I've pledged my support to SAVE JAMAICA STREET STUDIOS! Check it out crowdfunder.co.uk/p/99b3b536dd19… crowdfunder.co.uk/p/jss?utm_sour…

tomorrow morning, 10.45am in the MacAulay Suite, Tate Modern. if you're coming in for Offprint London or the national match for Palestine why not swing by first?!

Congratulations Ian Chamberlain RWA, RE on winning the West Yorkshire Print Workshop Flourish Award for Excellence in Printmaking 2024! A lovely piece of news to share at UWE Bristol too:

Kicking off the Saturday of Offprint London with a reading/performance by artist/writer/medium Alice Walter, reading from her incredible debut novel The Medium.

10.45am in the McAulay Studio, Tate Modern, followed by a signing at the Book Works stall bookworks.org.uk/news/alice-wal…

Join us for the FREE online launch of Arachne Press🕷️’ JOY//US: Poems of Queer Joy this Friday 17 May at 7pm ( #IDAHOBIT )! A flock of queer poets will be reading their poems from the anthology in a joyous virtual publication day celebration! Tickets here – outsavvy.com/event/18848/jo…

'Swoop, Sing, Perch, Paddle' #exhibition by Carry Akroyd opens 4pm on 8th June at Shandy Hall laurencesternetrust.org.uk/event/swoop-si… #birds #wildlife #art #CarryAkroyd #ShandyHall #wildlife art

Happy World Collage Day! Check out the Kolaj Institute website: kolajinstitute.org/worldcollageda… I'm very lucky to be collaborating with Roelof Bakker on a collage project we'll launch on WCD next year. In the meantime, here's one (well, a few) I prepared earlier for KART's open call.

Our exhibition of letterpress works is open in the beautiful roof space of Salts Mill every weekend in May. Hope you can get along.

BABE is getting closer - here are some pics of exhibitors and works. We have 100+ artists, presses and publishers showing over the weekend of 29 - 30 June plus a free talks programme, some workshops, exhibitions, food and drink. Come along! More info here: bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2024/

The 3 new pieces join the first 9 in the series by Greg Thomas/Oo Press psw - @[email protected] derek beaulieu #LilaMatsumoto Danni Storm Dr Imogen Reid #LeonardMcDermid #ImiMaufe & Chris McCabe
More details at juliejohnstone.com/essence-press/…

News of an informal affair to launch the latest Clod Magazine issue (no.39 - £4). A night of unspoken word, wall-staring, pub drinks, salt snack, small chat, and where better than the Brickies in High Town,Luton!
#luton #smallpublisher #fanzine #departurelounge #revolutonarts

A new Oo poem-postcard pair launches today! We have:

👉Lila Matsumoto's prose-card *your dangerous shoe*
👉Jeff Hilson's photo of Bob Cobbing's rewilded photocopier (in Hugh Metcalfe's garden).

£7.50 the pair incl. postage or £5 each

Buy here or DM me oo-press.com/postcard-poems

My summer workshop at the Poetry School has some places free. It's a supportive group who offer reaction and advice reflective of a range of aesthetic approaches, always an astute but friendly bunch! More details here.

poetryschool.com/courses/advanc…

RT from VisComAUB 💙:

Chrystal Cherniwchan & Craig Tattersall have made an audio piece for World Book Night 2024 as well as their physical postcard. Profits from the Digital Album go to the RSPB, visit: umbrella-publishing.bandcamp.com/album/birdsong

REF. Publishing Fair

Wednesday 24 April 13–18
Thursday 25 April 13–18
Friday 26 April 13–16

At Galleri Konstfack

Org by Konstfack Graphic Design and Illustration students - reflection dialogue interaction - an opportunity to gather around print!

konstfack.se/sv/Aktuellt/Ka…

ATTENTION! We'll be launching #ColossiveCartographies 55 - the first #zine in Series Ten - later this week...

It's a beautiful piece of work by a very talented creator - and it covers a topic very close to our hearts...

I've blogged about my contribution to the Centre For Print Research World Book Night exhibition 'In Praise of Birds' - Thanks so much Jeremy Dixon Jeremy Dixon for *tweeting* about this callout! josephinecorcoran.org/2024/04/23/wor…

2 of 2: You can download the booklist here: bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/wbn2024/
Many thanks to all of the 200+ contributors who sent us their wonderful artworks for display and mail art swap this year.

Our WBN video is now live at:
youtube.com/watch?v=vNTcTm…
Happy World Book Night everyone!

1 of 2: Tonight is World Book Night. Our theme for 2024: In Praise of Birds - we received 250 postcards and book recommendations from national and international contributors, avid readers, birdspotters, bird call listeners. A full list of all the birds is on our project website…