News/Events

Book Works statement on the recent Arts Council England NPO funding announcement

We are very pleased to share that we will continue as part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio. We would like to thank Arts Council England for their ongoing support. 

This support, as part of the 2023-26 Investment Programme, recognises the role Book Works has within the contemporary art scene nationally and internationally, the importance of our focus on publishing, and the genuine opportunities offered through our commissions, education activities and through the Book Works studio.

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PAST EVENT

Graphic Negotiations #7 – Sara De Bondt

Wednesday 7 December, 1pm
Online, free (RSVP)

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 a limited brief, we involve the designer in a collaborative process from the start

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New book: Other Reflexes by Diana Georgiou

Just in – the second title in the Interstices series, edited by Bridget Penney, is Other Reflexes by Diana Georgiou. Available to pre-order now at a special price of £10 (rrp £14).

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PAST EVENT

Rosa-Johan Uddoh & Lola Olufemi in conversation

Saturday 12 November 2022

Whitechapel Gallery
Whitechapel High Street
London E1 7QX

Rosa-Johan Uddoh will be in conversation with Lola Olufemi at the Whitechapel Gallery on Saturday 12 November as part of a day of events celebrating the Jarman Awards shortlist. Rosa will be reading from their new book,

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PAST EVENT

Graphic Negotiations #6 – Fraser Muggeridge

Graphic Negotiations #6 – Fraser Muggeridge
Wed 9 November, 1pm, online. RSVP.

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 a limited brief, we involve the design in a collaborative process from the start to realise, with designer, artist and editor working together to create a book that realises the artists’ vision.

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November Book of the Month: Licorice by Bridget Penney

Our book of the month for November, with 30% off, is Licorice by Bridget Penney.

Chalk, gorse, old coppice, redundant dew ponds, a crossroads formed by the intersection of a B road and an ancient fisherman’s track. It’s August. The rain shows no sign of stopping.

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Battle #1 (San Romano, 1432) – Francesco Pedraglio

The first of four short films commissioned by Book Works to mark the publication of Francesco Pedraglio’s Battles Vol. 1 (2022). Co-published by Book Works and Parallel // Oaxaca, and designed by Santiago Da Silva, Francesco Pedraglio’s new book uses battles as a story-telling frame to focus on the small details and absurdities that characterise … Continued

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Marcus Coates’ The Directors films available to view online this week only

The Directors is a collaboration between artist Marcus Coates and five individuals in recovery from different lived experiences of psychosis, commissioned by Artangel. Positioned behind the camera, each of them directs Coates in a filmed restaging of particular episodes from their lives. Following extensive research and discussion, the five short films challenge cultural stigma through … Continued

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EVENT

New Stuart Brisley show at the Lungley Gallery

7 October–19 November 2022
Lungley Gallery
Wed–Sat, 11am–6pm

A new show by Stuart Brisley opens in London this week at the Lungley Gallery. Featuring new paintings alongside Maya Balcioglu’s photographs of Before The Mast, a ten-day durational performance that took place in London in 2013.

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