What Did You Do…? in Venice

Friday 13 September 2024, 5pm. Index Art Book FairCalle Buccari 3, S.Elena, Venice, ItalyFree & open to all Book Works’ Director Gavin Everall will be part of an event at the Index Art Book Fair in Venice this week alongside a member of the Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA) who have been campaigning against the … Continued

Read more

The Wastes reviewed in Art Monthly

Roy Claire Potter’s debut novel, The Wastes, is reviewed by Lauren Velvick in the September issue of Art Monthly. It’s rare and welcome for reviewers to consider the book as a whole object in this way – thanks to Lauren and Art Monthly for this comprehensive reading, and shout out to Traven T. Croves for … Continued

Read more

EVENT

An Una Marson Celebration at Southbank

Thursday 22 August, 2024, 8pm
National Poetry Library, Southbank Centre
Tickets/more info.

Delve into the life and work of the pioneering Jamaican feminist activist, poet, writer and first Black BBC producer

Read more

August Book of the Month: I’ll Get My Coat by Usman Saeed and Sukhdev Sandhu

I’ll get my coat by Usman Saeed & Sukhdev Sandhu (2005) is our Book of the Month, with 30% off all August.

A writer, an archivist and a painter set out on foot to explore the landscape of Britain. Eschewing the heritage trail they walk the streets of Dalston and Stoke Newington, the cemetery in Ilford, and through Manningham, journeying after the Muslim vernacular across the landscape − mapping Asian history, culture and ruins in Britain.

Read more