The Politics of Feeling

Goldsmiths Press / MIT Press
Paperback, 248pp.

Goldsmith Press’s PERC series seeks to refresh political economy, in the original sense of the term, as a pluralist and critical approach to the study of capitalism. In doing so it challenges the sense of economics as a discipline, separate from the other social sciences, aiming instead to combine economic knowledge with various other disciplinary approaches.

The cover design uses simple shapes motifs to express the changing opinions of a population in response to the emotional pull of party leaders.

Cover design Heather Ryerson
Publishing Consultant Susan Kelly
Series Editor William Davies
Series PERC Papers
Editors Ben Anderson and Anna J. Secor

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Full Disclosure

Self-care, Shame and Feminist Performance Art

by Oriana Fox / Goldsmiths Press
Paperback

Full Disclosure investigates the lived, therapeutic ramifications of self-exposure in the work ofcontemporary, Anglo-American intersectional feminist performance artists whose work entails shame-defiance toward political critique.

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Politics of Surfaces

Politics of Surfaces: Transformations of Public Space in Post-Communist Sofia

by Neda Genova / Goldsmiths Press

A rethinking of surfaces as dynamic and complex sites brings together critical culture and post communist studies of urban space. Wall, monument, electricty boxes, memes and paving bricks: all surfaces of political engagement in post-communist Sofia, Bulgaria. Politics of Surfaces brings critical cultural and media theory, philosphy and post-communist studies into conversation, allowing for a two-fold political and theoretical intervention.

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The World-Ending Fire

Speculative Book Cover

A contemporary portrait of the American farmer, environmental activist and essayist Wendell Berry for a speculative cover of The World-Ending Fire, the essential collection of his most-read work.

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One Arm Bowls A Little

by Willy Boulter / White Fox Publishing
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One club’s spirited journey through a complex post-colonial landscape …

The Stragglers of Asia, a wandering cricket club, is part of a unique niche in the cricketing world. Playing twenty-five matches each season across England, with annual games in Hong Kong, the club approaches its centennial in 2025 without a permanent home ground.

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Gardening for the Zombie Apocalypse (interior)

Gardening for the Zombie Apocalypse

by Isabel Lloyd & Phil Clarke / Head of Zeus
illustrated by Christian Wood
Paperback, 240pp (fully illustrated)

Hey bro! Gardening is not just for grannies. This gardening book for millenials and gen z is is imperative if one wants to survive the coming zombie apocalypse. This non-fiction lifestyle book is eye-catching with two-colour Pantone printing in a zingy, radioactive green. But that doesn’t mean it’s light on substance. The text is both witty and dense, highly illustrated with diagrams, asides, quotes, footnotes, lists, and tables — all the information survivors need to grow veg for maximum nutritional survival.

Each chapter starts with a humourous opener, stepping readers through each stage of the apocalypse. Chapters contain thorough gardening information with cheeky asides. Following each chapter is a how-to section detailing a step-by-step activity.

The illustrator has provided seven double page spreads, from which all internal spot illustrations were built during the design process.

Published October 2019

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Cook House (interior)

Cook House

by Anna Hedworth / Head of Zeus
Hardback, 320pp.

Cook House is the recipe book of rising star Anna Hedworth, founder of award-winning restaurant Cook House in Newcastle. To reflect the restaurant’s simple back-to-the-earth mantra, the book was laid out with absolute minimalist design, allowing the photography and recipes to do the talking. The cover speaks to the author’s journey — emotional, existential, and entrepreneurial — as she completed her passion project in two shipping containers.

AD & page design Jessie Price
Cover design & typesetting Heather Ryerson

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This Is Not A Feminism Textbook

edited by Catherine Rottenberg
Goldsmiths Press / MIT Press
Paperback, 160pp & 27 illustrations.

Written by prominent feminist scholars from around the world, This Is Not A Feminism Textbook offers a clear, straightforward overview of key feminist debates and concerns ranging from motherhood, home, work and family to media, technology, and medicine. It is engaging and accessible, distilling the highest level of knowledge into fascinating but concise entries.

I was brought on board to clean up and standardise initial designs, tailoring what had been created to what the authors had provided. The series style developed under my art direction: a little-bit-punk with a rough-and-ready, old school, photo-copied aesthetic — that still maintained a clear and accessible hierarchy of information.

AD / Page Design Heather Ryerson
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This Is Not A Science Fiction Textbook

edited by Mark Bould & Steven Shaviro
Goldsmiths Press / MIT Press
Paperback, 168pp.

This Is Not A Science Fiction Textbook brings together leading sf scholars, including some of the most exciting new critical voices, to introduce the genre for the general reader. A vital bridge between technoscience and culture, it is an early warning system, a method for imagining differently, and a way of experiencing our increasingly science-fictional world. It is the vernacular of the 21st century.

Internal images coming soon — publishing 6 Feb 2024.

AD / Page Design Heather Ryerson
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Body Music

Phenomenologies of Sonic Gesture

by Atau Tanaka
Goldsmiths Press / MIT Press
Paperback

Body Music looks at visceral engagement of the body in musical performance, and thinks about how technological mediation can foster, or might break, forms of audience empathy.

The artist uses muscle sensors that respond to movement in the body to create his sonic pieces. The cover draws on the muscle layers, the movement of blood and the heightened emotion one experiences when playing or listening to music.

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