Bona Varda is an independent publisher collaborating with LGBTIQA+ artists to create limited-edition books, zines, and tees — alongside a curated selection of rare and out-of-print titles. The latest title is a flip book featuring artist Wet Mess, photographed by Tom Oldham, launching at Bound Book Fair in Manchester on the 25th and 26th October. It’s available exclusively on the Bona Varda website below and at the fair.

Wet Mess Flip Book

Wet Mess is a flip book capturing a performance by Wet Mess, photographed by Tom Oldham.
Published by Bona Varda, Oct 2025
Limited edition of 300 copies — available exclusively here.

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Phil Douglas-Remote

Remote is the debut book by Phil Douglas, akaThe Sensitive Line— an emerging queer figurative artist based in London.
Foreword by Sue Tilley, artist and longtime Leigh Bowery confidant.
Published by Bona Varda, March 2025. Available exclusively here.

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Outsider/s-Oli Raptor

Outsider/s is the debut monograph by emerging queer photographer Oli Raptor.
A strictly limited hardback edition of 200 copies, published by Bona Varda for Photo London, May 2022.
Available exclusively here.

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