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
Book of the month for June is Maija Timonen’s The Measure of Reality. Get it with 30% off for the rest of June.
Sales Assistant, Book Works (1 day per week)
Salary: £30,000 (pro-rata £6,000 per annum)
Permanent contract (probation period 8 weeks)
Location: Book Works, 19 Holywell Row, London, EC2A 4JB (please note this is not a remote role).
2 June 2024, 2pm
Cafe Oto
Ashwin St, London, E8 3DL
Free but RSVP
A new solo show by Ayo Akingbade, Show Me The World Mister, opened on 3 May and runs until October 20 2024 at the Whitworth, Manchester. The exhibition by Ayo Akingbade comprising of two new film commissions. Shot on location in Nigeria, The Fist and Faluyi are Akingbade’s most ambitious productions to date, building upon … Continued
The Art Newspaper has published a feature by Henry Broome on our poster project for Palestine, What Did You Do….(2024), raising funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians. The series now features 17 posters, including recent additions by: Prem Sahib; Joanna Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan; and Marcus Coates. Read the full article at The Art Newspaper, … Continued
Saturday 18 May 2024, 10.45am
Offprint London
Turbine Hall, Tate Modern (McAulay Studio)
Free, open to all.