Caterwen is a private press I revived in 2021. It was originally created by my father Arfon Rees in 2001, through which he published his book Welsh Outlaws and Bandits: Political Rebellion and Lawlessness in Wales, 1440-1603. “Caterwen” is an archaic Welsh word for “great oak,” but it was also used to refer to a nobleman or the mistress of a house. My father died in 2019, before I could ask him why he’d settled on that particular name for his private press. I see this project as a way of carrying on something he began, while also exploring new creative directions.

Book Notes (updated December 2025) ︎

Collecting the Ninth of September (updated August 2025) ︎

Gunhild’s Mere, collaboration with Amanda Schwarzfeldt (May 2022) ︎

Les Illuminations / Illuminations (March 2022) ︎

Matches (June 2021) ︎