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…process. With you, we want to build a community of support that can help develop the ambitions of this commissioning platform, giving further opportunities to artists, writers and readers. Drawn…

Marianne Keating
2024
£40.00 + VAT

…and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and of all its…

Simon Grennan
2018
£14.95

…her work was habitually disguised, emasculated, overwritten and stolen. After her death, her male collaborators took the opportunity to erase her from history. They almost succeeded. In 2017, Simon Grennan…

Inventory
2018
£12.00

…thinks and feels, that are quietly acknowledged in private, but that rarely manifest themselves as collectively organised opposition and concrete action. Lying beneath these writings is an insistent attack upon…

Book Works Studio
2021
Forthcoming

A seven week course in hand boxmaking. Students will have the opportunity to learn hand boxmaking techniques including two-part box making, clamshell style box making, folded card slipcase and hinged…

Sophia Al-Maria
2019
Out of print

…Theory of Fiction’; opposing ‘the linear, progressive, Time’s-(killing)-arrow mode of the Techno-Heroic.’ Encompassing more than a decade of work, Sad Sack tracks Al-Maria’s speculative journey as a writer, from the…

Michael Dean
2015
Out of print

…with a personalised form of writing, which gives the opportunity of animating the artwork. Here the book operates as a form of sculpture, inscribed with both a personal and bodily…

Book Works Studio
2021
Forthcoming

…pre- booked to suit your needs and can cater for up to 8 students at a time. The workshops take place at Book Works giving the students the opportunity to…

Mel Jackson
1997
Out of print

…House Library, University of London. This research was initiated as part of the Book Works’ project Library Relocations. The Brazen Oracle looks at two apparently opposing ways of viewing the…

Laure Prouvost
2013
Out of print

…explores the processes of narrative, translation and reflection, and the substantial mis-communications, cultural slippages, inventive opportunities and transformations inherent to these processes. Each mis-translation allows a new episode or incident…

Bridget Penney
2020
£12.00

…stopping. Licorice, a reclusive middle-aged filmmaker, has only a brief window of opportunity to realise her long-cherished film project about the story of Nan Kemp. A grisly story of infanticide,…

Nathan Coley
2004
£12.50

…space meets the wilderness. ‘… I had this idea about opposites − urban space on one hand, and the wilderness on the other. I thought if I could get to…

Mark Geffriaud
2012
£8.00

…The Curve of Forgotten Things takes the reader and writer on two opposite journeys, from the preface and in reverse from the postface. Each frame, or briefly meet halfway, a…

Sophia Al-Maria
2024
£19.95

…and Dearests.’   Sad Sack is a book of collected writing by Sophia Al-Maria, taking feminist inspiration from Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1986 essay ‘The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction’; opposing ‘the…

Ruth Ewan
2012
£10.00

…Projects East. CREATE is a socially focused arts agency, rooted in east London and aims to open up exciting opportunities for artists to work with their neighbours in east London….

Olivia Plender
2007
£11.95

…to political campaigns, particularly the anti-slavery movement, working class protests and the campaign for women’s suffrage. Assuming the role of the medium, women found a unique opportunity to give political…

Avis Newman
1993
Out of print

Avis Newman is an artist whose practice takes many forms. Supplement represents an opportunity for Newman, whose work has persistently focused on the relationship between description and knowledge to address…

Arts Against Cuts
2015
Out of print

…an experimental negativity, pushing beyond a mimetic economy bound to the targets it seeks to oppose. It may not work as intended, though no more sleep will be lost over…

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2017
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…of the challenges that artists can make to the status quo. For each of the commissioned artists, the opportunity to explore existing freedoms, those in jeopardy, or those yet to…

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This position is no longer available Job Opportunity – Editor, Book Works (3 days per week) Salary: £35,000 (pro-rata £21,000 ) per annum Permanent Contract, probation period 8 weeks Location:…

Please note that this role has noe been filled. Sales Assistant, Book Works (1 day per week) Salary: £30,000 (pro-rata £6,000 per annum) Permanent contract (probation period 8 weeks) Location:…

Deadline for applications: 28 November 2016 Interviews 14 December 2016 Start date: week starting 9 January 2017 Book Works is a leading arts commissioning organisation with a unique role as…

*** This course is full. Please check the website for our Monday evening course. *** A nine week Bookbinding for Beginners Evening Course on Wednesdays. Students will have the opportunity…

…Guin’s 1986 essay ‘The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction’; opposing ‘the linear, progressive, Time’s-(killing)-arrow mode of the Techno-Heroic.’ Encompassing more than a decade of work, Sad Sack tracks Al-Maria’s speculative…

…with designers, some of whom we’ve worked with in the past. The format and topic will vary – we wanted to give designers the opportunity to present their work in…

Two nine week Bookbinding for Beginners Evening Courses on Mondays or Wednesdays. Students will have the opportunity to learn basic bookbinding and boxmaking techniques referring to a variety of historical…

A nine week Bookbinding & Boxmaking Evening Course on Mondays. Students will have the opportunity to learn hand bookbinding and boxmaking techniques including concertina binding, starbook with pop- up elements,…

Two nine week courses in hand bookbinding, on either Monday evening or Wednesday evening. Students will have the opportunity to learn basic bookbinding techniques through a variety of historical and…

News/Events
2021

We work with artists, writers and readers to commission new, ambitious and innovative work in the form of artists books through our publishing programme. Giving genuine opportunities to emerging artists…

*** Only few places left. *** A nine week Concertina & Boxmaking Evening Course on Wednesdays. Students will have the opportunity to learn hand bookbinding and boxmaking techniques including concertina…

…address, contact telephone number/skype contact. 4. A completed Equal Opportunities form (download below). 5. A registration fee of £10/£5. If you are on a low income, in receipt of benefits…

News/Events
2025

…cultural sector. Our Equal Opportunity Policy and other policies can be found here. If you require this information in any other format or want to submit your application in any…

News/Events
2020

…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, inside, out or however you…

…Nelson Mandela, opposite the bougie arts and crafts shop in the shopping arcade. She got her education there rather than at school, she says, not just about the conflict that…

A nine week Bookbinding for Beginners Evening Course on Wednesdays. Students will have the opportunity to learn hand bookbinding and boxmaking techniques including multi section binding, exposed spine books, Japanese…

…for Beginners Evening Course on Mondays. Students will have the opportunity to learn hand bookbinding and boxmaking techniques including multi section binding, exposed spine books, Japanese style binding and slipcase…

…Following Scan Will Last Five Minutes (Pavilion, 2019). Most recently, she has translated Marsman’s novel, The Opposite of a Person (Daunt Books, 2022). She is currently working on new poetry and prose. Tickets…

…print. On the Friday at 3.30pm, Book Works will host a panel discussion to discuss arts, activism, institutional silence and cultural opposition to genocide, with Saeed Taji Farouky (Cultural Alliance…

Two nine week courses in hand bookbinding, on either Monday evening or Wednesday evening. Students will have the opportunity to learn basic bookbinding techniques through a variety of historical and…

News/Events
2011

A nine week course in hand bookbinding. Students will have the opportunity to learn basic bookbinding techniques through a variety of historical and contemporary styles, and to use conventional and…

…with designers, many of whom we’ve worked with in the past. The format and topic vary – we want to give designers the opportunity to present their work in whichever…

A nine week course in hand bookbinding. Students will have the opportunity to learn basic bookbinding techniques through a variety of historical and contemporary styles, and to use conventional and…

…Katrina Palmer, Arrhythmia is a new series that offers an opportunity for artists and writers whose work explores ideas of being out of joint with the predominant social order, whether through disrupted…

…Jane pioneered an approach to commissioning that gave opportunities to young artists to publish their own work, and also to curators and editors such as Matthew Higgs, Stefan Kalmár, Sara…

…bookbinding. Students will have the opportunity to learn basic bookbinding techniques through a variety of historical and contemporary styles, and to use conventional and unconventional binding materials. There will also…

…of whom we’ve worked with in the past. The format and topic will vary – we wanted to give designers the opportunity to present their work in whichever way they…

News/Events
2001

Book Works Projects/Open House 1998-2001 has given curators the opportunity to work in partnership with Book Works to commission, develop and promote innovative new practices. Initiated to encourage an active…

A new eight-week bookbinding class run by the Book Works Studio begins on 9th May and places are still available. Taught by Ina Baumeister, students will have the opportunity to…

…overwritten and stolen. After her death, her male collaborators took the opportunity to erase her from history. They almost succeeded. Recently, Grennan has been instrumental in bringing Duval’s work back…

…organised, with Book Works, this event to give the opportunity to publishers and writers to explore a shared territory of art, writing, and publishing with those working in similar ways….

Book Works has a long history of championing artists at early or pivotal stages of their careers, often those who are without other institutional support. Giving genuine opportunity to new…

…format and topic vary – we want to give designers the opportunity to present their work in whichever way they wanted to. In some cases designers are in conversation with…

A nine week courses in hand bookbinding. Students will have the opportunity to learn basic bookbinding techniques through a variety of historical and contemporary styles, and to use conventional and…

…and topic will vary – we wanted to give designers the opportunity to present their work in whichever way they choose. In some cases designers will be in conversation with…

A nine week course in hand bookbinding. Students will have the opportunity to learn hand bookbinding and boxmaking techniques including multi section binding, exposed spine books, Japanese style binding, concertina…

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…and promoting the organisation. Tess Denman-Cleaver (Chair) Maria Amidu Nick Brown Taghrid Choucair-Vizoso Aliya Gulamani Gerrie van Noord Policies The following policies are available to download. Equal Opportunities Book Works…

Book Works gives unique opportunities to emerging artists, and supports experimental publishing Join our Readers Club £5 per month / £50 annual Join here Become a Supporter £10 per month /…

…artists, curators, editors, writers and designers who are considering or developing a book project. These meetings offer the opportunity to discuss the conceptual and technical issues of book production, design,…

https://vimeo.com/468449847 A nine week course in bookbinding taught by Ina Baumeister. Students will have the opportunity to learn hand bookbinding techniques which can later be applied to their own work….

https://vimeo.com/468450486 A three week course in hand boxmaking. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to make a half solander box with a magnetic flap closure. All materials and…