UCL Art Librarian
@uclartlibrarian.bsky.social
Located at UCL Main Library and UCL Special Collections. History & theory of fine art, film, sound, artists' magazines, artists' books, alternative presses, word/image.
Due to illness we have unfortunately had to cancel this event. We hope to reschedule for Spring 2026.
In 2025 UCL Special Collections celebrates 60 years of collecting small press. This year also marks 50 years of publishing by Coracle Press @coracle.bsky.social
Join us for a birthday bash!
12 November
17:00 - 20:00
Free & open to all / booking essential.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-continu...
Join us for a birthday bash!
12 November
17:00 - 20:00
Free & open to all / booking essential.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-continu...
We continue to wave a small handkerchief at the world: Coracle Press @ 50
Join us to celebrate 50 years of Coracle Press!
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November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Due to illness we have unfortunately had to cancel this event. We hope to reschedule for Spring 2026.
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In 2025 UCL Special Collections celebrates 60 years of collecting small press. This year also marks 50 years of publishing by Coracle Press @coracle.bsky.social
Join us for a birthday bash!
12 November
17:00 - 20:00
Free & open to all / booking essential.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-continu...
Join us for a birthday bash!
12 November
17:00 - 20:00
Free & open to all / booking essential.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-continu...
We continue to wave a small handkerchief at the world: Coracle Press @ 50
Join us to celebrate 50 years of Coracle Press!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In 2025 UCL Special Collections celebrates 60 years of collecting small press. This year also marks 50 years of publishing by Coracle Press @coracle.bsky.social
Join us for a birthday bash!
12 November
17:00 - 20:00
Free & open to all / booking essential.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-continu...
Join us for a birthday bash!
12 November
17:00 - 20:00
Free & open to all / booking essential.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-continu...
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Directed by writer and artist Erica Van Horn and poet, artist and editor Simon Cutts, Coracle is a printer-publisher and editor of spaces based in Tipperary. They return to #smallpublishersfair25 on 24 /25 October: this year's exhibition also draws on several decades of work by Erica Van Horn.
October 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Directed by writer and artist Erica Van Horn and poet, artist and editor Simon Cutts, Coracle is a printer-publisher and editor of spaces based in Tipperary. They return to #smallpublishersfair25 on 24 /25 October: this year's exhibition also draws on several decades of work by Erica Van Horn.
Happy National Poetry Day! For more information on the @uclspeccoll.bsky.social Poetry Store visit www.ucl.ac.uk/library/spec...
October 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Happy National Poetry Day! For more information on the @uclspeccoll.bsky.social Poetry Store visit www.ucl.ac.uk/library/spec...
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This year's exhibition at Small Publishers Fair (24 & 25 October) draws on several decades of work by artist and writer Erica Van Horn, who has been a participant at the Fair since the beginning.
Details of the exhibition can be found here:
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/exhibition-2...
Details of the exhibition can be found here:
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/exhibition-2...
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This year's exhibition at Small Publishers Fair (24 & 25 October) draws on several decades of work by artist and writer Erica Van Horn, who has been a participant at the Fair since the beginning.
Details of the exhibition can be found here:
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/exhibition-2...
Details of the exhibition can be found here:
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/exhibition-2...
We're really excited to be working with Monitor Books as our inaugural @uclspeccoll.bsky.social Small Press in Residence! www.ucl.ac.uk/library/coll...
2025 Small Press in Residence at UCL Special Collections
Monitor Books is the 2025 UCL Small Press in Residence. They are developing a publishing project that engages with our collections and will feed into our small press 60th anniversary celebrations
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September 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We're really excited to be working with Monitor Books as our inaugural @uclspeccoll.bsky.social Small Press in Residence! www.ucl.ac.uk/library/coll...
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Small Publishers Fair returns to London's Conway Hall
next month, with 66 UK & international publishers, a special exhibition, and readings & talks. More details soon.
Fri 24 & Sat 25 October (11am-7pm)
FREE, all welcome
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL smallpublishersfair.co.uk
next month, with 66 UK & international publishers, a special exhibition, and readings & talks. More details soon.
Fri 24 & Sat 25 October (11am-7pm)
FREE, all welcome
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL smallpublishersfair.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Small Publishers Fair returns to London's Conway Hall
next month, with 66 UK & international publishers, a special exhibition, and readings & talks. More details soon.
Fri 24 & Sat 25 October (11am-7pm)
FREE, all welcome
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL smallpublishersfair.co.uk
next month, with 66 UK & international publishers, a special exhibition, and readings & talks. More details soon.
Fri 24 & Sat 25 October (11am-7pm)
FREE, all welcome
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL smallpublishersfair.co.uk
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Photos from ‘Spineless Wonders and 60 years of Small Press at UCL’. It’s been a great exhibition by the Research Institute for Collections showcasing iconic presses from the 1960s and 1970s alongside recent acquisitions.
September 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Photos from ‘Spineless Wonders and 60 years of Small Press at UCL’. It’s been a great exhibition by the Research Institute for Collections showcasing iconic presses from the 1960s and 1970s alongside recent acquisitions.
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During July and August, ‘spineless’ items from our Small Press Collections are on display @senatehouselib.bsky.social and can be seen as part of the wider Spineless Wonders exhibition there.
Free & open to all!
Many thanks to our friends at Senate House for having us!
Image by Christos Fotelis
Free & open to all!
Many thanks to our friends at Senate House for having us!
Image by Christos Fotelis
July 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
During July and August, ‘spineless’ items from our Small Press Collections are on display @senatehouselib.bsky.social and can be seen as part of the wider Spineless Wonders exhibition there.
Free & open to all!
Many thanks to our friends at Senate House for having us!
Image by Christos Fotelis
Free & open to all!
Many thanks to our friends at Senate House for having us!
Image by Christos Fotelis
A small exhibition of material from the @uclspeccoll.bsky.social Small Press Collections is on at @senatehouselib.bsky.social until 31/8, complementary to their excellent Spineless Wonders. If you can't make it to SHL, here's a online guide to all the exhibits: sway.cloud.microsoft/tWg56jeuiFaQ...
Spineless Wonders and 60 years of Small Press at UCL
The 1960s was a period of unprecedented access to affordable printing technologies for writers, artists, and activists; commercial offset printing had become more economically viable and workplace tec
sway.cloud.microsoft
July 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A small exhibition of material from the @uclspeccoll.bsky.social Small Press Collections is on at @senatehouselib.bsky.social until 31/8, complementary to their excellent Spineless Wonders. If you can't make it to SHL, here's a online guide to all the exhibits: sway.cloud.microsoft/tWg56jeuiFaQ...
Our amazing Cavan McCarthy / Tlaloc archive in @uclspeccoll.bsky.social has been catalogued by our brilliant Archives and Records Management placement student. All the deets here: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Cavan McCarthy Archive | UCL UCL Special Collections
UCL Homepage
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May 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Our amazing Cavan McCarthy / Tlaloc archive in @uclspeccoll.bsky.social has been catalogued by our brilliant Archives and Records Management placement student. All the deets here: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
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Listen, put down that copy of Hello! and take a trip through the wilder side of magazines. We'll be exploring the inky world of alternative publishing: poets, artists, innovators and visionaries. 23rd May in London - still places left and not much time to register. Please SHARE SHARE SHARE!
May 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Listen, put down that copy of Hello! and take a trip through the wilder side of magazines. We'll be exploring the inky world of alternative publishing: poets, artists, innovators and visionaries. 23rd May in London - still places left and not much time to register. Please SHARE SHARE SHARE!
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THIS THIS THIS!
Interested in artists' magazines, experimental poetry journals and countercultural press? This one-day course on 23rd May explores some of UCLs most out-there periodicals. Sign up here: ies.sas.ac.uk/events/magaz...
Magazines, Art and Experiment
ies.sas.ac.uk
April 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
THIS THIS THIS!
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Interested in artists' magazines, experimental poetry journals and countercultural press? This one-day course on 23rd May explores some of UCLs most out-there periodicals. Sign up here: ies.sas.ac.uk/events/magaz...
Magazines, Art and Experiment
ies.sas.ac.uk
April 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Interested in artists' magazines, experimental poetry journals and countercultural press? This one-day course on 23rd May explores some of UCLs most out-there periodicals. Sign up here: ies.sas.ac.uk/events/magaz...
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Its #nationalpoetrymonth , so download free PDFs of everything i've written:
derekbeaulieu.ca/pdfs/
(or please do support the publishers & buy a book: derekbeaulieu.ca/buy-my-work/ )
derekbeaulieu.ca/pdfs/
(or please do support the publishers & buy a book: derekbeaulieu.ca/buy-my-work/ )
April 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Its #nationalpoetrymonth , so download free PDFs of everything i've written:
derekbeaulieu.ca/pdfs/
(or please do support the publishers & buy a book: derekbeaulieu.ca/buy-my-work/ )
derekbeaulieu.ca/pdfs/
(or please do support the publishers & buy a book: derekbeaulieu.ca/buy-my-work/ )
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Come hang out with me, @uclspeccoll.bsky.social and @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social as our first ever Small Press in Residence. £5,000 to spend flexibly, access to collections, and some super facilities: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Call for a Small Press in Residence at UCL Special Collections | UCL UCL Special Collections
UCL Homepage
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
March 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Come hang out with me, @uclspeccoll.bsky.social and @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social as our first ever Small Press in Residence. £5,000 to spend flexibly, access to collections, and some super facilities: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
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Very good contextual piece on DSH.
New article on Dom Sylvester Houédard's visual poetry up @artukdotorg.bsky.social artuk.org/discover/sto...
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Very good contextual piece on DSH.
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10 days to go until the first Spineless Wonders event at Aberystwyth School of Art!
14 Mar: Conversing, traversing, translating the collection
& Off The Shelf–Performing The Collection
15 Mar: Workshop, creative writing & making
Info & booking 🔗👇
shorturl.at/By0c7
14 Mar: Conversing, traversing, translating the collection
& Off The Shelf–Performing The Collection
15 Mar: Workshop, creative writing & making
Info & booking 🔗👇
shorturl.at/By0c7
Spineless Wonders at Aberystwyth School of Art
Spineless Wonders Exhibition of Small Press Publications, Words and Images: Re:Collection: Out of the Collection: School of Art, (SOA) Aberystwyth University, also runs 10 March–6 May 2025 (check Abe...
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March 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
10 days to go until the first Spineless Wonders event at Aberystwyth School of Art!
14 Mar: Conversing, traversing, translating the collection
& Off The Shelf–Performing The Collection
15 Mar: Workshop, creative writing & making
Info & booking 🔗👇
shorturl.at/By0c7
14 Mar: Conversing, traversing, translating the collection
& Off The Shelf–Performing The Collection
15 Mar: Workshop, creative writing & making
Info & booking 🔗👇
shorturl.at/By0c7
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IAS Conference: Audiences, Publics, Experience: Rethinking Music Reception
6-7 March, UCL
Drawing together musicology, anthropology, psychology as well as sound, media, and cultural studies, the conference aims to progress foundational research on music reception today.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
6-7 March, UCL
Drawing together musicology, anthropology, psychology as well as sound, media, and cultural studies, the conference aims to progress foundational research on music reception today.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
IAS Conference: Audiences, Publics, Experience: Rethinking Music Reception
Drawing together musicology, anthropology, psychology as well as sound, media, and cultural studies, the conference aims to progress foundational research on music reception today.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
IAS Conference: Audiences, Publics, Experience: Rethinking Music Reception
6-7 March, UCL
Drawing together musicology, anthropology, psychology as well as sound, media, and cultural studies, the conference aims to progress foundational research on music reception today.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
6-7 March, UCL
Drawing together musicology, anthropology, psychology as well as sound, media, and cultural studies, the conference aims to progress foundational research on music reception today.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
We had such a great day at our @uclspeccoll.bsky.social event last week celebrating 60 years of small press and mimeography at UCL. Thanks to everyone who came along and got stuck in. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/coll...
February 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We had such a great day at our @uclspeccoll.bsky.social event last week celebrating 60 years of small press and mimeography at UCL. Thanks to everyone who came along and got stuck in. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/coll...
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On March 7th we're doing an International Women's Day edition of our Bloomsbury Open Morning! Come see some rare books and archives related to the history of women's suffrage and the continuing fight for women's rights.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-morni...
#London #RareBooks #Archives
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-morni...
#London #RareBooks #Archives
February 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
On March 7th we're doing an International Women's Day edition of our Bloomsbury Open Morning! Come see some rare books and archives related to the history of women's suffrage and the continuing fight for women's rights.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-morni...
#London #RareBooks #Archives
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-morni...
#London #RareBooks #Archives
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download PDFs of Poor.Old.Tired.Horse (1962-68), one of the most important visual poetry magazines internationally. (courtesy @ubuweb.bsky.social : www.ubu.com/vp/Poor.Old....)
February 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
download PDFs of Poor.Old.Tired.Horse (1962-68), one of the most important visual poetry magazines internationally. (courtesy @ubuweb.bsky.social : www.ubu.com/vp/Poor.Old....)
The next Spineless Wonders event takes place on Friday 14th March. 'Conversing, traversing, translating the collection' - online via Zoom, 2pm–4:30pm. Exhibition, readings, and performances in person at Aberystwyth School of Art. Book here: www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/events...
Slade School of Fine Art - Spineless Wonders at Aberystwyth School of Art
Free, book via Eventbrite.
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February 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The next Spineless Wonders event takes place on Friday 14th March. 'Conversing, traversing, translating the collection' - online via Zoom, 2pm–4:30pm. Exhibition, readings, and performances in person at Aberystwyth School of Art. Book here: www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/events...
Join us for a free day of mimeo printing, talks, and performance in celebration of 60 years of small press collecting at UCL: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-revolu...
The revolution will be stencilled! Mimeography and Small Press at UCL
Join us for a day of mimeo printing and talks in celebration of 60 years of small press collecting at UCL.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Join us for a free day of mimeo printing, talks, and performance in celebration of 60 years of small press collecting at UCL: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-revolu...
If you're interested in dsh we have many fabulous examples in the UCL Small Press Collections: library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/art/special-... UCL Special Collections are open to all.
January 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
If you're interested in dsh we have many fabulous examples in the UCL Small Press Collections: library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/art/special-... UCL Special Collections are open to all.