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Here's a guide to what the Plaster team is actually reading right now (and what we're just pretending to read...)

Features – Words: Plaster Staff – Reading time 11 min read

Your no-bullshit guide to summer books

Your no-bullshit guide to summer books

Words: Plaster Staff

Your no-bullshit guide to summer books

Scarlett Carlos Clarke discusses her new photography book

Interviews – Words: Orla Brennan – Reading time 7 min read

Burping babies, TV dinners, dirty slippers

Burping babies, TV dinners, dirty slippers

Words: Orla Brennan

Burping babies, TV dinners, dirty slippers

The art dealer turned author talks to Jacob Wilson about his new book, 'All That Glitters', which lays out the dramatic rise and fall of his former friend and business partner Inigo Philbrick

Interviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – Reading time 12 min read

Orlando Whitfield sets the story straight on Inigo Philbrick

Orlando Whitfield sets the story straight on Inigo Philbrick

Words: Jacob Wilson

Orlando Whitfield sets the story straight on Inigo Philbrick

Frank Lebon's first monograph, One Blood, explores intimate acts in unusual times

Features Interviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – Reading time 13 min read

Frank Lebon photographs the blood that binds us

Frank Lebon photographs the blood that binds us

Words: Jacob Wilson

Frank Lebon photographs the blood that binds us

Richard Billingham's photobook 'Ray's a Laugh' caused a sensation when it was published in 1996. Nearly 30 years later, a new 'director's cut' edition has been released by MACK

Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – Reading time 5 min read

30 years after its shocking release, Ray’s a Laugh still captures the dark reality of alcoholism

30 years after its shocking release, Ray’s a Laugh still captures the dark reality of alcoholism

Words: Jacob Wilson

30 years after its shocking release, Ray’s a Laugh still captures the dark reality of alcoholism
Spreads from Kim Kardashian, Selfish, 2015 Spreads from Kim Kardashian, Selfish, 2015

Philippa Snow's much-anticipated book, Trophy Lives, dissects celebrity culture and the artists defining our dystopia

Interviews – Words: Lydia Eliza Trail – Reading time 7 min read

Philippa Snow’s Trophy Lives: “I’ve been unhinged in this particular way for more than a decade now”

Philippa Snow’s Trophy Lives: “I’ve been unhinged in this particular way for more than a decade now”

Words: Lydia Eliza Trail

Philippa Snow’s Trophy Lives: “I’ve been unhinged in this particular way for more than a decade now”

Gabriel Moses discusses his upcoming book, Regina.

Interviews – Words: Izzy Bilkus – Reading time 7 min read

Gabriel Moses on a life shaped by women

Gabriel Moses on a life shaped by women

Words: Izzy Bilkus

Gabriel Moses on a life shaped by women
Gunshot wound scar print in the book 'Scars' by Brigid Polk Gunshot wound scar print in the book 'Scars' by Brigid Polk

Jonah Freud revisits Scars, Brigid Polk’s book of murder, fights, accidents and survival, told through the skin of others

Column – Words: Jonah Freud – Reading time 6 min read

Ex Libris: Scars, by Brigid Polk

Ex Libris: Scars, by Brigid Polk

Words: Jonah Freud

Ex Libris: Scars, by Brigid Polk
Portrait of art critic Geoffrey Mak, author of book Mean Boys Portrait of art critic Geoffrey Mak, author of book Mean Boys

Art critic Geoffrey Mak lost his mind. Then he wrote a book about it

Interviews – Words: Paul Johnathan – Reading time 6 min read

From Christ to Ket (and back again): Geoffrey Mak’s Mean Boys

From Christ to Ket (and back again): Geoffrey Mak’s Mean Boys

Words: Paul Johnathan

From Christ to Ket (and back again): Geoffrey Mak’s Mean Boys
Rat Piece by Kim Jones Rat Piece by Kim Jones

Jonah Freud explores the book that followed Kim Jones’ infamous performance, Rat Piece

Column Opinion – Words: Jonah Freud – Reading time 9 min read

Ex Libris: Rat Piece, by Kim Jones

Ex Libris: Rat Piece, by Kim Jones

Words: Jonah Freud

Ex Libris: Rat Piece, by Kim Jones
The artist Gavin Turk standing outside of Reference Point Library, London. The artist Gavin Turk standing outside of Reference Point Library, London.

Gavin Turk picks his favourite books at the Reference Point library in S1 E2 of The Book Voucher

Interviews Watch – Director: Michael Kinsella-Perks – Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – Reading time 6 min read

Watch: The Book Voucher with Gavin Turk

Watch: The Book Voucher with Gavin Turk

Director: Michael Kinsella-Perks

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith

Watch: The Book Voucher with Gavin Turk
A photograph of Juergen Teller in underwear on a mattress holding a bunch of balloons A photograph of Juergen Teller in underwear on a mattress holding a bunch of balloons

Why are art books still so important?

Features Opinion – Words: Laurie Barron – Reading time 8 min read

Is publishing art books always a labour of love?

Is publishing art books always a labour of love?

Words: Laurie Barron

Is publishing art books always a labour of love?
A black and white photograph of Kurt Cobain with 'The Piano' film title and credits overlaid A black and white photograph of Kurt Cobain with 'The Piano' film title and credits overlaid

Last Movies examines the final films that major 20th-century figures saw before dying

Features Interviews – Words: Clive Martin – Reading time 10 min read

What’s the last movie you’ll see before you die?

What’s the last movie you’ll see before you die?

Words: Clive Martin

What’s the last movie you’ll see before you die?

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