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COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

CALLS FOR ARTISTS FOR 2009
CALL FOR ENTRIES

The Caseroom Press is calling for entries for a future publication and Anthology of Typewriter Art. All work produced on, with or by typewriters is eligible for entry in the book. Info : info@the-case.co.uk / www.the-case.co.uk/Typewriter.html

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EXHIBITIONS and FAIRS IN 2009
PRINT BIENNALE, UK Northern Print Biennale, UK
Dates: 26 June to 4 October 2009
www.northernprint.org.uk
Northern Print is based at Stepney Bank, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne
Opening Times: Wed to Fri 11am to 5pm, Sat 12 to 4pm
BOOK FAIR, UK

Small Publishers Fair 2009
Friday 13 Nov 2009 11am to 7pm
Saturday 14 Nov 2009 11 to 7pm

Venue: Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1, UK
Cost of a table will be 135.00 (Sterling Pounds)
To book a table contact Martin Rogers: http://rgap.co.uk

FAIR, CODEX

INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS BOOK AND FINE PRESS BOOK FAIR AND CODEX SYMPOSIUM 2009

Theme: Considering the book as a work of art
For more information regarding registration see: www.codexfoundation.org

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INFORMATION
EXPERIMENTAL LETTERPRESS WORKSHOP, LONDON, UK

The Experimental Letterpress Workshop was established in 2006 by Alexander Cooper and Rose Gridneff, a Graphic Design/Book Arts collaboration, who seek to challenge the boundaries of letterpress whilst respecting its traditions.

You can view their new blog site at:
www.experimentalletterpressworkshop.blogspot.com

DATABASE of ARTISTS BOOKS

Artists' Book Database launched on the V&A website

The National Art Library (NAL) at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London has recently launched a visual database of artists' books featuring a selection of objects from the collection. The database currently features over 100 objects from the collection of over 5000 artists books held at the library. The visual database can be viewed at:

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/prints_books/artists_books/database/index.php
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CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
PUBLICATIONS AND ONLINE LINKS
THE BLUE NOTEBOOK

The Blue Notebook: Journal for artists' books Vol 3 No 1: October 2008 is out now

Essays by: Robyn Sassen considers the apartheid army as an unexpected incubator for artists’ books in South Africa; Dr Anne Hammond examines non-narrative sequence in photographic books; Your Turn: experiments in narrative and play is co-written by Patricia Allmer, Jonathan Carson, Rosie Miller and John Sears, exploring the book as a site for game-playing and storytelling; Kyoko Tachibana writes about the current state of book arts in Japan, where graphic design is prevalent, and artists’ books are often considered to be “designed” by artists; Danny Flynn shares his experiments with laser cutting acrylic to replace wood and metal type for letterpress print; and Tate Shaw’s Enfolded by Holes, considers the implications of our relationship with the open book.

Artists’ pages by: David Faithfull, Nick Thurston, Sandy Christie, Baysan Yüksel, E F Stevens, seekers of lice and Carson & Miller.
Cover, sticker and badge design by Beth White, with illustrations by Penny White.
Subscribe at: http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/bnotebk.htm

ONLINE FORUM Robert Heather has launched a new book arts forum site: Artist Books 3.0 for artists, curators, librarians, students and researchers interested in artists books and the book arts. You can browse discussions and events or join at http://artistbooks.ning.com
AMERICAN ARTISTS BOOKS

Bertram Rota Limited has produced a new, finely illustrated catalogue of American Artists Books which you can download from: http://bertramrota.co.uk

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PEEP! QUARTERLY A new publication of art and writing. Open submission. No poetry. The intention is to distribute it internationally, to create a community on paper. First issue due February 2008. Each issue will be black and white, colour cover, free inserts/gifts. The initial run is expected to be 200 copies and ideally we want to double that with each subsequent issue. We have no funding, this is all self-published. We do plan to sell the publication and any profit is going to be put back into the project and the PEEP! gallery. All mail art will be shown at PEEP! gallery in 2008:

http://bobmilner.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/29/

Bob and Tom, 6 Savile Drive, Horbury WF4 6JP, England.

www.milktwosugars.org / www.creaturemag.com
ARTIST'S BOOK YEARBOOK 2008 - 2009

Now available from the University of the West of England
Contact Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk for an electronic subscription form
Order online at www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/bookpub.htm
Information and listings sections of book artists, organisations, collections, book fairs, events, etc.
Plus essays by various book artists

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