The Happy Hypocrite – Tolstoyevsky Call for Submissions

We are delighted to announce that issue 10 of The Happy Hypocrite – Tolstoyevsky is guest edited by Virginija Januškevičiūtė. It will be published by Book Works in October 2017. We are now issuing a call for submissions.

Submission deadline 15 May 2017

Please send submissions to:

Virginija Januškevičiūtė
The Happy Hypocrite, Submissions
c/o Book Works,
19 Holywell Row,
London,
EC2A 4JB

Or email:
[email protected]

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Kickstarter Campaign for Upcycle this Book by Gavin Wade

New Kickstarter Campaign
Upcycle this Book by Gavin Waded and designed by James Langdon

360 pages, 26 tests, 20 Years of artist-curating, 12 drawings, 1 book.

Book Works has launched a new Kickstarter campaign to help raise funds for this new publication with Gavin Wade.

Please visit our Kickstarter page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/723440909/upcycle-this-book-by-gavin-wade-designed-by-james

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CONCERTINA & BOXMAKING COURSE – WINTER 2017

*** Only few places left. ***

A nine week Concertina & Boxmaking Evening Course on Wednesdays.

Students will have the opportunity to learn hand bookbinding and boxmaking techniques including concertina binding, two-part box making, clamshell style box making, folded card slipcase and to work on a box of their own design.

The course will be for a maximum of 8 students and will be run by Ina Baumeister at Book Works Studio in Shoreditch.

If you would like to book please email [email protected] or call 020 7247 2536.

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BOOKBINDING FOR BEGINNERS – WINTER 2017

*** This course is full. Please check the website for our Wednesday evening course. Or contact Jan for the next round of courses in Autumn. ***

A nine week Bookbinding for Beginners Evening Course on Mondays.

Students will have the opportunity to learn hand bookbinding and boxmaking techniques including multi section binding, exposed spine books, Japanese style binding and slipcase making. There will also be a chance to develop a personal project in the latter stages.

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Job opportunity: Catalyst Evolve Project Coordinator

Deadline for applications: 28 November 2016
Interviews 14 December 2016
Start date: week starting 9 January 2017

Book Works is a leading arts commissioning organisation with a unique role as a publisher, studio and charity in supporting and enabling artists working with books, spoken word, and printed matter.

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Beyond Words – six artists’ publications commissioned for beyond words

The Freedom Deficit by Between the Borders explores the collectives’ ongoing concerns about issues of citizenship and migration.

Libita Clayton’s FORGET THAT GUY (message from a freedom fighter), is a set of postcards that unpicks the conventional history of abolition and slave trading through a series of ‘conversations’ between the monuments set in the ports of Bristol and Hull, and the artist herself.

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PAST EVENT

BEYOND WORDS EXHIBITION, BOOK FAIR AND WORKSHOPS DURING FREEDOM FESTIVAL, HULL

THREE EVENTS AT HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY:

EXHIBITION, 3–22 SEPTEMBER
Between the Borders, Libita Clayton, Theresa Easton, Jacob V Joyce, Rudy Loewe and Nick Norton.

Focusing on issues of slavery and colonialism, sex and gender, freedom of information, protest and censorship Beyond Words presents the idea of freedom as part of a process of public dialogue, ongoing struggle, a rejection of the proprietary understanding of art and language, and a celebration of the challenges that artists can make to the status quo.

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BOOK & BOXMAKING COURSE – AUTUMN 2016

A nine week Bookbinding & Boxmaking Evening Course on Mondays.

Students will have the opportunity to learn hand bookbinding and boxmaking techniques including concertina binding, starbook with pop- up elements, two-part box, clamshell style box and folded card portfolio.

The course will be for a maximum of 8 students and will be run by Ina Baumeister at Book Works Studio in Shoreditch.

If you would like to book please email [email protected] or call 020 7247 2536.

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JOB OPPORTUNITY: EDITORIAL AND MARKETING ASSISTANT

This opportunity is now closed

This job will offer an opportunity to work as part of our team here at Book Works, and would be suitable for anyone looking to further develop their skills and experience in editing and art publishing. There will be some initial in-house training given as part of the job. The job will be for a two-year period and we are looking for someone who can commit to that period of time to work on specific projects with us

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