Pseudo Press

a lil Pseudo gift guide—everything currently in the market! Online or in studio 🎁 Halt, partner! You’ve been halted by our studio’s security frog. Please analyze the following images and see if you can find something beautiful for your friends & family. 💭 Is there a bookworm in your life? Are you part of a 30 person bookclub? Pick up the Book’o’Mark: a bookmark book, which has 30 different bookmarks in if, perforated to share with all your friends 🔖 Do you have a friend who has been rotting in bed lately? Get her a combo pack of the Rot art print & Rot ribbon-notebook to make her reimagine what a rotting lifestyle can be. 🥀 Is your mom a super organizer? Get her a Pseudo 2026 agenda so she can organize her life week-by-week. Get her the spiral version with the cool metallic coils so she can show off to all her friends and brag about the UNIQUE gifts her child gives her 👼 Film theory nerd? 🎥 Erin Honeycutt’s Ekphrastic Novelette series Academic softie? 🌹Rachel Pafe’s Reading the Roses in Constellation Doodling weirdo? ✏️ Malevolent Coptic Notebook Bookmaking hottie? ✂️ get a few copies of the Pseudo Newsletter zine to stuff in their stocking!!!! Just remember: your presence is a present this holiday season, but everyone will always appreciate a lil Pseudo present too 💝 #presents #gifts #booksbooksbooks

The Book’o’Mark🔖[a book of bookmarks]📑 Binding is ongoing, but here’s a few hot high-flash, in-situ flips through the book 😘 #bookmark

6 months of Pseudo Newsletters!!! The June edition is printed and ready for ya at @missreadberlin this weekend. Ft. Wastoid kvetching (what’s the deal with all this waste?), how to do imposition, and a pub club book review of “Moments before Tandav” from @nomadpapayabooks 💚 Thanks to everyone who has come by my table so far and peeked at my newsletters, discussed or subscribed. & very grateful to everyone who has subscribed already. It’s been a fun 6 months with you all 💞

«Reading in the Imposter Mode is a practice of skimming, gleaning, flipping through, letting a book fall past you as you briefly glance at the cascade of tumbling pages, and then turning to confidently declare: it’s genius. It’s overrated. It simply can’t be described. You have to read it. Don’t bother.» 🪞✨Reading in the Imposter Mode🪞✨ Published April 2026, Berlin Author Lauria Joan Designer Ilona Samcewicz-Parham @spilenka 32 pages Hardcover, pamphlet, clothbound, embossed, riso printed. Special first edition comes with a custom mask bookmark 🎭

Featured exhibitor at #MissRead2026 Today: @pseudopress Pseudo Press is a publishing project and bookbindery based in Berlin, founded by Lauria Joan. With a focus on the archival, the ancient, and the apocryphal, Pseudo Press has been alliterating since 2020. Pseudo Press handcrafts and publishes books, zines, and stationery that explore the materiality and history of book-making and book-reading as something communal, precious, and strange. Recent publications include the Pseudo Newsletter, a monthly subscription zine of bookmaking essays, tutorials, and reviews; “Book’o’Mark: a book of bookmarks” with 30 artists, designers and bookmaking contributors; “Reading the Roses in Constellation”, editor Rachel Pafe’s anthology of essays on the Rose sisters; and “The Holy Girl”, Erin Honeycutt’s ekphrastic readingwatchingwriting of Lucrecia Martel’s La Niña Santa. ––– Miss Read Art Book Fair Pre-fair June 23–25, 2026 at Miss Read Space Fair June 26–28, 2026 at @silent.green ––– Images: 1. Reading in the Imposter Mode, Pseudo Press, 2026. 2. Book’o’Mark: a book of bookmarks, Pseudo Press, 2025. 3. The Pseudo Newsletter, Pseudo Press, 2025. 4. Making Books: a personal manifesto, Pseudo Press, 2021. #missreadberlin #missread #artbookfair #berlinartbookfair independentpublishing

Bergen Art Book Fair 2026!! Super cute trip up to Norway for @bergenartbookfair — met some great people, hung out with the tried & true Berlin gang, brought my parents along bc I am a family man 😎 Also lovely post-fair weekend with Robert and Asha as a lil Berlin afterparty! 🛠️ #fjords #bergen #books

The April Pseudo Newsletter is on route to my snail mail subscribers!! 💌🐌🪨🤘🏻 April’s newsletter discussed making meaningful things (with a big side of squishy sentimentality), plus a whole “How to Make a Hardcover Case” tutorial in Paperwork, and a review of “The Graveyard of Artist-led Projects” by @georgegracegibson in Pub Club! 🪦💀 Plus, of course, much ink spilled about the new Pseudo publication, ✨Reading in the Imposter Mode✨ Available in shop or at a bookfair near you ;) If you join the snail mail subscription, the Pseudo newsletter gets mailed directly to your door! Subscribe now for the next three months of newsletters 🗞️🗓️

♱ 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆 ♱ ...is available for pre-order! Orders will start shipping out on April 17th :) The first edition copies come with a custom mask bookmark so that you too may join the literary masquerade. 🎭 I’m super duper pleased with how the whole thing turned out. It is ostentatious. Hardcover, with three hot-foil gold embossings, full-color endpaper—full of itself, just like the text intended. 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆 is the memoir of a biblio-fraud. 🕶️📰 𝘐 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘱 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸. 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬. 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬; 𝘐 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶. Designed by @spilenka 📖 📸 by @_tabsoneill #pseudopress#newrelease#bookbind#imposter

Forming a Book: Evening Classes with @pseudopress 🔗📖🤝 Every Tuesday in May, 6-8pm!! Learn the basics of bookbinding and how to design books with a form-first approach. Participants take home their final bookbinding project plus all the weird experiments that we make over the 4 weeks! 🔨🎀🌾🫟🪡👑🦚 Participants should bring a book project idea, wish, or inspiration to prototype and develop over the four classes. #coloramaworkshop#bookbinding#formingabook#pseudopress#books

✨Reading in the Imposter Mode✨ is available for pre-order! A few production shots… this book is printed with 5 riso colors, hand bound and cased into a hardcover with three foil embossings & a full-color etiquette, plus it comes with a custom mask-bookmark! It’s a lotta steps 🥵 but worth it 💓 This book has been ~in-progress~ for a long time, starting with a call-out for images of people reading back in 2023 😳 I’m really really thrilled with how it turned out & how beautiful all the details are, thanks to the design and imagination of @spilenka 🎭 «𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦: 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵. 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘻𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩.» I hope you read it or, in the spirit of this book, pretend to read it and tell me that you did ;) #bookbinding #smallpress

𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲: 𝗮 𝘁𝘄𝗼-𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 🤝 From 5th to 17th July, we’re hosting our second self-funded festival, Many Hands Make!!! We’re super excited to invite you all back into our space with even bigger programming this year!!🌷🪑📈 📌 Many Hands Make brings together artists, designers and publishers to share methods and insights into artistic design and print practices.  🗂️ Come learn new skills in design, illustration, comics, editing, writing, riso-printing, bookbinding, paper and print-production during hands-on artist-led workshops.  ✏️ Apply your knowledge at the Colorama space during our Open Studio time, where you can produce a print or publication project with our guidance!  🔍 Meet like-minded people and make your art in a space that offers the framework to experiment and the structure to finish. Get your calendars out and make note 😝 —-> Early bird bookings open Friday 17th April at 8am!! 🦩 🏹 If you want to have first dibs or if you’re coming from abroad, plan your project in advance with the Early Bird Studio Pass! You get early access to workshop spots and first choice of production time-slots during the open access studio week when you purchase a bundled Studio Pass.  🌟 General Booking for individual workshop opens on April 26th at 10am!! 🗓️ Illustration & design concept by @josequintanar_artist 🧡 #coloramaworkshop #manyhandsmake #selfpublishing#riso#workshop

A book conceals the face. It hides your identity behind its open sheaves: a cover story. 📖🫣 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆 is available for pre-order! The book will launch this weekend at Bergen Art Book Fair. A memoir of biblio-fraud, 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆 is a satire of when we pretend to read and why the social morality around reading sometimes necessitates this lie. Designed by Ilona Samcewicz-Parham, written by Lauria Joan, featuring images donated by all of you. Are there Readers behind those books? Or just Imposters? Link in bio to preorder from the Pseudo Market 🏛️