Panel: Success in Small Press Publishing, chaired by Neil Griffiths
Panel: Success in Small Press Publishing, chaired by Neil Griffiths
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Neil Griffiths (Weatherglass Books) will speak with independent publishers with a range of experiences about what success looks like in small and independent publishing. He will be joined in conversation by Farhaana Arefin (Hajar Press), Sean Campbell (époque press), and Oscar Mathers (Oblique House).
Neil Griffiths is a novelist, publisher and founder of the Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses. His first novel, Betrayal in Naples, won the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award; Saving Caravaggio was shortlisted for the Costa Best Novel Award (2007). His third novel As a God Might Be was published by Dodo Ink. His memoir The Wrong Son was published this year to critical acclaim.
Farhaana Arefin is the publisher and managing director at Hajar Press, an independent political publishing house by and for people of colour, which she co-founded in 2020. She is the editor of the elements anthology series, of which the first volume, The Hajar Book of Rage, was published in 2025.
Sean Campbell is the MD and Editor in Chief at époque press. He established the company in 2017 as a lifelong ambition to champion great literature, with the aim of seeking out unique and exciting new voices. In addition to the main imprint, époque press also hosts an online arts magazine, the époque press é-zine, which connects global artists working in different mediums in order to stir the wider pot of creativity.
Oscar Mather is an architect, printmaker and writer. He is the publisher of Oblique House. In parallel to practice he lectures in architecture and is pursuing a PhD at Kingston University, London.
Location details
Manor House Library, 34 Old Road, Lee, London SE13 5SY (London Borough of Lewisham).
Ten minutes' walk from Hither Green Station, fourteen minutes from Blackheath Station. The DLR runs to Lewisham, approximately 20 minutes' walk away, and is serviced well by taxis and numerous bus routes to within less than 400 yards of the venue.
Manor House Library is an eighteenth-century Grade II* listed building set in the award-winning Manor House Gardens park. We have level entrance access throughout, with ample toilet facilities. We will be operating a pay bar throughout the day serving a selection of wines, beers and soft drinks. The event spaces where talks are held and the bar operates are air conditioned, and the ornate ceilings in the library itself sit alongside works of twenty-first century art from the Calico Collection and paintings of the Baring family, who once occupied the house and were known as "the sixth great European power," facilitating the Louisiana Purchase. A library for over a hundred years, Manor House now attracts over 250,000 visits a year.
There is a car park to the front of the library, but spaces are limited. Parking on the roads around Manor House and the park is free of charge on Sundays.
Calico Projects operates four libraries in Lewisham and numerous other arts and community venues. It is a registered charity (number 1180229).
If you have any specific access requirements, please email contact@calicoprojects.com in advance and we'll be happy to help.
Location
Manor House Library, SE13 5SY