Whether print or digital, text or image, artistic or scientific, rare or common, historic or contemporary, most of the content we encounter contains accidental mistakes—ranging from typos to factual errors to errors arising from prejudicial assumptions—and a significant proportion of it also contains deliberate misinformation resulting from various forms of forgery, fakery, and piracy. This exhibition catalogue introduces the work of notorious and lesser-known forgers, it reveals the various ways in which experts and authors have faked their own identities—ranging from carefully-selected pseudonyms to falsified ethnicities to fraudulent credentials—and it explores a number of shady publishing practices.
We can all become better readers and better at protecting ourselves from scammers by improving our understanding of the nature of the content before us.
| ISBN: | 9781551955261 |
| Publication date: | 18th September 2025 |
| Author: | Linda Quirk |
| Publisher: | University of Alberta Press an imprint of Bruce Peel Special Collections |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 116 pages |
| Series: | Bruce Peel Special Collections |
| Genres: |
Publishing and book trade Disinformation and misinformation Forgery, falsification and theft of artworks Exhibition catalogues and specific collections |
Whether print or digital, text or image, artistic or scientific, rare or common, historic or contemporary, most of the content we encounter contains accidental mistakes—ranging from typos to factual errors to errors arising from prejudicial assumptions—and a significant proportion of it also contains deliberate misinformation resulting from various forms of forgery, fakery, and piracy. This exhibition catalogue introduces the work of notorious and lesser-known forgers, it reveals the various ways in which experts and authors have faked their own identities—ranging from carefully-selected pseudonyms to falsified ethnicities to fraudulent credentials—and it explores a number of shady publishing practices.
Forgers, Fakers, and Publisher-Pirates features in the following genres: Publishing and book trade, Disinformation and misinformation, Forgery, falsification and theft of artworks, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections
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Forgers, Fakers, and Publisher-Pirates was written by Linda Quirk and published by University of Alberta Press an imprint of Bruce Peel Special Collections
Forgers, Fakers, and Publisher-Pirates has 116 pages
Yes it is part of Bruce Peel Special Collections series
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