Wednesday 7 August, 6.30pm
London Centre for Book Arts, E3 2NQ
Book a free place here.
Book Works sees graphic design as crucial to realising artists and writers’ ideas in the final form of the book
It may not have been much of a summer so far but that’s all the more reason to pick up a book in our Summer Sale! Whether you’re sunning on a beach or shivering under a blanket, treat yourself to some artist books with a massive 50% off all back catalogue, including our 2023 releases. … Continued
Friday 19 July, 2024, 8pm
Serpentine Pavilion
More info/tickets
Roy Claire Potter will be reading from their new novel, The Wastes, at the Park Nights: Temporal Magic event in the Serpentine Pavilion this Friday.
As part of our series of conversations with designers, Graphic Negotiations, we were delighted to welcome designers, art directors and activists Erik Hartin and Moa Pårup for a chat on Zoom. The original event didn’t record, so they were kind enough to redo their presentation for us. Below is a full verbatim transcript. If you … Continued
Saturday 13th June, 11am–6pm
Cafe Oto, Ashwin Street, London, E8 3DL
Free
We’ll be back at Cafe Oto this Saturday with a table at their special summer edition of the winter fair, along with a load of other great publishers/labels. Full list below.
Another Subculture
Bezirk
Bison
Books Peckham
We are very happy to have been asked to contribute to Queercircle’s Gathering with Palestine programme this summer, alongside over 15 other organisations and collectives. We’ll be presenting our fundraising poster project, What Did You Do?..(2024) at the programme launch on 26th June, and they’ll remain on display/sale in the library through the summer.
Travel, sometimes walking, briefly on a bus, but mostly a journey on a miserable and unreliable commuter train across the Pennines from Liverpool to Hull, is also central to the narrative of The Wastes. The journeyings it recounts are both purposeful and aimless.
We are delighted to welcome a new trustee to the Book Works board, Tess Denman-Cleaver. Tess is Senior Programme Manager (Young People & Communities) at New Writing North. She previously worked as a freelance programmer and artist, as well as producer for the Women Artists of the North East Library and Producer (Artists’ Moving Image) … Continued
29–30 June 2024
Bower Ashton Campus, Bristol
More info/contact
We’ll be back in Bristol for BABE, Bristol Artist’s Book Event, on 29–30 June.
Friday 7 June 2024, 3.30pm
(Fair runs from 6–9 June, full dates and times below)
Cromwell Place, London, SW7 2JE