The Self-Illuminating Pen– new work by Sarah Tripp
The Self-Illuminating Pen, published by MAP magazine, is a companion piece to Guitar! (forthcoming from Book Works).
News/Events
Bank Holiday Flash Sale!
50% DISCOUNT ON BESTSELLERS ALL WEEKEND! There are no bailouts for the book industry so far, so we’ve taken matters into our own hands and beefed up our August sale for the bank holiday weekend. It’s a rare opportunity to pick up some of our bestselling titles at a bargain price. Read them up, down, … Continued
Book Works Presents
An occasional series of online readings, performances and more from Book Works artists and authors in isolation in April 2020, with Bridget Penney, Stephen Sutcliffe, Hamishi Farah, Stewart Home, Isable Waidner, Clunie Reid, and Marcus Coates.
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UPDATE RE COVID-19: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Book Works, who are a National Portfolio Organisation supported by Arts Council England, will continue to follow ACE guidelines and updates closely to support its staff, artists, clients and readers. BOOK WORKS STUDIO has been close during April but will start to operate from 1 May. The … Continued
Book Works Presents #1
An occasional series of online readings, performances and more from Book Works artists and authors in isolation.
#1: Bridget Penney reads from her new novel Licorice
Book Works is Open!
UPDATE RE COVID-19: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Book Works, who are a National Portfolio Organisation supported by Arts Council England, will be following ACE guidelines and updates closely and taking the following action to support its staff, artists, clients and readers. BOOK WORKS STUDIO is now closed until further notice. We are still able … Continued
Interstices–a new open call for submissions
Commissioning editor: Bridget Penney. This open call is now closed. Theme‘Interstices are very small spaces “standing between” solid objects. Sometimes so minute the eye passes straight over them, yet a beam of light directed through an interstice has the potential to illuminate in an unexpected way. Interstices simultaneously divide and connect what surrounds them. They … Continued
PAST EVENT
Licorice book launch and screening at The Horse Hospital
Book Works and Bridget Penney present an evening of screenings, readings and music at The Horse Hospital on 27 February 2020 to launch new novel Licorice and the Interstices series. Readings from Bridget Penney, Claire Makhlouf Carter and Timothy Thorton.
Back in stock!
A small selection of our OUT OF PRINT titles are available for a limited time only! BACK IN STOCK!! Out of print projects by: Arts Against Cuts, Michèle Bernstein, Michael Dean, Jeremy Deller, Luca Frei, Maria Fusco, Liam Gillick, Stewart Home, Bridget Penney and more are available until we run out of copies! When they’re … Continued
The Happy Hypocrite 12: Without Reduction – open call for contributions
A wide open call for submissions to the final Happy Hypocrite issue, edited by the journal’s founder Maria Fusco