Upcoming events

small white monkeys launch at Burley Fisher

Thursday 24 March, 6.30pm
Burley Fisher Books
400 Kingsland Rd
London, E8 4A

Join us at Burley Fisher to launch the new edition of small white monkeys: on self-expression, self-help & shame by Sophie Collins (2017, new edition 2022).

Sophie will be reading from her work, and will be joined by Helen Charman (who has written a new introduction for the second edition) and Rachael Allen.

Tickets are £5, including a drink. Book here.

If you can’t make the event, you can order the new edition here.

Graphic Negotiations: a new Book Works series

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A new event series exploring the role of designers in creating artists’ books.

Book Works sees graphic design as crucial to realising artists and writers’ ideas in the final form of the book. While conventionally designers often become involved in the later stages of a book’s production, and with a limited brief, we involve the designer in a collaborative process from the start, with designer, artist and editor working together to create a book that realises the artists’ vision.

We are hosting a series of lunchtime talks with designers, many of whom we’ve worked with in the past. The format and topic will vary – we wanted to give designers the opportunity to present their work in whichever way they choose. In some cases designers will be in conversation with artists they’ve collaborated with in the past, in others they’ll talk about their work and ideas more generally or present a visual portfolio.

All events will be online only, free to attend and will be between 1-1.45 pm on weekdays. The first four events will be:

Thursday 24th March – James Langdon
Thursday 28th April – Rosen Eveleigh
Wednesday 18th May – Erik Hartin and Moa Pårup
Wednesday 15th June – Rose Nordin and Rosa-Johan Uddoh

Dark Room update

Thank so much you to everyone who has supported Dark Room by Phyllis Christopher via Kickstarter and pre-orders. We are working hard to get all of the books out as soon as possible, but are a very small team, so please bear with us while we pack up and process all of the books. Thank you for your patience. You can still order the book here and orders will be shipped once we’ve got through the backlog.

Support Book Works

Readers Club
£5 per month / £50 annual

Joining our Readers Club is a perfect way to keep up to date with all our publications at a very special price and also receive a 10% discount on all other book purchases. Join in March and you’ll receive Dark Room as your first title. Find out more here.

Become a Supporter
£10 per month / £100 annual

Support emerging artists through our most experimental commissioning platform. Find out more about becoming a supporter here.

If you are London-based, join this week and receive a free ticket to the launch of small white monkeys at Burley Fisher (see above for more info).

ABOUT US

Book Works is a leading contemporary arts organisation with a unique role as makers and publishers of books.

Established in 1984, we are dedicated to supporting new work by emerging artists. Our projects are initiated by invitation, open submission, and through guest-curated projects. Book Works consists of a publishing and commissioning department; and a studio specialising in binding, box-making and multiples.

STUDIO

The Book Works Studio offers a specialist bespoke service for a range of clients, from artists, designers, galleries, and businesses. We provide binding solutions, develop prototypes and specialise in unique book artworks, boxes, and portfolios. We have an extensive archive, and offer tailored educational events, and bookbinding courses. The Studio generates income from clients and is self-sufficient.

PUBLISHING

Book Works Publishing is dedicated to supporting new work by emerging artists. Our projects are initiated by invitation, open submission, and through guest-curated projects and include publishing, a lecture and seminar programme, exhibitions, the development of an online archive, and artists’ surgeries and workshops.

Our audience is vital to our work. The process of engaging and developing our audience is initiated with our commissioning programme, and driven through all aspects of our activities, particularly our public programme of events, our workshops, artists’ surgeries and education activities, and through our interest in collaborating with other organisations and libraries. Our programme of commissions is diverse, and reflects our commitment not just to work with cultural workers from all backgrounds, but to invest in networks and programmes that engage, and develop and create new artistic voices.

Recent Commissions

Include new projects with: Phyllis Christopher; Francesco Pedraglio; Sarah Tripp; Praneet Soi; Stuart Brisley; Nina Wakeford and Art on the Underground; Erica Scourti; Sophia Al-Maria; Bouchra Khalili; Laure Prouvost; Stephen Sutcliffe; Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan; Contact – a series guest edited by Hannah Black with Hamishi Farah, Momtaza Mehri and Derica Shields; and Interstices, a fiction series edited by Bridget Penney with Harun Morrison, Diana Georgiou and Licorice by Bridget Penney.

SUPPORT US

By supporting Book Works you will help support artists and writers at the emerging stage of their careers through our diverse commissioning programme of open submissions, guest editorships, public events, exhibitions and publications.

CHARITY

Book Works is a registered charity, dedicated to advance education for the benefit of the public in the visual arts, particularly books which may be recognised as works of art in their own right.

TRUSTEES

We have a board of trustees who input their range of diverse expertise and interests into our development:

Teresa Drace-Francis (Chair)
Nick Brown
Michael Mack
Claire Malcolm
Gerrie van Noord

Book Works

19 Holywell Row

London EC2A 4JB

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