WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BOOK:

“An incredible achievement. It was a book that we found endlessly important, surprising, playful and unflinching. A book that is both a brilliant rebuke to snobbery and an absolute riot to read. It is one of those books that you read and think oh, they’ve caught a little bit of magic in here somehow.” Jury of the Gordon Burn Prize

“A sharp and original take on the privilege and passion of the modern creative economy.” Publishers Weekly

“Unlike anything I’ve ever read before. Irreverent, provocative and funny.” Dazed

“Reads like a page-turning novel. A full-throated defence of the inherent value of making, experiencing and talking about art.” Frieze

“A landmark for art writing.” Natalie Olah

“Poor Artists is very funny; it’s also charged with a surreal sense of invention.” The Times

“It could very well be the best way to get a sense of what it’s like to be an artist today.” ELLE Canada

“If Poor Artists is poison for institutions, it is a tonic for the people.” The Skinny

“Refreshing, lucid, and plainly radical.” South Asian Avant-Garde Anthology

“Striking bathos and playful prose… like a Tim Burton fantasy.” AnOther

“Poor Artists is a triumph. A book with a unique form that plays off the tension between romanticism and indignation, combining fiction and journalism in a fresh and provocative manner.” Amar Patel

“Part exposé, part fever dream, and entirely empowering; a wild rollercoaster that offers sharp, unflinching glimpses into the Pandora’s box that is the art world.” Big Issue

“The White Pube have shown that art criticism is at its most fun when it’s as unpredictable and leftfield as the art it critiques.” Prospect

“Thoroughly recommend you pick up a copy and comb through it cover to cover.” Polyester

“Poor Artists interweaves impassioned real-world critique with an exuberant narrative that’s by turns satirical and surreal.” The Telegraph

EVENTS 2024/25:

• Oct 3 — London Review of Books ✅
• Oct 15 — Crafts Council Book Club ✅
• Oct 24 — The Margate Bookshop ✅
• Nov 5 — Institute of Contemporary Arts, London ✅
• Nov 22 — Edinburgh’s Radical Bookfair @ Lighthouse ✅
• Nov 23 — Generator Projects, Dundee ✅
• Nov 25 – Central Saint Martins, London ✅
• Jan 8 – Academy of Fine Art, Munich ✅
• Jan 24 – London Art Fair ✅
• Feb 1 – Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Ireland ✅
• Feb 20 – Phoenix, Leicester ✅
• Feb 24 – Toppings, Bath ✅
• Feb 27 – Bluecoat, Liverpool ✅
• Mar 4 – Nicer Tuesdays, London ✅
• Mar 20 – Uni of Sussex ✅
• Mar 27 – Blackwells, Manchester ✅
• Apr 9 – Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona ✅
• Jul 24-27 – Latitude Festival
• Aug 16 – Edinburgh International Book Festival ✅
• Sep 28 – Festival of Encounters @ Van Gogh House ✅
• Oct 21 – Paperback Launch @ Foyles
• Oct 30 – UNITOM, Manchester ✅
• Dec 2 – Talk at Jewellers, Morecambe ✅
• Mar 17 / 2026 – Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts