Black Dog Publishing
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Black Dog Publishing is a British
publishing company specialising in illustrated non-fiction books on contemporary culture. Topics covered by Black Dog include architecture, art, craft, design, environment, fashion, film, music and photography
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Details
The company was founded in 1993. Its website claims it aspires to "take a daring, innovative approach to our titles".[2] It has an emphasis on high production values.[3]
Black Dog has published the
Riot Grrrl movement titled Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now!, biographies of such figures as Charlemagne Palestine, Alvar Aalto, Colin St John Wilson, Tod Browning and Jean-Luc Godard. In 2007 Black Dog released Making Stuff for Kids, an instructional craft book for children, in collaboration with The Guardian newspaper.[6]
Authors of Black Dog titles include
Rob Young, Lydia Lunch, Bob and Roberta Smith, Carolee Schneemann, Phyllida Barlow, Beth Ditto, Peter Wollen, Suzanne Treister and Karen Knorr
.
This company went into liquidation in January 2018 owing more than £700,000.[7][8] The assets of Black Dog were acquired by St James’s House Media Group who now runs the company.[9]
References
- ^ Catalogues
- ^ "Black Dog Official Site". Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
- Time Out. Accessed 20 August 2017.
- ^ Review of 'Central Line Series' by Mark Liebenrood
- ^ "Love at first sight" The Guardian, 31 August 2007. Accessed 10 November 2016
- ^ "Horsing around" The Guardian, 6 January 2007
- ^ "Black Dog Publishing goes into liquidation". The Bookseller, 31 January 2018. Accessed 9 February 2018.
- ^ "Art book publisher Black Dog Publishing files for bankruptcy". A-N, 25 January 2018. Accessed 9 February 2018.
- ^ "Black Dog Publishing assets bought by St James' House | The Bookseller". Retrieved 9 February 2020.
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