Natural enemies of books

Abstract

"Natural Enemies of Books is a response to the groundbreaking 1937 publication Bookmaking on the Distaff Side, which brought together contributions by women printers, illustrators, authors, printers, typographers and typesetters, highlighting the print industry's inequalities and proposing a takeover of the history of the book. Edited by feminist graphic design collective MMS (Maryam Fanni, Matilda Flodmark and Sara Kaaman), 'Natural Enemies of Books' includes newly commissioned essays and poems by Kathleen Walkup, Ida Börjel, Jess Baines, Ulla Wikander and conversations with former typesetters Inger Humlesjö, Ingegärd Waaranperä, Gail Cartmail and Megan Downey, as well as reprints of the original book" --Back cover.

Contents

Introduction / Maryam Fanni, Matilda Flodmark and Sara Kaaman -- The book as a pot-luck offering: Edna Beilenson, Jane Grabhorn & the books of the distaff side / Kathleen Walkup -- The vampire and the darling priest of modernism / Ida Börjel -- A darn good idea: feminist printers and the Women's Liberation Movement in Britain / Jess Baines -- The battle between men and women in the typography trade / Ulla Wikander -- Conversations -- Biographies.