'Where the novel has a nervous breakdown': Book Works' Semina series

This week on Suite (212), Juliet talks to legendary writer and artist Stewart Home about the nine novels - including one of his own - that he has chosen and edited with Gavin Everall for Book Works' Semina series of experimental texts, 'in which the novel has a nervous breakdown'. Joining them are Bridget Penney, author of the first entry, Index (2008) and Book Works' Lizzie Homersham. SELECTED REFERENCES Stewart Home: https://www.stewarthomesociety.org/ BRIDGET PENNEY, Index (2008) - https://www.stewarthomesociety.org/interviews/penney.htm Semina: https://www.bookworks.org.uk/publishing?commission=313 Hamja Ahsan - https://www.bookworks.org.uk/node/1917 Sophia Al-Maria - https://sophiaalmaria.wordpress.com/ Art in Ruins - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_in_Ruins Ed Atkins Atlas Press - https://www.atlaspress.co.uk IPHGENIA BAAL, Merced Es Benz (2017) - https://www.aqnb.com/2017/04/27/this-is-why-i-dont-get-invited-to-weddings-iphgenia-baal-on-love-the-shitty-state-of-culture-falling-out-of-sync-in-merced-es-bez KONRAD BAYER, The Head of Vitus Bering (1962) - https://www.atlaspress.co.uk/index.cgi?action=view_backlist&number=6 Wallace Berman - https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/arts/design/26semi.html Hannah Black - http://arcadiamissa.com/hannah-black Chevalier d'Éon - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/jun/06/portrait-18th-century-early-transvestite Sophie Collins - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sophie-collins MARA COSON, Aliasing (2018) - https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/books/04/04/19/on-mara-cosons-aliasing-a-sort-of-book-review Dostoyevsky Wannabe - https://dostoyevskywannabe.com/small-print Jimmie Durham - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Durham The Franklin expedition - https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/culture/franklin Maria Fusco - http://mariafusco.net CASPAR HEINEMANN, Novelty Theory (2018) - https://www.the87press.com/product-page/novelty-theory-caspar-heinemann Susan Hiller - https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/susan-hiller-1286 Andy Holden - https://andyholdenartist.com/dancoxlibrary MAXI KIM, One Break, a Thousand Blows! (2008) - https://www.bookworks.org.uk/node/136 Jarett Kobek - https://themillions.com/2017/05/tk-on-jarett-kobeks-soft-cuddly.html Peter Kravitz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kravitz JANA LEO, Rape New York (2010) - https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/rape-new-york Tom Leonard - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/04/tom-leonard-obituary London Institute of Pataphysics - https://www.atlaspress.co.uk/theLIP/ Katrina Palmer - http://www.thewhitereview.org/feature/interview-with-katrina-palmer Cornelia Parker Penny-Ante Editions - http://penny-ante.net HOLLY PESTER, Go to reception and ask for sara in red felt tip (2015) - https://www.bookworks.org.uk/node/1843 Adrian Piper Laure Prouvost - http://www.laureprouvost.com Erica Scourti - http://www.ericascourti.com ALEXANDER TROCCHI, Cain's Book (1960) - https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/a-moveable-void-tom-mccarthy-on-alex-trocchis-cains-book/ Mark Waugh - https://www.stewarthomesociety.org/interviews/waugh.htm Slavoj Žižek Urica Zürn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unica_Zürn