Sticky Fingers Publishing is an intra-dependant feminist press based in South East London, run by Kaiya Waerea and Sophie Paul. We produce experimental non-fiction at the intersection of academia, visual culture, art, design and performance.
Submissions Self–Publishing Sessions Lectures & WorkshopsGuest Lecturer & Introduction to Risograph Workshop, School of Cvuntology, House of Annetta (2025)
READ ALL ABOUT IT: Feminist and Queer Newsletters at the Feminist Library with Sticky Fingers Publishing, The Feminist Library, CHASE Feminist Network (2025)
Guest Lecturer, BA Graphic Communication Design, Central Saint Martins (2025)
Guest Lecturer, BA Graphic Design, Kingston University (2025)
Introduction to Zines: From Science Fiction to Feminist Futures Lecture & Zinemaking Workshop, Imagined Worlds, Lewisham Libraries (2024)
Amplifying Diverse Voices panel, London College of Communication (2024)
‘Some (not very) sticky rules by Sticky Fingers Publishing’, Books Is Books: A Statement of Intent from Minimum Efficiency Press (London, UK: Minimum Efficiency Press, 2023)
Exhibtions Five Years of Sticky Fingers Publishing, Maximilian William ‘The Shelf’, March – April 2024
IM BORED OF READING I WANT REVENGE, Lunchtime Gallery, Glasgow, June – August 2023
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Sticky Fingers Publishing Panels 2024
These panels aim to carry on some of the connections and conversations made at our inaugural publishing fair at Lewisham Arthouse back in February, by bringing together publishers, designers, writers, performers and librarians to speak about their practices. Each episode will be added below with BSL interpretation and downloadable transcripts after they have aired on our Radio show. Alternatively, you can purchase printed transcripts through our Big Cartel here. #1 ‘Trans Publishing Methodologies’ with Louis Shankar (The BitterSweet Review), P Eldridge (SISSY ANARCHY) and Donna Marcus Duke (TISSUE)29th May 7pm BST on Repeater Radio Repeats 30th May 2:30am & 1:30pm BST
This episode, we sit down with three publishers leading London-based, trans writing initiatives, platforms and publications to think about ‘Trans Publishing Methodologies.’ Here, Louis, P, and Donna speak about the material and political conditions that produce and sustain their publishing outputs, strategies for relating to institutions, the relationship between trans writers and trans audiences, the language of transness and what it means to collectivise around it, and the uses and limitations of publishing in these processes.
#2 ‘Library as Liberatory Practice’ with Jessa Mockridge, Ruth Beale, and Oisín Roberts (Think Big, Read Community Library)12th June 7pm BST on Repeater Radio Repeats 13th June 2:30am & 1:30pm BST
This episode we are pleased to be joined by Jessa Mockridge, Oisín Roberts, and Ruth Beale to discuss the ‘Library as Liberatory Practice.’ Here we speak about some of the practicalities and concerns of librarianship, such as systems of reference and categorisation: how this points towards our material and political conditions, the importance of the library as a space for anyone to gather for free and stay warm, how we might use the library as space for activism care, and intimacy, and to this end, why we might want to dress up as a book, or make a book-bed.
#3 ‘Designer, Maker, Publisher’ with Ru Matiyani and Saundra Liemantoro (Em—Dash), and Bakhtawer Haider and Betty Brunfaut (Sold Out Publishing) 26th June 7pm BST on Repeater Radio Repeats 27th June 2:30am & 1:30pm BST
This episode we are really excited to be joined by Ru and Saundra from Em–Dash, and Betty and Baki from Sold Out Publishing to discuss what it means to operate across and between the disciplines of ‘Designer, Maker, Publisher.’ Here, we discuss creative starting points and how they may come from reference lists, non-existent books, and angry rants. We also speak about how to operate with very little money, as well as the possibility of an Em–Dash food truck.