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Sarah Bodman
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📚 Artists' Books projects CFPR | UWE Bristol: Artists' Book Yearbook, Book Arts Newsletter, Bristol Artist's Book Event | MA Fine Art Printmaking Subject Lead. https://linktr.ee/sarahbodman 📚
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Our graduate Ali Woozley is running a free workshop at Bower Ashton Library as part of her residency exhibition, all welcome:
Weds 26th Nov 12.30-1.30pm in the gallery area. Drop in and create your own Commemorative Blue Plaque - all materials provided. www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/aliwoozleyair/
Commemorative blue plaque celebrating a conversation with another student in the library. Commemorative blue plaque celebrating a visiting butterfly in the library.
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Our MA Printmaking alum Kei Wing is exhibiting with artist Jessie Tam here at Bower Ashton Library. Come and see 𝓛𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓥𝓪𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷, on show now until 3rd December 2025, ɢᴀʟʟᴇʀʏ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ, ʙᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴀꜱʜᴛᴏɴ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ, ꜰʀᴇᴇ ᴇɴᴛʀʏ - ᴡᴇᴇᴋᴅᴀʏꜱ, 9:00 - 17:00. 🌅 “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.” 🏖️
Poster for the exhibition: 𝓛𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓥𝓪𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 Kei Wing & Jessie Tam 10th November – 3rd December 2025 ɢᴀʟʟᴇʀʏ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ, ʙᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴀꜱʜᴛᴏɴ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ ꜰʀᴇᴇ ᴇɴᴛʀʏ - ᴡᴇᴇᴋᴅᴀʏꜱ, 9:00 - 17:00 Collaborative artwork by Kei Wing and Jessie Tam - painted fabric with the words long vacation in pastel colours.
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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We have a new display in the library vitrines of Future Fantasteek! #23 – You Love Libraries – When All the Books Are Gone by @jacbat.bsky.social & @jessyrandall.bsky.social
Find out more about their project at:
www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/ff23libraries/
Pics by Shaun Oaten at Bower Ashton Library.
Detail of the cover of a zine -Future Fantasteek! #23 – You Love Libraries – When All the Books Are Gone A vitrine displaying pages from the zine Future Fantasteek! #23 – You Love Libraries – When All the Books Are Gone
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Huge thanks to @tothemadpoets.bsky.social for an inspirational talk this week as part of his exhibition which was on show in our library. ‘How to read a book’ is on until 14th March 2026 at @porticolibrary.bsky.social Thank you so much Stephen, we all have many ideas bubbling away from your talk!
Stephen Emmerson reading from How to read a book. Stephen Emmerson reading from How to read a book.
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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World Book Night 2026 – The Mountains Are Calling…
WBN United Artists invite you to respond to a poem, text or book about mountains for an exhibition and mail art swap.
Deadline 3rd March 2026 - Early submissions very welcome. Find out more about WBN and download the full brief:
shorturl.at/Ti5lt
Four images of mountains from old postcards.
November 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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The first Wanstead Independent Book Fair - 1st November 2025 at Wanstead Library, E11 2RQ, UK. Organised by Julian Walker. 20+ tables of book artists, paper sculptors, zine makers, small presses, local authors, bespoke poets, concrete poets, readings, printing and more.
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A poster for the Wanstead Independent Book Fair - 1st November 2025 at Wanstead Library, E11 2RQ, UK
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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From Karen Guancione: The 31st Annual New Jersey Book Arts Symposium 'We the People' will be held at Archibald S. Alexander Library Rutgers, New Jersey, USA. Symposium & Exhibition: Friday 7th November 9:30 am - 5:00 pm. Free and open to all. Info at:
www.libraries.rutgers.edu/news/31st-an...
mage: Karen Guancione, Woven Stories, 2025, series of 20, mixed media, cut and woven protest signs, hand painted paper, packaging, antique sheet music, plastic, grommets, shipping tags and metal, 14 ½ inches x 9 ¾ inches.
October 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Join us on Tues 4th November 12.45 – 1.15 GMT for a free talk with artist @tothemadpoets.bsky.social as part of his exhibition How to read a book. Special Collections area of Bower Ashton Library, UWE Bristol. No booking needed just turn up, free event, all welcome. www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/howtoread/
Text from the installation by Stephen Emmerson for his exhibition 'How to read a book'.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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The latest Book Arts Newsletter No 169, November 2025 is ready for download at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newsletters/
63 pages of Exhibitions, Courses, Conferences, Lectures & Workshops, Opportunities, Events, New Artists' Publications, Reports & Stop Press! Cover: Boabooks, Geneva, Switzerland.
Cover page photo of Boabooks store in Geneva, Switzerland and front page of the Book Arts Newsletter No 169, November 2025 with exhibition info.
October 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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And if you are near to Munich then don't miss at superBOOKS this weekend. This weekend around 70 national and international artists, designers, publishers, and institutions, including universities, present their latest productions at Haus der Kunst.
www.hausderkunst.de/en/eintauche...
A poster for the superBOOKS event and fair in Munich this weekend featuring Uta Schneider and Ulrike Stoltz, at Haus der Kunst.
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Listings are open for the Artist’s Book Yearbook 2026-2027, it's a resource for artists, collectors, librarians, galleries, students, educators, publishers, researchers in artists’ books! Deadline to list 9th January 2026. All listings free. Download the form: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/artists-book...
Two cover designs for the Artist's Book Yearbook by Tom Sowden, and a sample page of artists' listings of their books.
October 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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GAIA - Dialogues between the book arts, natural sciences & plant humanities is on show at the Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book Arts, Wits Art Museum, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. You can view all of the artworks, see installation views, and download a catalogue at: shorturl.at/itFM7
A poster for an exhibition called GAIA - Dialogues between the book arts, natural sciences & plant humanities with a picture of a bird.
October 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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This weekend is BOP – Books on Photography – the annual photobook festival by Martin Parr Foundation held in Bristol, 11-12 October. The festival brings together a wide-ranging group of photobook publishers, artist talks, exhibitions, book signings, events etc. Free entry. bopbristol.org/bookfair/
An image showing an exhibitor at the Books on Photography Festival.
October 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Application forms are live now on babf.no for BABF2026 -

International artists and publishers have an early opportunity to apply by 15 Oct.

There is NO FEE to table at Bergen Art Book Fair. Full details on the website. Fair is 10 – 12 April 2026.
Poster for the Bergen Art Book Fair inviting international publishers to apply by 15 Oct. Fair is 10 – 12 April 2026.
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Impact Press will be at the Small Publishers Fair soon, 24-25 October at the Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London. @smallpublishers.bsky.social
We’ll be selling the Artist’s Book Yearbook 2024-2025 at a special price of £10 come along and get a copy!
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/publishers-2...
Invitation for the Small Publishers Fair - listing all exhibitors and the featured exhibition by Erica Van Horn. Cover Image of the Artist’s Book Yearbook 2024-2025 produced by Tom Sowden prompting DALL·E to design it.
October 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The new call for entries for the Herzog August Bibliothek Artist’s Book Prize 2026 is now open. Create a new work in response to the collection. Prize: €6,000 plus a four-week residency at HAB in Wolfenbüttel, Germany. Application deadline: 31st December 2025. Info at:
www.hab.de/en/artists-b...
Image: Acheiropoieta by Clifton Meador (2020). A picture of a woman from photographs in the collection, reworked in colour.
September 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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The Blue Notebook: Journal for artists’ books Volume 20 No 1, Autumn – Winter 2025 is now ready for free download at:
www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/blue-notebook/
Articles by Corina Reynolds, Abigail Reynolds, Ruth Hallinan, Christine (Cheng) Dong and Eliza Strong. Featured artist: Yunqi Peng.
Cover image: Yunqi Peng - a picture of a book with strips of coloured papers like bookmarks printed with text arranged inside it. Logo for the journal - a picture of a reporters notebook with text on the cover that says The Blue Notebook.
September 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Terrie Reddish and I recorded a talk for 'BIND25 - preserving the past and crafting the future', Association of Book Crafts New Zealand conference. We discuss aspects of bookmaking in all its forms and ways to get involved in the communities of its practices, at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XWo...
Slide images from a talk showing the Libris Awards, Association of Polish Bookbinders, London Centre for Book Arts, Codex Polaris. Slide images from a talk showing Galerie Druck & Buch, UWE letterpress studios, Herzog August Bibliothek, Artist's Book Triennial Vilnius.
September 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Congratulations to our MA Multidisciplinary Printmaking student Eloise Lifton, who has been awarded this year’s Agassi Book Arts Prize by CFPR for her work 'in conversation', a screenprinted artist’s book, 2025. You can read more about her book here:
www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/meir-agassi/...
Detail from an artist's book called in conversation by Eloise Lifton. It is printed in black and white and handbound. It unfolds in two parts to navigate the liminality between comfort and discomfort through reflection and observation. Detail from an artist's book called in conversation by Eloise Lifton. It is printed in black and white and handbound. It unfolds in two parts to navigate the liminality between comfort and discomfort through reflection and observation.
September 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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If you’re lucky enough to be in Porto Alegre, Brazil, ‘Problems’ a book in 2 vols. by Fernanda Fedrizzi & myself launches Sat 13 Sept with a conversation about artists’ books by Fernanda Fedrizzi & Paulo Silveira at Bancaberta bookshop at 4pm, all welcome! See @nandafedrizzi on Instagram for info.
Two publications in English and Portuguese that say We create Problems.
September 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Our new exhibition is ‘How to read a book’ by @tothemadpoets.bsky.social, on show until Tues 4 Nov.
Concerned with language, writing, memory and offering alternative ways of approaching books and text. Alongside it are other works exploring what it is to be a book.
www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/howtoread/
A picture of a bookwork by Stephen Emmerson, a circular hole in the front reveals the altered contests of the pre-existing book. A picture of a book of poems, flight by Stephen Emmerson. flight is a book of poems concerned with time, loss, grief and hope. It was written in the belief that a poem should be a window through language. Published by Guillemot Press. A picture of a bookwork by Stephen Emmerson, pencil shaped pieces of wood piercing an existing book. A picture of a bookwork by Stephen Emmerson, a glass jar of ash with a text that reads: It is the only tree that retains its name. Once it has been consumed.
September 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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A little taster for our MA students’ degree show at @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social Spike Island City Campus. Private View tomorrow - Thurs 4th Sept 5pm - 8pm, all welcome! Open daily from Friday 5th to Weds 10th September, 12-5pm. City Campus, Spike Island, 133 Cumberland Road, Bristol BS1 6UX.
A picture of golf balls growing on a tree using up the water by Nicola Mouros. a picture of an acrylic and cast sculpture edge by Sandra James. Detail of a relief print of women protesting by Maisie Keller. Detail of screenprinted 2D and 3D works by Nick Whimster.
September 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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The latest Book Arts Newsletter No 168, September - October 2025 is now ready for download at:
www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newsletters/

70 pages of Artists' Books news: exhibitions, workshops, new works, opportunities… Cover artist: Coracle. Next deadline: 14th Oct 2025 for the November Newsletter.
The first two pages of the Book Arts Newsletter, one with a picture of two people carrying coracles to celebrate 50 years of Coracle Press publishing, the other listing the new exhibition on show in the library by Stephen Emmerson on How to Read A Book.
August 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Please come along to our MA students’ degree show at UWE Spike Island City Campus next month. Private View Thursday 4th September 5pm - 8pm, all welcome. Open daily from Friday 5th to Weds 10th September from 12 midday to 5pm. City Campus, Spike Island, 133 Cumberland Road, Bristol BS1 6UX.
A poster with an invitation to degree show for MA Printmaking, Fine Art and Graphic Arts students at UWE City Campus, Spike Island. With a picture of a house and a fly on the window.
August 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Call for exhibitors:
Wanstead Independent Book Fair, 1st November 2025, Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road, London E11 2RQ.

20 tables of book artists, small presses, zine-makers and local independent authors. Info to apply at:
stufflikethatbooks.carrd.co
A poster advertising Wanstead Independent Book Fair, 1st November 2025 at Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road, London E11 2RQ.
August 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM