Publications
We are currently working ten titles for publication in 2012, with a range of authors – once published they will be available through these pages. Please email askance (dot) publishing (at) gmail(dot)com if you have any queries.
Words. Words words Words: Words Words Words words Words is the most recent work by British artist Robert Good. It is a transposition of the essay Postproduction. Culture as Screenplay: How Art Reprograms the World by French writer and curator Nicolas Bourriaud.
Words. Words words Words: Words Words Words words Words replaces Bourriaud’s text word for word with the words ‘word’ and ‘and’. It is an act of destruction but also an act of liberation, freeing the mind from the constraints of language and opinion.
By keeping the book’s original format but emptying it of any possible meaning, Good also challenges both the role of the book as a repository of knowledge and the role of the author as purveyor of knowledge.
Robert Good is an artist based in Cambridge, England.
TITLE: Words. Words words Words: Words Words Words words Words
AUTHOR: Robert Good
ISBN: 978-1-909009-01-1
PRICE: UK £13.50 (€15.00) Direct from Askance
AVAILABLE FORMAT: (Available shortly) Print File Download e-book Kindle
Tasked with putting on an exhibition artists Janice Wilkins & Caroline Jaine decided to do exactly not that. Intrigued by the number of visitors to gallery websites vs the number of visitors to galleries, and inspired by the work of 1960 conceptual artist Seth Seigelaub, the two artists collaborated in making Magazine:2012 – a catalogue for an exhibition which was to be the first ever not held at the new Serpentine Sackler Building in London 2012. Wilkins and Jaine showcase their politically engaged collection, which explores the defacement of icons (and Theresa May), distortion of the female form, the increase in power of the individual and shopping.
TITLE: Magazine: 2012
AUTHORS: Janice Wilkins & Caroline Jaine
ISBN: TBC
PRICE: TBC
AVAILABLE FORMAT: Free PDF available now, hard copy available soon.
In July 2006 British Diplomat Caroline Jaine volunteered to work in Iraq. As a 36-year-old mother of three, who had rarely been parted from her family, she knew she would face unique challenges. This is the story of Caroline’s struggles as a female civilian in a war zone. It highlights an extraordinary time during the occupation – those 100 days in Basra Palace were perhaps some of the most volatile and uncertain as the coalition fumbled with a plan for a better Basra and the beginnings of an exit strategy – but Caroline’s story is also a touching, personal account of these time and a thoroughly entertaining read.
TITLE: A Better Basra: Searching for Strategy and Sanity in Iraq
AUTHOR: Caroline Jaine
ISBN: 978-1-4477-1487-3
PRICE: UK £7.99 (Print) Direct from Askance and signed by the author
AVAILABLE FORMAT: Print File Download e-book Kindle Amazon also offer print copies (slightly diminished print quality)
See Reviews from Dominic Asquith CMG – former British Ambassador to Iraq, Mark Etherington CBE – former Governor of Wasit Provence, Iraq, John Humphrys – author, journalist, broadcaster, Jacky Sutton – international development expert and former UN Iraq staff member, Indra Adnan – Founder, Soft Power Network / The Downing Street Project and Lord Ahmed.
Speech at the Launch on 2 November 2011 at the House of Lords Interview - the author with Faisal Qureshi on 24/7 TV Review by Tobias Denskus, Review on Peace and Collaborative Development Network Extract on The World Bank blog , Extract on 4Nomadic Blog, Extract on Humanitarian News, Extract in Diplomat Magazine
In 2012 Caroline Jaine’s peice “5 Migrants” was shortlisted for the Searle Award – it has now been published by Askance as “Getting There” and is available in full colour hard-back. A black & white, soft-back will be available shortly.
This work was drawn from five interviews with migrants living in the UK. It transcribes their words into a 184 page book, presenting the five journeys in the form of a puzzle. Jaine said, “I wanted the reader/viewer to be able to make choices, play with their assumptions, and reflect the choices made by the story-tellers”.
The front cover image is of Jaine’s grandfather writing home from India. Other images used have been donated by the subjects, or are Jaine’s own photographs and paintings.
TITLE: Getting There – Five Migrant Journeys
AUTHOR: Caroline Jaine
ISBN: 978-1-909009-03-5
PRICE: UK £45 (full colour print direct from Askance)
AVAILABLE FORMAT: Print only
A Habit Of Dying by DJ Wiseman is the compelling story of Lydia Silverstream and her attempts to reunite a family heirloom with its rightful owner. Amongst the box of old photo albums she discovers a sinister journal, both the key to one puzzle and an enigma in itself.
Askance is delighted to have published the second edition of A Habit Of Dying which may be ordered directly here. It is also available via your local bookshop by quoting the details below.
For more information about A Habit of Dying visit the dedicated website.
TITLE: A Habit Of Dying
AUTHOR: DJ Wiseman
ISBN: 978-1-909009-00-4
PRICE: UK £8.99
AVAILABLE FORMATS: 2nd edition – print only at present, 1st edition – all common eBook formats including Kindle, Kobo, eReader etc.
Palmy Days – Sri Lanka’s Children in Photographs was published in Sri Lanka in 2003. A moving collection of photographs by Gareth Alcott, Lauren Barker & Caroline Botha (aka Jaine)
TITLE: Palmy Days
PUBLISHED BY : Caroline Botha
ISBN: 978-9559816508
PRICE: UK £15.00 (HARDBACK) Direct from Askance . (£1.50 p&p)
AVAILABLE FORMAT: TBC
The Art of Participation is a quirky essay curated by British artist and film-maker, Caroline Jaine via the “throng” website (www.throng.wordpress.com). As part of this research based work, participants were invited to submit their thoughts and experience on “participation” – in art, society and politics.
TITLE: Throng: The Art of Participation
AUTHOR: Caroline Jaine
PRICE: UK £5
FORMAT: Print , Free Download
