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Good Neighbour is excited to be part of BAZAR Art Books, which opened today at the Iranian Artists’ Forum in Tehran!

Running until 23 October, the fourth edition brings together 77 independent publishers and artists from 17 cities across Iran and beyond, celebrating a diverse range of independent and collective publishing practices.

Come say hello to our colleague Arefeh Riahi, who is representing Good Neighbour at the fair with To See the Inability to See and her own projects.

Join her tomorrow for the launch of her new book Be My Ghost, published by ‘Good Neighbour’, as well as ‘My Garden’s Boundaries’, a project by To See the Inability to See, that we would like to publish in the near future.

Hope our books find their way to new readers!

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#ArefehRiahi #GoodNeighbour #BazarArtBooks #ArtistsBooks independentpublishing

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this week, we will be back in the attic and we would like to invite you to the final event in this year’s 12:15 Reading Room programme on 17 October from 5 pm

Maartje Fliervoet, a visual artist and the initiator of Manifold Books (@manifoldbooks), will be visiting us to share with us about her project, which has existed since 2015 and explores the relationship between art and books. It transforms her artist studio into a space for communal exchange, functioning as both a workspace and an exhibition venue.

We hope you can find time to share this time with us and Maartje Fleirvoet.

Manifold Books offers artists at various stages of their careers the opportunity to display their work in the intimate setting of a studio context, providing an alternative to the extensive commercialization of space in Amsterdam. There is always a personal encounter and a dialogue with the public within the environment of a workspace, with its functional-private character. For each exhibition, exhibitors create special book interventions using existing publications, offering insight into their work. Since 2021 Manifold Books has organised several public events programmes. For example, in 2024 Utrecht-based curator and death doula Staci Bu Shea has hosted collective reading sessions running parallel to each exhibition. Manifold Books’ experimental character lies in a deeply personal approach manifesting itself in all three activities—exhibitions, book collection, and public program. As such, this initiative distinguishes itself from similar art initiatives: it is both polyphonic and manifold.

we would like to thank the Graphic Art Department at the Vilnius Academy of Arts for their help with this event

the program of events for “12:15 Reading Room” is partially funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and the Mondriaan Fund

graphic identity by Matas Buckus (@matas.buckus)

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Join us this Saturday, 12 September, at @manifoldbooks !
We will launch 𝘽𝙚 𝙈𝙮 𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩, our latest publication by @rfariahi 
Saturday 12 September 17:00 doors open 17:30–18:00 conversation 18:00–19:00 drinks

With Arefeh Riahi, Maartje Fliervoet, Martín La Roche Contreras, and Valeria Marchesini / Good Neighbour.

𝘽𝙚 𝙈𝙮 𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 includes Farsi and English transcripts and is accompanied by a visual contribution by Maartje Fliervoet titled 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙐𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨.
Design by @dongyoungleee
Published by Good Neighbour Books.
Printed and bound by @nokiss___ , Amsterdam.

During the evening, we will speak informally about the making of the sound piece and its translation into a publication. Visitors will also be able to listen to 𝘽𝙚 𝙈𝙮 𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 in the space.

Manifold Books Kraijenhoffstraat 34, Amsterdam
RSVP via info@manifoldbooks.nl Maximum capacity: 25 Language: English

𝘽𝙚 𝙈𝙮 𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 has been made possible with support from @stroom_den_haag, @mondriaanfonds, and @afk020.

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Next Saturday 12, Publication launch of 𝘽𝙚 𝙈𝙮 𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 by @rfariahi at Manifold Books

Saturday 12 September 17:00 doors open 17:30–18:00 conversation 18:00–19:00 drinks

With Arefeh Riahi, Maartje Fliervoet, Martín La Roche Contreras and Valeria Marchesini / Good Neighbour.
Be My Ghost includes Farsi and English transcripts and is accompanied by a visual contribution by Maartje Fliervoet titled From Us to us. Design by Dongyoung Lee. Published by Good Neighbour Books. Printed and bound by no kiss, Amsterdam

During the evening, we will speak informally about the making of the sound piece and its translation into a publication. Visitors will also be able to listen to Be My Ghost in the space.

Manifold Books Kraijenhoffstraat 34, Amsterdam
RSVP by 10 September via info@manifoldbooks.nl Maximum capacity: 25 Language: English

𝘽𝙚 𝙈𝙮 𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 has been made possible with support from @stroom_den_haag @mondriaanfonds and @afk020

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We want to thank everyone who joined us at the @singaporeartbookfair 2026. Special thanks to @maartje_fliervoet for being such a wonderful ambassador for Good Neighbour and Manifold Books.
It was very special to show our book projects and launch Be My Ghost by Arefeh Riahi in Singapore.

More information about the Amsterdam launch coming soon!

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This presentation is made possible with the support of the @mondriaanfonds

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tryna boost the economy - my first time at @singaporeartbookfair in 5 years(?) and here are my highlights

overflowing talents in these tiny pages

@theotherworkroom 🧠🤯🆒

so much thought behind @theotherworkroom

my contribution ✍️

i love this round table layout @singaporeartbookfair

@ebooks.staff creativity in abundance

overheard the sharing on how @goodneighbourbooks @manifoldbooks came together - delightful

@further.reading 💸💸💸 (in the best way possible)

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For the @singaporeartbookfair , Manifold Books and Good Neighbour are launching our newest publication, 𝘽𝙚 𝙈𝙮 𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 by Arefeh Riahi.

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This Saturday, Maartje Fliervoet of @manifoldbooks will be a speaker on radio radio radio, a live radio programme presented as part of Singapore Art Book Fair 2026. She will introduce the publication and discuss the process behind making it.

𝘽𝙚 𝙈𝙮 𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 is a project by Arefeh Riahi, conceived as a tripartite sound piece in English, presented at Manifold Books in Amsterdam between March and July 2026. The publication collects the transcript of these three letters, originally written in Farsi by the artist, in which she takes Manifold Books’ founder, Maartje Fliervoet, on a fictive walk. Initially, she intended this journey to be a phantom ride through Tehran, her hometown. However, the writings unfolded differently, casting light on the struggle of sharing across cultural boundaries. The work explores the relation between the migrant and the so-called host, complicated by the factor of time. 𝘽𝙚 𝙈𝙮 𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 includes English and Farsi translations and is accompanied by a visual contribution by @maartje_fliervoet titled From Us to us.
The book was designed by @dongyoungleee and printed and bound by @nokiss___ in Amsterdam, August 2026.

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radio radio radio
29 August, Saturday
2:30–3:30 pm, Singapore (GMT+8)

This presentation is made possible with the support of the @mondriaanfonds . 𝘽𝙚 𝙈𝙮 𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 was also made with the support of @stroom_den_haag and the @afk020

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Good Neighbour Books and Manifold Books are happy to be partnering up once again and participating in the @singaporeartbookfair this year.
 We will be presenting our most recent collaborations, publications, and books with artistic interventions from 28 to 30 August, every day from 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm. This year, the fair takes place at T:>Works, 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road, Singapore.
 For this year’s fair catalogue, we were invited to create a design using page 37 of Goldilocks. This will be available during the fair, together with the other pages designed by the participating publishers. We decided to pair the page 37 template with a foldable reading list designed by Jomel Yong for The Sphinx’s Riddle, Manifold Books’ year-long programme of exhibitions and reading events around grief and transformation.
 For this post, we wanted to extend that gesture by sharing the same backdrop to present to you a selection of collaborations between Good Neighbour Books and Manifold Books from the last few years.
 1. Reading List Foldable, 2025. Marking the end of The Sphinx’s Riddle, a year-long exhibition and reading-events programme around grief and transformation at Manifold Books. Design and concept by Jomel Yong.
 2. Be My Ghost, Arefeh Riahi, 2026. Design by Dongyoung Lee.
 3. The Minga of the Birds of the Dawn, Daniel Godínez Nivón, 2023. Text by Andrés González. Design by Dongyoung Lee.
 4. The Mountain, The Mountain, Moosje Moti Goosen, 2025. Design by Dongyoung Lee.
 5. Correspondances, Maartje Fliervoet, 2021. Design by Our Polite Society.
 6. Portrait of a Good Neighbour’s Library, various authors, 2025, including Maartje Fliervoet. Design by Dongyoung Lee.
 This presentation is made possible with the support of the @mondriaanfonds The collaborative publications have also been made with support of the @afk020
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Today is the last day of this edition of @bergenartbookfair
If in Bergen please pass by until 17:00

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Good Neighbour’s participation at Bergen Artbook Fair is made possible with support from the @mondriaanfonds

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We’re excited to share that Good Neighbour is participating in this year’s @bergenartbookfair
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This weekend, we’ll be bringing both new and past publications to the fair.

Continuing our interest in books as performative tools, we’ve invited To See the Inability to See (Maartje Fliervoet, Arefeh Riahi, Martín La Roche) to present a reading from their foldable book My Garden’s Boundaries Are the Horizon.
@maartje_fliervoet @rfariahi @martinlarochec

The reading will take place on Saturday at 20:30 at Lydgalleriet, as part of the fair’s program, alongside other great contributors such as @kteam_ksge

Looking forward to seeing those of you in Bergen.
This is made possible with the support of the @mondriaanfonds

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Please join us next month on Thursday April 23rd at 6pm at 28 West 27th Street (3rd floor). Center for Book Arts is pleased to welcome Maartje Fliervoet, founder of Manifold Books, for an Artist Talk.
Founded in 2015 by Maartje Fliervoet in her Amsterdam studio space, Manifold Books’ activities may be best described as a spatial investigation exploring connections between art and books.

You can find more information about this event in the link in our bio!

Photographed by Hiroko Matsumara

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Happy New Year! Reflecting on 2025, which was filled with inspiring and collaborative Temporary Monuments projects. 🎈🎈🎈
Here are some highlights:
🎈1 - "Ghosts in the Garden," the first outdoor Ghost sculptures, in David Horvitz’s Garden, Los Angeles. 🎈 2 - "Daniels" and "Annas," very fleeting Snow People on the roof of David Peter Francis Gallery made by Jacksun Brein, Lucas Odahara, Pat Oleszko, David Pagliarulo, and James Walsh. 🎈3 - "Moon Tent for the Flower Moon," in collaboration with Reto Pulfer, commissioned by Hollybush Gardens London, hosted by Forma at FormaHQ, London. 🎈4 - The exhibition "Make Me a Place in time and Seasons: Works by Rosemary Mayer, 1971-1983," at Hollybush Gardens, London. 5 - The exhibition "Have you got the time? Rosemary Mayer’s Temporary Monuments (Spring)" in collaboration with Darling Green at Manifold Books, Amsterdam.
🎈In what seemed like a culmination of this work and interest, the year ended with two highly significant acquisitions of Temporary Monuments works. 🎈6 - Mayer’s drawing memorializing her ballon project “Some Days in April,” was acquired by The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) through the generosity of Marta Hall, the Marcia Weisman Foundation Acquisition Fund, and Jane Hait. 🎈7 - We also entered into a collaborative arrangement with the FRAC Lorraine in France, that enables them to make a series of Ghosts for specific periods of time based on training and knowledge sharing with the Estate. Our agreement and the documentation of the Ghosts that they make will become part of their permanent collection.
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We are very grateful to our wonderful galleries @chertluedde and @gordonrobichaux for all their support of this work!
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“To give me a hold, make me a place, in time and seasons / mark them this way and think of the other, older ways people marked years and seasons, of circling ghosts around days with religious ceremonies, birthdays / new clothes for different seasons.” – Rosemary Mayer, from poster for Spell, 1977.

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