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A new series of Graphic Negotiations

We are delighted to announce a new series of our conversations with designers, Graphic Negotiations, starting on 20 September. Book Works sees graphic design as crucial to realising artists and writers’ ideas in the final form of the book. While conventionally designers often become involved in the later stages of a book’s production, and with … Continued

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Graphic Negotiations #2: Rosen Eveleigh – video and transcript

As part of our series of conversations with designers, Graphic Negotiations, we were delighted to welcome graphic designer, researcher and teacher Rosen Eveleigh for a chat on Zoom on 24 April 2022. Below is a full verbatim transcript. Click here for a plain-text version compatible with screen readers. ROSEN EVELEIGH – As part of the … Continued

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Graphic Negotiations #1: James Langdon – full video and transcript

In the first of our series of conversations with designers, Graphic Negotiations, we were delighted to welcome graphic designer, writer and professor James Langdon in March 2022 for a fascinating talk and presentation about his practice and thinking about designing artist books as an act of impersonation or negotiation. Below is a full verbatim transcript. … Continued

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Bookbinding and boxmaking courses starting in September

The Book Works Studio will launch two new evening classes in September. Bookbinding for Beginners runs on Monday evenings from 18 September for eight weeks, and Boxmaking for Beginners is on Wednesdays, starting 20 September for seven weeks. For more info or to book on either course please contact Jan Burgess – jan@bookworks.org. or 020 … Continued

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September Book of the Month: Sarah Pierce

Our book of the month, with 30% off until the end of September, is Sketches of Universal History Compiled from Several Authors by Sarah Pierce.

Sketches of Universal History… presents an interplay of voices, legacies, friendships and influences that make up an art practice.

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New title: Queen For A Day by Deborah-Joyce Holman

Book Works is delighted to present Queen For A Day, the forthcoming book by Deborah-Joyce Holman, now available to preorder at a reduced price.

Queen for a Day is Deborah-Joyce Holman’s debut publication, staging a conversation between two of the artist’s films, Moment and Moment 2 (2022), and the work of cinema verité they take as a primary material: Shirley Clarke’s Portrait of Jason (1967).

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