 We had a great day with MattArtPix on his stall at the brilliant Vintage furniture and Flea market at Paintworks in Bristol! We have traded at this venue twice before and it's always a pleasure to be back there (we also love the atmospheric Arnos Vale Cemetery which is located across the road!) I had a few books (not pictured!) and loads of prints - I only have three of the Vogue Cover prints left! Now to make more ready for our next event next week! I will post more about this one next week after our trip to London this weekend (gig alert!)    MattArtPix's mid-century treasures... Most of them now sold! We have another event, this time in London on Sunday 25th October - more details soon!
 The Arcane/ArtPix team is heading to Paintworks in Bristol this Sunday 11th October to trade at the iconic Vintage Furniture and Flea ! Miss Gish will be helping Matt ArtPix on his stall and will have some Arcane stock there too!
Expect high quality mid-century homewares and furniture, and the Arcane usual mix of preloved books, prints and ephemera! We are starting an incredibly busy couple of months with loads of gigs, markets and travel... Watch this space! 9/17/2026 Life As a Muse This week, Radio 4 has a programme called Life As a Muse about artists' muses. We thought it would be the perfect time to remind people of Miss Gish's (and Arcane's) first publication, I Am a Muse (2013), which deals with just that theme (among others): the role of the muse in an artist's life. Miss Gish has written a small blog about HERE. Go and give it a read... We'll be back soon with more news about events, etc. In the meantime, do check our Instagram regularly!    We had a brilliant time with Matt ArtPix at the Go East Vintage and Antiques Weekender (sadly, we couldn't do the whole weekend and were there on the Saturday only!)
We are now preparing for an event in Bristol in October. Watch this space and keep an eye on our Instagram Page!  The Arcane/ArtPix team is going to be in London quite a bit over the next few months, both for business and pleasure! First up for us will be the Go East Vintage Flea Weekender at Wapping Power Station organised by the powerhouse duo Louisa and Onur of Go East Vintage! We cannot wait to trade at this iconic London venue - Miss Gish will be helping Matt ArtPix on his stall and there will be some of the Arcane stock on Matt's stall on Saturday 5th September! We'll have art and fashion prints and a small stock of books (and CDs). Here is a taste of what's to come to London next Saturday! I'm bringing my most "edgy" pre-loved fashion books!
Will you be going to the Suede/Manic Street Preachers 2026 Arena tour this autumn? These goodies will be on Matt's stall in London this September! I am doing two bundles: Suede - interview CD + biography booklet + Suede Sci-Fi lullabies double CD + lyrics booklet, all from 1997  Manics - Death of a Polaroid - a hefty tome which is a twenty-year personal visual history of the band Manic Street Preachers, published in 2011 And I'm throwing in one copy of the 1994 Manics album (CD) The Holy Bible!       Details:
✨ Over 70+ Sellers: Incredible new & returning vintage and antique traders joining us from all across the UK. ☕ On-site Refreshments: More delicious food and drink options available all weekend! 🏛️ Explore Wapping: Take a stroll and discover the amazing historic spots around Wapping while you’re here. 🚗 Free on-street parking in surrounding areas 🚉 Short walk from Wapping and Shadwell stations 🎟️ Tickets range from £2.88 - £6.13 in advance (Grab a 10AM Earlybird ticket if you want to be the first through the doors) 8/9/2026 Arcane Publishing: starting again... We're not going to lie, working on Arcane Publishing business has been difficult since covid, but we are now ready to get started again properly: Miss Gish will start work on the first draft of her third novel, The Right Place, on 1st September. We hope that nothing will once again come and scupper those plans, and we intend on publishing a (very limited) edition of The Right Place towards the end of 2027. Check out Miss Gish's blog for regular updates on the progress of the novel HERE.   8/8/2026 Miss Gish's blog and news! Miss Gish's new blog about a day in London this week is now live and you can read it HERE! There's music and art!
In other news, we are having a very busy summer of work, and we're also updating the Arcane HQ with a lick of paint (hence a bit of chaos all around...) Miss Gish will start work on her first draft of The Right Place on 1st September and this time, we hope to be able to go all the way to publication in late 2027... Watch this space! More news as it comes! 7/24/2026 Bridport Vintage Market 26/07/2026 This weekend, it's the fab BRIDPORT VINTAGE MARKET on the St Michael's Estate in Bridport! Matt ArtPix will be there with his usual array of interesting vintage items and he will also have a bit of the Arcane Publishing vintage book stock! Which books will you find? We have selected a small amount of volumes which will ALL be at £2 each only (I need to sell them!) There will be some lovely vintage PENGUIN books...  ... as well as some vintage hardback books, including some of Denis Val Baker's books about Cornwall. Most are first editions and should be worth more than £2, but I need to make some space on my shelves as I have too much stock at the moment... So come and grab yourself a bargain in Bridport!  A lot of things are happening at the Arcane/ArtPix HQ...
We're going to have a busy autumn/winter, and 2027 so far is looking quite something! More soon...  We love going back to London. After 10 years away, we have started to miss it quite a lot, and we really still feel like Londoners each time we are there. Dorset has always felt like some kind of temporary home, whereas London IS home!
This time, we were in the capital on a secret mission which, of course, had something to do with books! The volumes pictured above are the most valuable books we have in our stock. We have decided to try something out: they now are with a reputable London auction house specialising in books and manuscripts, and we hope that they will go under the hammer in early autumn! Fingers crossed, please! We're counting on them to raise some money towards the printing costs of The Right Place! 7/12/2026 Witchcraft in England by Christina Hole I am coming back to my websites and blogs a little earlier than planned - I was getting a little bit impatient, and it will take time for me to get used to posting regularly on here again! I have just posted a "writing and inspiration" post on my author website Miss Gish.com about going back to Abbotsbury and St Catherine chapel for the first time in quite a while. You will find the post HERE. This is a kind of prelude to starting writing again, which will probably be in September (the Arcane Publishing office needs a summer refresh first, and this will be taking place throughout August!). I wouldn't want to confirm a publishing schedule here as I have created and scraped a dozen of them since I started work on my third novel The Right Place, but I think this time, it is going to happen (unless life throws another of obstacle across my path...) And so I am still hoping that Arcane Publishing will publish its third book sometime in 2027, which by the way is a very special year for us... But more on that closer to 2027! Today, we are presenting a new acquisition to our collection/stock of vintage and rare books... And it is a good one! Witchcraft in England by folklorist and writer Christina Hole (1896-1985) and illustrated by artist and writer Mervyn Peake (1911 -1968) and future author of the Gormenghast series. This copy is the second impression of the first 1945 edition published by B.T. Batsford Ltd. It is in excellent condition and still has its full, striking dust jacket!         |
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