about this book

Natural Enemies of Books is a response to the groundbreaking 1937 publication Bookmaking on the Distaff Side, which brought together contributions from women printers, illustrators, authors, typographers, and typesetters. It highlights inequalities in the print industry and proposes a takeover of book history.

Edited by the feminist graphic design collective MMS (Maryam Fanni, Matilda Flodmark, and Sara Kaaman), Natural Enemies includes new essays and poems by Kathleen Walkup, Ida Börjel, Jess Baines, and Ulla Wikander. It also features conversations with former typesetters Inger Humlesjö, Ingegärd Waaranperä, Gail Cartmail, and Megan Dobney, alongside reprints from the original book.

This book was selected by Tique for Objects & Sounds.