Publish And Be Damned

Publish And Be Damned is an annual independent publishing fair in London, United Kingdom. Its name comes from the retort of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington on being blackmailed by and Harriette Wilson.

Publish And Be Damned was first held in 2004 and curated by Emily Pethick and Kit Hammonds. Over the years the project was run by Kit Hammonds, Sarah McCrory, Joe Scotland, Louise O’Hare and Kate Phillimore. The last fair was at the ICA in 2013. Hammonds, O'Hare and Phillimore declared the fair dead in November 2014. O'Hare and Phillimore are now running a new fair and organisation for artist-led publishing – Three Letter Words.

The selected publishers were allocated tables where they could display their work and sell from. The number of publishers varied each year. The event expanded in size and attendance from 2004.

The types of publication featured each year included everything from zines and self-published books to newsprint titles and glossy magazines, all of which are independently published. Some titles were free whilst most were sold.

Eligibility was decided by a panel made up of the founders and invited guests curators.

An open call for submissions is announced in early spring each year, with details on how to submit publications are found on their homepage.

Publications who took part in the fair included 20x20 magazine, Harry Pye's The Rebel magazine, Plan B, Fever Zine, Dent-de-Leone, BUTT, Useless and Le Gun.

The Publish And Be Damned Public Library is a travelling archive of past submissions to the fair. Each year (2004–14) new submissions were added.

The collection has so far travelled to, or been featured in exhibitions in:

Three Letter Words is custodian of the PABD Public Library and digitising it. You can view publications here http://threeletterwords.org/category/publish-and-be-damned-public-library/

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