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Dale, A. 2022. Amelia Dale interviews Caren Florance. Rabbit Journal, 35 (Architecture): 88-95.
Hinchliffe, M. 2022. Exhibition of more upending than mending. Citynews, 14 June 2022
Cousins, K-A. 2021. Place, a travelling collection of artists’ books at Canberra Museum + Gallery, is an intense experience. Canberra Times, 17 October 2021.
Grishin, S. 2021. On Forgetting at Belconnen Arts Centre deals with dementia. Canberra Times, 1 May 2021.
D-Napoleon, N. 2020. ‘Listen, bitch’: Melinda Smith and Caren Florance shout it’s time to turn the volume down on misogynistic language. Rochford Street Review, 4 September 2020.
Wong, M. 2019. Collaborative Variations. Print Council of Australia blog, 8 January 2019.
Hecq, D. 2018. Dominique Hecq reviews Melinda Smith and Caren Florance. Cordite, 8 January 2018.
ABC News. 2017. CBR Art Political Print. 24 August 2017.
Heanue, S. 2017. Can you find artistic inspiration in Canberra? Start with roundabouts. ABC News, 24 August 2017.
McCarter, K. 2017. They will oxidise before you finish reading. Overland 227 Winter 2017.
Poetry on the Move: Podcast, September 8, 2016: Shane Strange, Katharine Coles, Niloofar Fanaiyan, Caren Florance & Melinda Smith (1).
Poetry on the Move: Podcast, September 8, 2016: Shane Strange, Alvin Pang, Simon Armitage, Caren Florance & Melinda Smith (2)
Bodman, Sarah, 2012. What do you want to make today? Tate Museum website, UK.
Schuller, Andrew, 2012. ‘A New Generation of Private Presses in Australia’, Matrix Journal, Vol 31: 85-93.
Nicci Haynes, 2011. ‘Caren Florance: Typographical Timelord’, Imprint, Vol 46: 2. 16.
Jurgen Wegner, 2009. Brandywine Bookman’s Vade-mecum, Vol 22, April: 1–5.
Inclusions
Richards, M. 2022, A Maker of Books: Alec Bolton and his Brindabella Press (produced a letterpress-printed tip-in made for the special limited edition).
Cumming, M. & Cairns, M., guest edited by Jones, P., 2023, Pebble / 5.
Listed in Earl, A. (ed.) 2021, Judith: Women Making Visual Poetry (thank you Fiona!)
Ihlein, Lucas + Rizzeria. 2019. Extra! Extra!, Sydney: Art Gallery of NSW (with Saskia Haalebos, aka SHAGS)
Husted, M. 2014. Open Books Plus: Artists and the Folded Book, UK: Blurb books.
Chen, J. 2013. 500 Handmade Books 2, NY: Lark Books, 47, 276.
Mitchell, H. 2012. The Vandercook 100, US: Just Vandy: 20–21.
Oppen, M. & P. Lyssiotis. 2011. The Silent Scream: Political and Social Comment in Books by Artists, Sydney: Ant Press: 166–7.
Own publications (commercial)
Recent Work Press collaborations can also be purchased directly from the publisher.
Their Own Words: 40 years of Canberra graffiti, 2022. Caren Florance & Jacqui Malins. ISBN: 978-0-6454261-0-6. Canberra: Tuggeranong Arts Centre.
Listen, bitch, 2020. Melinda Smith & Caren Florance. ISBN: 978-0-6486853-1-9. Canberra: Recent Work Press.
Lost in Case, 2019. ISBN 978-0-6485116-1-8. Melbourne: Cordite Books.
Released: The Uncertainty Principle, 2018. ISBN 978-0-9775906-8-1. Artist book accompanying the artwork ‘Released’ (2018).
Reading Spaces, 2017. ISBN 978-0-9775906-7-4. Exhibition catalogue.
Members Only, 2017. ISBN 978-0-9953538-5-5. With Melinda Smith. (collab with Recent Work Press).
The future, unimagine, 2017. ISBN 978-0-9953538-5-5. With Angela Gardner. (collab with Recent Work Press).
Proseity, 2017. ISBN 978-0-9775906-6-7.
Material Poetics, 2016, with Jen Webb, Ursula Frederick & Katie Hayne, Jordan Williams, Nicci Hayne and Sarah Rice. Room brochure for Material Poetics exhibition, ANCA Gallery, August 2016. Limited edition hard copy was also produced.
Poems to Hold or Let Go, 2008. ISBN 978-0-9775906-1-2. Poems by Rosemary Dobson, with wood engravings by Rosalind Atkins. Fine press volume, edn 200.*
pr0n cocktales, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9775906-0-7 chapzine: Letterpress on tyvek, hand-rolled letterpress cover, edn 100.
Transmigration, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9775906-2-9. Poems by Nan McDonald, with embossed drawings by Jan Brown. Fine press volume, edn 90.*
*There are copies of these available but temporarily stuck in storage until late 2024. Please contact me for more details.
Artist books & other
(forthcoming) Always Starts, Never Stops, 2024 (with Peter Lyssiotis). Risograph on Knight Vellum paper, double-sided concertina format. Closed: 240 x 400mm; open: dimensions variable. Edition 10 + 2 AP.
C:/Ovid: Changing to survive, 2022. Pages: risograph on Knight Vellum paper; cover: blind-embossed letterpress on blue ColourPlan paper. 300 x 214 x 10mm, 36pp, hand-stitched. Edition of 20 + 3 AP.
DisRemembering, 2022. Part of BookArtObject 6: LOSSED project. Letterpress on Stonehenge and Mattpost Hammer papers, typewriter carbon on Bond paper, watercolour, non-photo blue pencil. Hand-stitched. 2 editions: I-IV (LOSSED), 1-10 (run on edition).
Remembering Herself, 2021. Digitally-printed, hand-stitched 16pp book. Edition of 4.
Getting Away With It, 2020 (with Peter Lyssiotis). Booklet with A3 poster insert, digital print on acid-free recycled cartridge. A5 landscape: 15 x 21 cm, 24pp. Open edition containing exhibition posters + extra collages with digital text. Folio of 21 posters, letterpress on acid-free newsprint & digital print on acid-free recycled cartridge, 10 pairs + title page. Edition of 7.
Shameless, 2020 (with Peter Lyssiotis). 2-colour letterpress on Yupo, 594 x 420mm. 3 posters in a limited edition of 3.
L OO P, 2019. Handset letterpress and mixed media on Stonehenge Black, Chinese papers and found maps. Hand-stitched dos-à-dos codex. Edition of 16. Text is adapted from ‘Overwintering’, 2018: 26 poems by John Bennett, used with permission from the author.
Tag URself (I’m the spiky one), 2018.
Echo Chamber (+ Digital Echo), 2018. Toner on trace, wire binding, nylon thread, thumbdrive. Variable edition.
Red Language, 2017. Colour pencil on Whitetrace. Poem by Melinda Smith. Unique.
Tracer (you are here), 2017 (with Owen Bullock and Louise Curran). Letterpress, rubber stamp, pen, thread on Whitetrace. Unique. In private collection with public access.
Working Papers: hone/torrent, 2015-17 (with Angela Gardner). Letterpress and drawing on Gyokurya washi. 3 copies, variable edition.
1962: Be Spoken To, 2014-17 (with Melinda Smith). Letterpress and screenprint on Magnani rag paper. Edition of 5.
Pleasure Demolition, 2016 (poem by Angela Gardner). Letterpress, thread, pole. Edition of 2.
Swipe 2015- (ongoing collaborative zine series with poets & artists inc. Philip Gross, Nicci Haynes, Monica Carroll, Shagsy Shags, Jacqui Malins, Paul Munden, Owen Bullock, Tania de Rozario, Melinda Smith, Ulrike Stoltz, Jen Webb). Photocopied paper, A5, handsewn.
Redex (poem by Owen Bullock), 2014. Letterpress on whitetrace.
The One Who Stopped (poem by Sarah Rice), 2014. Letterpress, wax batik, fabric dye.
Interference (Angela Gardner, etc), 2014. Mobile phones, digital printing.
WYSIWYG, 2013. Handset letterpress on 140gsm Magnani Velata Avorio wove, custom bookbinding, 2013. Edition of 3.
Out of Shape, 2013. Poems by Sue Wootton. Letterpress on Magnani, unbound in printed paper wrapper. Edn 40.
Dear Lady, 2012. 3-colour letterpress with wood engravings by Ros Atkins, hand-bound. Edn of 20.
Quagmire: IT and Lies, 2011. Book Art Object #3. Edn of 12.
Prime: 7 Poets from NZ and Australia (broadside folio), 2010. Designer & printer (NZ: Otakou Press). Edn of 100. (sold out)
Paper Handling, 2010. 3-colour letterpress and origami. Book Art Object #2. Edn of 20.
Skyhooks, 2010. Paper-cut string books of offset letterpress. Edition of 2.
Demolition (letterpress/graffiti performance-installation), 2010. CF, byrd & Angela Gardner at Megalo’s Print Big event. (site specific)
Learning Absence, 1986, 2010. Monoprints & letterpress. Hardback stab binding. Book Art Object #1. Edn of 13.
Night Ladders (Escape, Grim, Vision, After). Series of unique artist’s books using paper cut letterpress offcuts and vintage book covers.
Grieving i (Hold and Let Go), 2009. Unique book installation of letterpress offcuts and vintage book spines.
Grieving ii (Folding the Sheets and Sides to Middle), 2009. Unique book installation of letterpress offcut origami.
Snatches: a mystery in six parts, 2009. Unique book of letterpress and ink drawings on polyester sheets. Collaboration with byrd.
RobinsOn cruSoE, 2006. Unique book of various materials including x-rays, photographic paper, collage and letterpress, contained in a solander box made from a vintage book cover. (private collection)
Elegy to Lost Times, 2005. Oil on paper monoprints with solvent transfers and collage. Edn of 5.
Shared Rooms: Poems by Anna Akhmatova with Translations by Natalie Staples and Imitations by Rosemary Dobson and David Campbell, 2002. Letterpress, monoprints on paper. Edn of 5 (2 left).
Come and See! 2000. Letterpress, monoprints on paper (Book design exercise: set of 6 prints). Edn of 6.
I am Writing to You From a Far-Off Country: Experiencing Henri Michaux, 2000. Digital images, laserprints, pen & ink on paper, perspex cover. Unique.
Lingua Arcana Matrum (The Secret Language of Mothers), 1998. Letterpress, photocopy on paper and acetate, cloth, embroidery and plastic. Edn of 5.
Henry Michaux: ‘Clown’ and ‘And More Changes Still’, 1996. Laserprint on paper, handmade boxes. Each unique. (private collection)
Psalms, 1996, group book with Raphael Fodde. Letterpress & etchings on paper. Edn of 20.
Echo, 1996. Letterpress on watermarked handmade paper. Edn of 7.
Contributions
Bernie Slater, Freedom (book), 2012. Technical collaboration.
Angela Gardner, Swung Weight and Of Sky (broadside/ chapbook), 2012. Collaboration.
GW Bot, Glyphs (book), 2012. Typographer, printer.
Tanya Myshkin, Le vierge, le vivace et le bel aujourd’hui (book), 2012. Technical advisor.
Mirabel FitzGerald, Talking About Love (book), 2011: typographer & printer.
Patsy Payne & Sarah Rice, Those Who Travel (book), 2010. Printer & binder (Canberra: Ampersand Duck).
Simryn Gill. Title page & colophon for A Long Time Between Drinks folio, 2009. Printer.
Angela Gardner,Twelve Labours and The Night Ladder (books) , 2009. Light-trap Press. technical advisor.
Petr Herel, Livre des Fuites (book) 2007, letterpress printer.
GW Bot, Black Swan (book) 2007, typographer, printer and binder.
Hossein Valamanesh, In Praise of the Beloved (print), 2006. Printer.
Annette Iggulden, Juarez, She Played with Stars (wall-book), 2006. Typographer, printer and binder.
Sally McInerney, Family Fragments (book), 2005. One of a team of printers.
Dianne Fogwell, Soothsayer (book), 2005. Bookbinder (coptic).
Helen Geier, Prime Numbers (print folio), 2005. Digital printer, assemblage/stitcher, promo designer.
Jan Brown & Ian Templeman, Icarus: A Father Recollects (book), 2004. Printer, letterpress & images.
Fiona Foley, Samsara (print folio), 2003, printer of title page and colophon.
