Charivari Press is a Canadian publisher of writing in the areas of cultural theory, political radicalism and experimental literature. Its recently published and upcoming list of contributors include composers, artists and critical theorists, such as: Hildegard Westerkamp, John Cage, Max Neuhaus, R. Murray Schafer, Alvin Lucier, Douglas Kahn and Richard Kostelanetz.
Charivari was established by the avant-garde Rebel Arts Group in Toronto in 1990 as part of their efforts to promote a critical, political and theoretical art practice, but it remained mostly inactive while members focused on the art magazine Sub Rosa and other projects. Charivari began publishing in earnest in 2011 and garnered critical praise. Their first title was a 20th anniversary edition of Indecent Acts in a Public Place: Sports, Insolence and Sedition (Rod Dubey). This was followed by Music IS Rapid Transportation…from the Beatles to Xenakis (ed. Daniel Kernohan), and Rant & Dawdle: The Fictional Memoir of Colston Wilmott As Imagined by William E. Smith (Bill Smith (Canadian musician).
Titles which Charivari has announced as forthcoming include: Sound By Artists (eds. Dan Lander and Micah Lexier), a novel, That Recoil of Nature (Craig Grimes), The Wild and Free: Shane: Loyaty versus Integrity (Donal McGraith) and …beautiful in my worn clothes…The Transgressions of Love (Rod Dubey).