June Book of the Month: The Measure of Reality
Book of the month for June is Maija Timonen’s The Measure of Reality. Get it with 30% off for the rest of June.
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Job opportunity: Sales Assistant, Book Works
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).
PAST EVENT
RESCHEDULED: Roy Claire Potter – The Wastes launch at Cafe Oto
2 June 2024, 2pm
Cafe Oto
Ashwin St, London, E8 3DL
Free but RSVP
Ayo Akingbade’s solo show, Show Me The World Mister, opens at the Whitworth
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
What Did You Do… featured in The Art Newspaper
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
EVENT
Alice Walter presents The Medium at Offprint 2024
Saturday 18 May 2024, 10.45am
Offprint London
Turbine Hall, Tate Modern (McAulay Studio)
Free, open to all.
PAST EVENT
Queer Utopias at Wysing
Saturday 18 May 2024, 2–10pmWysing Arts CentreMore info/book On 18th May we’ll be back at Wysing Arts Centre for Queer Utopias, their one-day festival of queer arts culture. We’ll be tabling as part of the zine fair, and the programme also features talks, performances, workshops, art, tarot, nails, music, football and more.
Offprint London, 17–19 May 2024
17–19 May 2024Turbine Hall, Tate ModernBankside, London SE1 9TGFull programme/more info We’ll be back in the Turbine Hall on 17–19 May for Offprint London’s fair of independent arts publishers. We’ll be there with new titles including Cecilia Vicuña’s Saborami, the two new Arrhythmia novels and posters from our What Did You Do….. fundraising series (all … Continued
Book Works Studio annouces new Co-Director
Book Works is delighted to announce that Jan Burgess has been appointed Co-Director of the Studio. Jan Burgess joined Book Works in 2003 and has made an invaluable contribution to the Studio as a book-binder and Studio Manager. She takes up her position alongside Rob Hadrill, who founded the organisation in 1984. Book Works’ board … Continued
May Book of the Month: Ice Blink
May’s book of the month is Ice Blink: An Antarctic Essay by Simon Faithfull. Get it with 30% off all month. Traveling to Antarctica on RSS Ernest Shackleton from RAF Brize Norton via Ascension Island and the Falklands, Simon Faithfull recorded the displaced and disorienting world he encountered by filming the view out of his … Continued