Lillian Wilkie is a writer, editor and publisher based in London and East Sussex. Her practice and research focus on photography as a liberatory practice, especially within marginalised communities; the politics and affects of self-publishing and DIY book cultures; critical fashion practices; and representations of class and labour struggle.
She is the Director of Chateau International, an independent imprint producing books, zines, editions and programming. Recent and forthcoming releases include projects with Navine G Dossos and the Showroom; Leah Clements and South Kiosk; Mark Jan Krayenhoff van de Leur; Ben K. Voss and Midge Wattles; Matthew de Kersaint Giraudeau, Rory Mullen, Rick Pushinsky and Karlmond Tang; and Gisela Torres.
Lillian is co-director of Bound Art Book Fair at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. In 2017 her book The Origin of Springs was published by Tenderbooks. She has edited twelve books published by Chateau International, and is additionally Editor of Juliet Jacques' Mostar (Tenderbooks, 2026), CAConrad's SIN BUG (Tenderbooks, 2025), Contributing Editor of An Incomplete History of Printed Matter's Art Book Fairs (Printed Matter, 2024) and Assistant Editor of David Noonan's A Dark and Quiet Place (common-editions, 2017). She was previously Deputy Director of Claire de Rouen Books, and spent four years working in the book programme at Aperture.
Her writing on photography, arts and publishing has appeared in a range of titles including The Guardian, Modern Matter, Dazed, AnOther, Tribune, 1000 Words, True Photo Journal and Art Monthly. She won a Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship in 2026, and is regularly invited to speak on panels on arts and photography publishing. She currently lectures on photography, curating and criticism programmes at the University of the Arts, London; and the International Center of Photography, New York.
