk, London SW11 7AN
Upstairs on the mezzanine floor of Matt’s Gallery, Nine Elms, London SW11, you’ll find an archival display: ‘Thirty-one Years of Piece of Paper Press: artists’ books, artwork and ephemera, 1994–2025.’
You can read more about the background to Piece of Paper Press here. In short, it’s an artists’ book series that I founded in 1994. In that time I’ve published limited edition artists’ books by contributing artists and writers including Ian Bourn, Pavel Büchler, Peter Bunting, Barbara Campbell, Mikey Cuddihy, Stevie Deas, Joolz Denby, Tim Etchells, Stephanie Fawbert, Rose Frain, Jane Gifford, Bruce Gilchrist, Halford + Beard, M John Harrison, David Hayden, Christopher Hewitt, Steven Hull, Sharon Kivland, Liliane Lijn, Elizabeth Magill, Andrea Mason, Penny McCarthy, Susana Medina, Katharine Meynell, Michael Moorcock, Andrew Mottershead, Courttia Newland, James Pyman, Borivoj Radaković, Sheena Rose, Pete Smith, Gordana Stanišić, Selina Thompson, Suzanne Treister, Alison Turnbull, and Joanna Walsh – all of whom are represented in the display.
After a private view Sunday 26 January, the show opened this week, and runs to Sunday 23 March. It is the most comprehensive exhibition of Piece of Paper Press to date, and I really hope you can come along and see it.
Here’s how it looked the other evening, before it got really busy. As you can see, there are handling copies of many of the books:
And here are some close-ups of the vitrines (photos by old pal Scats, who kindly shared them with me). Every book in the series is represented in the display – often with never-before-seen artwork or correspondence…
To accompany the exhibition, there’s a free publication in Matt’s Gallery’s Q series, number Q14.1, in which Matt’s Deputy Director Tim Dixon interviews me about the project.
I think I’m correct in saying that this is the first time I have ever been interviewed about Piece of Paper Press since the project began in 1994, so don’t forget to pick up a copy! (It looks like this.)
I hope you enjoy ‘Thirty-one Years of Piece of Paper Press’!
If you are able to visit, do please share thoughts and photos, tagging me, Matt’s Gallery and Piece of Paper Press if you can – it will really help us to spread the word!
Also do follow Matt’s Gallery, watch this space, or sign up to my mailing list (link below) for information about events during the exhibition run, and make a date in your diary for March 7 – more info about that very shortly.
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