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COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

COURSES and
WORKSHOPS
Book arts workshops for beginners at Craft Central, Farrindon, London, UK
A series of three day workshops to explore book making as an artistic activity
Dates: 27 to 29 July 2009 / 31 July to 2 Aug 2009/ 17 to 19 Aug 2009
21 to 23 Aug, 2009

Venue: Craft Central, 33 - 34 St John Square, Farringdon, London
www.craftcentral.org.uk

COURSES and
WORKSHOPS
Courses in screenprinting and bookbinding at Snap, Bristol, UK
Dates: Contact Snap Studio for dates and times
Snap Studio, 20 -21 Lower Park Row, Bristol BS1 5BN, UK
snap@snapstudio.org.uk/snapstudio.org.uk
Tel: 0117 3763 564
COURSES and
WORKSHOPS

Artists Book Summer School in Edinburgh, Scotland
This week long course is suitable for those with or without previous experience of making books
Venue: Jenny Smith's Studio in Edinburgh's New Town
Dates: Mon 27 to Fri 31 July 2009
To book a place: contact Jenny Smith - jennnysm@blueyonder.co.uk
www.jennysmith.org.uk

Tel: 0771 3901 730

COURSES and
WORKSHOPS
Bookmaking Weekend at Badger Press, UK
Dates: 27 to 28 June, 2009
With Ciara Healy
Venue: The Badger Press, Open Access Printmaking Studio,
Unit 4, Claylands Road Industrial Estate
Bishops Waltham, SO32 1BH, UK
www.badgerpress.org/info@
badgerpress.org
Tel: 01489 892127
COURSES and
WORKSHOPS
Bookbinding for artists: One Week Masterclass with Guy Begbie
Dates: Mon 13 to Fri 17 July, 2009
In this five day course both traditional and unorthodox bookbinding structures will be taught. The course is appropriate for people with or without previous experience
Price: £300 per person (lunch vouchers, teas and coffees included)
Venue: University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk

COURSES and
WORKSHOPS

A 5-day Masterclass in pulp-printing, Bristol, UK
With Tim Mosely of Silverwattle Press, Australia
Venue: University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Monday 7th - Friday 11th September 2009

For this Masterclass, Tim will lead attendees through the process of pulp-printing, to create their own sheets of pulp printed text and images.
This class is for medium to advanced papermakers to learn the process for use in their own papermaking studios.
For an idea of how pulp-printing works, see www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/ausgal1.htm#4 and click on any of the images, this shows the process from start to finish at Southern Cross University.
Each papermaker in the class will need to bring their own mould & deckle no larger than A3, they will also need to bring a matching deckle box that uses a silkscreen frame as the mould of the deckle box, the silk screen frame should be stretched with 77t mesh. The screen will be needed by participants after the class to pulp print in their own papermaking studios. Participants can also bring extra silkscreen mesh to the workshop. Participants will also need to bring any text or drawings they want to generate into paper imagery.

This specialist masterclass is limited to a maximum of 10 students.
The cost for the week is £330, which includes all materials (except screens/mesh), lunch, teas and coffees.
There is a 20% discount available on our short courses for all full-time students, senior citizens, unwaged, UWE Staff and alumni members (proof required for all concessions).
To book - or for more information please visit: http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/cpd.htm

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CALLS FOR ARTISTS FOR 2009
CALL FOR ENTRIES Call for Submissions - 2nd Sheffield Artist's Book Prize at Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, UK
This is an open call for entries for this book prize.
Closing date for submissions is 31 August 2009
Information : prize@bankstreetarts.com
CALL FOR ENTRIES Call for Book Art Submissions:

“Micro-Pages” is a project that aims to start a conversation about the issues surrounding the display of artists’ books.
Selected artists' books will be turned into a reel of microfilm for a touring exhibition. The work will be accessed through microfilm reader machines in participating libraries and archive centres. The touring exhibition will include Bristol UWE Library and Winchester School of Art Library in Autumn/Winter 2009.
Your book work should relate to the history of artists’ books, and/or history of libraries and archives; and should question, challenge or highlight the issues involved in displaying artists’ books.

Please take into consideration that the microfilm will be in black and white only and sculptural books will not be considered. The work should be no larger than A4 (210 x 297mm) and no smaller than A6 (105 × 148mm), and should be no longer than 30 pages. If you have any questions please email us: abi-thomas@hotmail.co.uk

Deadline: Please submit pictures of your books for consideration no later than 30th April 2009. (Your finished book must be submitted by 31st May 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
ARTISTS BOOK FAIR Liverpool Artists' Book Fair 2009, UK
Sat 20 and Sun 21 June 2009
Hours: Sat 12 to 6pm, Sun 12 to 5pm, Admission Free
Venue: A Foundation 67 Greenland Street, Liverpool L1 OBY, UK
Tel: 0151 706 0600
PRINT BIENNALE 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 EXHIBITION, UK The House of Words, an exhibition of interventions and installations by various artists
2 June to 29 August 2009
Dr Johnson's House, 17 Gough Square, London EC4, UK
Tel: 0207 353 3745
www.drjohnsonshouse.org
Open Mon to Sat 11 to 5.30 pm
BOOK SHOW, UK MA Book Arts, Camberwell College of Arts,
Peckham Road, London SE5 8UF, UK
www.camberwell.arts.ac.uk
Dates: 15 to 19 July 2009
Wed: 15 - Fri 17 July (10am to 7pm)
Sat 18 July to Sun 19 July (11am to 4pm)
BOOK SHOW, UK

Book Arts and Crafts BA Graduate Show at:
London College of Communications
Eckersley Gallery, Elephant & Castle, London SE1, UK
Dates: Tue 9 June to Fri 12 June
Private view: Tues 9 June 6 to 8pm. All welcome

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

BOOK FAIR, UK

The Whitechapel Art Book Fair, London, UK

Dates: 25, 26, 27 September 2009.

To apply contact Hannah Vaughan: HannahVaughan@whitechapel.org
Tel +44 (0) 20 7522 7862

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
CONFERENCE, UK

University of the West of England, Bristol will host a 2 day conference exploring artists books

Traditional and emerging formats of artists’ books: Where do we go from here?

Dates: 9th and 10th July 2009

Venue: at the School of Creative Arts, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. 10am – 5pm each day.

We are seeking papers and members for discussion panels for a two-day conference we will be hosting on 9th and 10th July 2009. We invite artists, academics, students, presses, publishers, curators, dealers and collectors to submit abstracts for papers and discussion topics, based upon the title of the conference: Traditional and emerging formats of artists’ books: Where do we go from here? There will be a total of twelve papers presented over the two days and two discussion sessions for which we are seeking the abstracts to be refereed.

Speakers who are selected by the referees will not be paid to present a paper so we encourage participants to apply for funding elsewhere. The funding from the AHRC will be used to subsidise the cost of attending the conference to allow as many delegates as possible to join in.

Attendance will cost £20 or £10 for students for both days, and includes lunch and refreshments. These fees will be waived for speakers/panel members. If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Please send abstracts of no more than 500 words and a copy of your current CV by 31st January 2009 to:

Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden
Centre for Fine Print Research
School of Creative Arts
University of the West of England
Kennel Lodge Road
Bristol
BS3 2JT, UK
Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk / Tom.Sowden@uwe.ac.uk
www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/canon.htm

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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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