March Book of the Month – Why and Why Not by Mark Titchner
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Our book of the month for March 2025 is Why and Why Not by Mark Titchner (2004). Get it now for just £7.
‘… How to be Silent. Speak constantly. Artificial silence, that is, what was once natural silence must be avoided … Always speak with the voice of others. Make their words the equivalent of your silence … One must always consider the contrary point of view. All thought has an antithesis, and this should always amend any statement. Finally, accept the futility of resolution. Any thought you may have is contingent upon your limited experience …’
Why and Why Not is a book that embraces the fine tradition of the street corner prophet, tempered with the equally proud custom of keeping your mouth firmly shut. Constructed in chapters, with titles such as ‘I Against I’ and ‘Policing Love with Neuroses’, this publication represents a chain of declamatory ‘rants’ that critically probe traditional notions of narrative authority. By graphically sequencing points with counterpoints, Titchner creates an assemblage where ideals are overturned and philosophies ruined.
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The Wastes reviewed in STAT Magazine
A great, short, astute review of Roy Claire Potter’s The Wastes by Phoebe Thomas in STAT Magazine, an arts and culture zine for the North West of England.
‘Potter resists unravelling the messy, binding knots of place, family, loss, and selfhood. Schisms of unmarked paper encourage us to slow down, to digest the words, to reflect, to ponder. Instead of tidy conclusions, there’s an image of a pair of seats on a fast-moving train, a bed with the imprint of the morning sun through a windowpane.
The Wastes are not a destination. They are a process. Something which takes shape in memory, bigger and more imposing than its material form. There is no ending. Just the start of another journey.’
Read the full review here.
You can order The Wastes here, or get all four books in the series in the discounted bundle below.
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Arrhythmia bundle
All four books in the Arrhythmia series – our latest Book Works open submission series, guest-edited by Katrina Palmer – are now out and available to buy, and we’re marking it with a special bundle. You can now get all four books in the series for a reduced price of £45.
For more information on the titles and authors please visit the individual book pages.
Katrina Palmer is an artist and writer, living in London. She is the author of The Dark Object (2010), The Fabricators Tale (2014), End Matter (2015) and Black Slit (2023), all published by Book Works. She has exhibited extensively, including with an Artangel Open commission (2015), at Henry Moore Institute (2015-16), Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2018), and with Estuary and Waterfronts (2021). She received the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists (2014).
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