Articles and essays
Steven Bode (Film and Video Umbrella website). April 2021.
Katie Allen (National Lottery Heritage Fund website). 9/7/2019.
Tessa Jackson, Jessica Holtaway (Constructing Connections art project newspaper). 2017.
Bryan Biggs (Bido Lito magazine). September 2017.
Gregory Blair (Journal of Art for Life). 12/16/2014.
Andy Murray (The Big Issue magazine). Oct. 2012.
Glen Jamieson (Outpost Gallery booklet). June 2011.
Roger McKinley (Corridor 8 magazine). 2010.
Julian Cowley (The Wire magazine). Jan. 2010.
Nick Ahad (Yorkshire Post). 23/1/2009.
Amanda Ravetz (Connecting Art And Anthropology website). 2007.
Dan Hicks (Situations website). 15/2/2006.
Michael Bracewell (Firstsite Gallery book). 2006.
Claire Doherty (Firstsite Gallery book). 2006.
Mark Patterson (Nottingham Evening Post). 21/1/2005.
David Osbaldeston (Stellar fanzine issue about Paul Rooney). Winter/Spring 2004.
Neil Mulholland (Site Gallery brochure). 2003.
David Ward (The Guardian). 10/10/2003.
Jane Watt (A-N magazine). Sept. 2003.
Tim Abrahams (The Scotsman). 19/3/2002.
Jacquie Swift (Public Art Journal). April 2001.
Pam Meecham (Pump House (National Museum of Labour History) exhibition brochure). April 1999.
Reviews/previews of installations/exhibitions
Susan Gray (Church Times). 24/10/2022.
The Newsroom (Yorkshire Post). 14/10/2022.
Ellen Wilkinson (A-N website). 29/9/2022.
Jonathan Jones (The Guardian). 22/2/2022.
Ian Smith (The Northumberland Gazette). 4/2/2022.
Tessa Norton (The Wire magazine). May 2019.
Steve Lee (The Big Issue magazine). 21/3/2016.
Steve Rose (The Guardian). 18/9/2015.
Mark Moran (Picture Ville website). 18/9/2015.
Charlotte Keeys (Little White Lies website). 14/9/2015.
Bob Dickinson (Art Monthly). Nov. 2013.
Ben Miller (Culture 24 website). 5/8/2013.
Neil Copper (The List magazine). 1/8/2013.
Colin Gleadell (The Daily Telegraph). 22/7/2013.
Sorcha Carey (Central Station website). July 2013.
David Hebblethwaite (Bookmunch website). 23/10/2012. [Book review.]
Laura Davis (Metro). 12/10/2012.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 15/9/2012.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 31/3/2012.
Skye Sherwin (The Guardian). 4/6/2011.
Honor Beddard (A-N website). 23/5/2010.
John Kieffer (The Independent). 10/5/2010.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 3/4/2010.
Julian Cowley (The Wire magazine). Dec. 2009.
Laura Cumming (The Observer). 18/11/2009.
Skye Sherwin (The Guardian). 13/11/2009.
Abi Bliss (Frieze magazine online). 22/10/2009.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 26/9/2009.
Francis Gooding (Time Out magazine). 7/5/2009.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 28/2/2009.
Alex Hetherington (A-N website). 4/2/2009.
David Barrett (Art Monthly magazine). Dec/Jan. 2008-2009.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 27/12/2008.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 13/12/2008.
Beth Ridley (Nouse website). 25/11/2008.
Tim Abrahams (Blueprint magazine). Nov. 2008. [Book review.]
Neil Cooper (MAP magazine #15). Sept. 2008.
James Clegg (Art Review magazine). Sept. 2008.
JJ Charlesworth (Art Review magazine). July/Aug 2008.
Coline Milliard (Modern Painters magazine). July/Aug 2008.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 14/6/2008.
Martin Vincent (Metro). 9/6/2008.
Rebecca Geldard (Time Out magazine). 12/5/2008.
Jessica Lack (The Guardian). 19/4/2008.
Samantha Culp (South China Morning Post). 7/8/2007.
Carol Archer (Art Monthly Australia). Aug. 2007.
Jeffery Dennis (The Art Book). Feb. 2008. [Book review.]
Adrian Searle (The Guardian). 6/1/2007. [Book review.]
Paul O’Kane (A-N magazine). Jan. 2007.
Ian Russell (Archaeolog website). 23/12/2006.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 3/12/2005.
Newsdesk (Art Monthly magazine). October 2005.
Isla Leaver-Yap (The List magazine). 28/4/2005.
Catriona Black (The Sunday Herald). 17/4/2005.
David Barrett (Art Monthly magazine). March 2005.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 29/1/2005.
Emma Lewis (Leftlion website). 28/2/2005.
Colette Bernhardt (The Guardian). 20/11/2004.
Alfred Hickling (The Guardian). 8/1/2004.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 6/12/2003.
Tina Jackson (Metro). 5/12/2003.
Neil Mulholland (Frieze magazine). Nov/Dec. 2003.
Helen Duff (Metro). 10/10/2003.
Newsdesk (Artforum). 10/10/2003.
Paul Anthony Black (Flash Art magazine). Oct. 2003.
Marc Starr (Metro). 5/3/2003.
Stephen Palmer (A-N magazine). 4/2/2003.
Joni Hillman (Scotland on Sunday). June 2003.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 21/12/2002. [As Common Culture]
Graham Parker (Art Monthly magazine). Nov. 2002.
Jessica Lack (The Guardian). 26/10/2002.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 3/8/2002.
Jessica Dawson (The Washington Post). 28/12/2000.
Max Pizarro (The Georgetown Current). 22/11/2000.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). Oct. 2000.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 19/8/2000.
Kirsty McGee (The Big Issue). July 2000.
Jonathan Jones (The Guardian). 24/4/2000.
Jessica Lack (The Guardian). 8/4/2000.
Dave Beech (Art Monthly magazine). Sept. 1999. [As Common Culture]
Michael Bracewell (Frieze magazine). June 1999. [As Common Culture]
Martin Vincent (City Life Manchester magazine). 12/5/1999.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 16/3/1999. [As Common Culture]
Steve Oxley (The Big Issue). 30/11/1998.
Robert Clark (The Guardian). 19/10/1996.
Reviews of solo records
Julian Cowley (The Wire magazine). Oct. 2021.
Ed Pinsent (The Sound Projector blog). 23/9/2020.
William Sheridan (The Last Great Record blog), 22/12/2018.
Stuart Marshall (The Sound Projector blog). 31/12/2017.
Julian Cowley (The Wire magazine). June 2017.
Mark Whitby (Unwashed Territories blog). 14/5/2017.
Julian Cowley (The Wire magazine). Oct. 2014.
Jonathan Lovett (Massive Crush blog). 3/01/2008.
Calum Craig (Is This Music? website). 5/11/2007.
Neil Cooper (MAP magazine #10). June 2007.
Reviews of Owd Scrat Records releases
Julian Cowley (The Wire magazine). March 2023.
Richard Allen (A Closer Listen website). 1/2/2023.
Tracy Wilson (Turntable Report blog). 2/11/2020.
Ed Pinsent (The Sound Projector blog). 7/5/2020.
William Sheridan (The Last Great Record blog). 29/11/2019.
Steve Pescott (The Sound Projector blog). 5/7/2019.
Abi Bliss (The Wire magazine). Sept. 2018.
Jared Dix (Echoes and Dust blog). 13/07/2018.
Amelia Crouch (Other Matters blog). 19/2/2015.
Reviews of Rooney records
Wayne Burrows (The Big Issue magazine). 1/1/2001.
Stewart Lee (The Sunday Times). 31/12/2000.
Stewart Lee (The Sunday Times). 23/4/2000.
Mark Beasley (Untitled magazine). Autumn 1999.
Sarah Jane (City Life Manchester magazine). Dec. 1998.
Tom Ridge (The Wire magazine). Nov. 1998.
Stewart Lee (The Sunday Times). 18/10/1998.
Books that reference Paul Rooney’s work
Foxcroft, Nigel H. The Kaleidoscopic Vision of Malcolm Lowry: Souls and Shamans. Lexington Books. 2019.
Hall, John. Deakin, Andrew. Boulter, Glenn. Full of Noises: Remote Possibilities 2009-2015. PO Publishing. 2017.
Gee, N. Gabriel. Art in the North of England, 1979–2008. Routledge. 2017.
Dezeuze, Anna. Almost Nothing: Observations on Precarious Practices in Contemporary Art (Rethinking Art’s Histories). Manchester University Press. 2016.
Velvick, Lauren. The Expanded City 2015-2016. In Certain Places. 2016.
Amandine Roy, Elodie. Media, Materiality and Memory: Grounding the Groove. Ashgate Publishing. 2015.
Whitby, Mark. The Festive Fifty. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2nd edition). 2015.
Charnley, James. Creative License: Leeds College of Art (1963-1973). Lutterworth Press. 2015.
Whitehead, Christopher. Interpreting Art in Museums and Galleries. Routledge. 2012.
Prager, Brad (ed). A Companion to Werner Herzog (WBCF-Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Film Directors). Wiley-Blackwell. 2012.
Bracewell, Michael. Michael Bracewell: The Space Between – Collected Writings. Ridinghouse. 2011.
Pooke, Grant (ed). Contemporary British Art: An Introduction. Routledge. 2010.
Biggs, Bryan and Sheldon, Julie (eds). Art in a City Revisited. Liverpool University Press and the Bluecoat. 2009.
Biggs, Bryan and Tookey, Helen (eds). Malcolm Lowry – From the Mersey to the World. Liverpool University Press and the Bluecoat. 2009.
Gorschlüter, Peter. McKane, Antoinette. Pih, Darren. The Fifth Floor – Ideas Taking Space. Liverpool University Press. 2009.
Garner, Ken. The Peel Sessions: A Story of Teenage Dreams and One Man’s Love of New Music. BBC Books. 2007.
Grunenberg, Christoph (ed). Centre of the Creative Universe: Liverpool and the Avant-garde. Tate Liverpool. Exhibition catalogue. 2007.
Bracewell, Michael; Doherty, Claire; Lucas, Annabel. Got Up Late the Other Day – Paul Rooney. Firstsite Gallery and Cornerhouse Publishers. Artist monograph. 2006.
Farquharson, Alex; Schleiker, Andrea; Mahony, Emma. British Art Show 6. Hayward Gallery Publishing. Touring exhibition catalogue. 2005.
Ledwith, Colin; Beasley, Mark. Electric Earth. Film and Video from Britain. British Council. Touring exhibition catalogue. 2003.