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Some places to see, buy and sell artists’ books in the UK
Arnolfini Bookshop
16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA
www.arnolfini.org.uk/about/bookshop.php
Artwords Bookshop
65a Rivington Street, London EC2A 3QQ
www.artwords.co.uk
Bookartbookshop, 17 Pitfield Street, Hoxton, London, N1 6HB
www.bookartbookshop.com
EMH Arts / Eagle Gallery, 159 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3AL
www.emmahilleagle.com
Firecatcher Books
The Last Drop Village, Bromley Cross, Bolton BL7 9PZ
www.firecatcherbooks.co.uk
Here Shop & Gallery, 108 Stokes Croft, Bristol
Open Tuesday -Saturday 12.30 -6.30
http://sparror.cubecinema.com/here/mainmenu.html
Marcus Campbell Art Books, 43 Holland Street, London, SE1 9JR
www.marcuscampbell.co.uk
Permanent Bookshop and Permanent Gallery, 20 Bedford Place, Brighton BN1 2PT
www.permanentgallery.com
Tate Modern Bookshop, Bankside, London SE1 9TG
www.tate.org.uk/shop/books.htm
Walther Koenig Books (and at 80 Charing Cross Road)
Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA
www.koenigbooks.co.uk
Some places to see, buy and sell artists’ books around the world
Art Metropole, 788 King Street West, Toronto, M5V 1N6, Canada
www.artmetropole.com
Barbara Wien Galerie und Buchhandlung für Kunstbücher, Linienstrasse 158 im Hof
D 10115, Berlin, Germany
www.barbarawein.de
Barratt Galleries, 5 Bugden Avenue, Alstonville 2477, Australia
www.barrattgalleries.com.au
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Bookstorming, Paris based books and artists’ books at more than one outlet, see:
www.bookstorming.com
Boekie Woekie, Berenstraat 16, 1016 GH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
www.boekiewoekie.com
Centre des Livres d’ Artistes, 17 Rue Jules Ferry
87500 Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, France
www.centredeslivresdartistes.info
Christophe Daviet-Thery
10, rue Duchefdelaville, 75013 Paris, France
http://daviet-thery.com
Florence Loewy - Books by Artists, 9/11 rue de Thorigny, Paris 75003, France
www.florenceloewy.com
Grahame Galleries + Editions, Centre for the Artist’s Book
1 Fernberg Road, Milton 4064, Brisbane, Australia
www.grahamegalleries.com
Johan Deumens, Dr N. G. Piersonstraat 1, NL 2104 VG, Heemstede, The Netherlands
www.artistsbooks.com
La Libreria, University Cultural Centre, NUS Museum, Level 3
50 Kent Ridge Crescent, 119279, Singapore
http://lalibreria.com.sg
Moufflon Bookshop (Nicosia), P.O. Box 22375, Nicosia 1521, Cyprus
www.moufflon.com.cy
One Star Press, Paris based, sales etc. via website.
www.onestarpress.com
Qbox Gallery, Armodiou 10, 1st Floor, Athens 105-52, Greece
www.qbox.gr
Walther König Buchandlung, Ehrenstrasse 4, D 50672, Köln, Germany
www.buechermarkt.net
Some Artist’s Book Fairs
The following artists’ books fairs are the main events non-USA ones that book artists attend, as
they are the most relevant, and work out to be the least expensive for a stand/table.
Artist’s book fairs usually include a talk or events programme, and are a great way of meeting
other artists as well as selling your books. There are many other book fairs around the world, for a
list of worldwide book fairs (including the Frankfurt Book Fair which includes a Book Arts
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section), see: www.kuenstlerbuecher.de/mostre.php Tobias Lange’s really useful online list of
international book fairs and artist’s book fairs and exhibitions.
Leeds Contemporary International Artist’s Book Fair
Annual artist’s book fair at Leeds University (usually early March) organised by John McDowall
and Chris Taylor. For info email: c.a.taylor@leeds.ac.uk
BABE: Bristol Artist’s Book Event
Bi-annual book fair and exhibition at Arnolfini, Bristol
Organised by Arnolfini and the Centre for Fine Print Research at UWE, Bristol.
For details email: Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk
London Art Book Fair at Whitechapel, launching in 2009
Organised by: Marcus Campbell Art Books.
www.marcuscampbell.co.uk
Manchester Artist's Book Fair, UK
Organised by the Righton Press at Manchester Metropolitan University
www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/rightonpress/
The Small Publishers’ Fair organised by Martin Rogers, takes place at the Conway Hall in
London, each October. See www.rgap.co.uk for details
Fine Press Book Association fairs
FPBA organise book fairs around the UK, with stands available for members. Join via the website
links at www.fpba.com
Londonprintstudio, an annual one-day artist’s book fair in central London.
www.londonprintstudio.org.uk
Grahame Galleries organise the Artists’ Books and Multiples Fair in Australia, of which 4 have
been staged since 1994. Overseas participants can submit works without having to attend.
www.grahamegalleries.com Contact the organiser Noreen Grahame.
Seoul International Artist’s Book fair
COEX Hall, Seoul, Republic of Korea
An annual artist’s book fair (early June) organised by Bookpress, Korean Bookarts Association.
Contact them via the website for details: www.kba21.com
Contemporary Creative Books International book fair organised annually (October) by: Atelier
Vis-a-Vis in Marseille, France. www.atelier-vis-a-vis.org email: Bookaffair@wanadoo.fr
Centre des Livres d’ Artistes, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, France
www.centredeslivresdartistes.info/
Artist’s Book centre, which also organises an artist’s book fair, contact Didier Mathieu for further
details. Email: d.mathieu@cdla.info
Artist’s Book Festival, Barcelona, Spain, usually each May.
Organised by Rafael Castaner and Julia Pelletier. Email: info@juliapelletier.com
Tirage Limité - Association pour les Recontres Romandes du Livre d’Artiste, Switzerland
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An annual artist’s book fair (September), for details contact the organiser:
Silvio Corsini, email: silvio.corsini@bcu.unil.ch
http://tirage-limite.hautetfort.com/
Mainzer Minipressen Messe (Small Press Fair) is a specialist small press and artist’s book fair,
originally set up as an alternative to the Frankfurt Book Fair and now renown in its own right. It
takes place bi-annually and is organised and hosted by the Gutenberg Museum. For information
and timetables, see www.minipresse.de
The Sydney Art on Paper Fair (SAPF)
SAPF celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2005. It showcases photography, limited edition prints,
drawing, painting, sculpture, limited edition art posters, digitally created art, artists’ books – all
conceivable art forms using paper. The programme includes lectures, workshops and related
exhibitions, and showcases the works of hundreds of artists. www.sydneyartonpaperfair.com.au
Email contact: info@sydneyartonpaperfair.com.au
Some Gallery, Museums, Institutional and Private Collections outside of the USA
AKI (ArtEz), Enschede, The Netherlands
Artspace Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Biblioteca Casanatense, Italy
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Bibliothèque Nationale du Quebec, Canada
University of Brighton, Artists' Books Collection
British Library, Modern British Collection
Camberwell College of Arts, London
Research Centre for Artists’ Publications (ASPC) Bremen
Centre des Livres D’Artistes, Saint-Yrieix-La-Perche, France
Centre for Artist’s Books, Visual Research Centre, Dundee Contemporary Arts
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
Glasgow School of Art Library
The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
National Library of Canada
University of Gloucestershire
Heinz Stefan Bartkowiak, Forum Book Art, Germany
Institute of the Arts, Canberra, Australia
King Saint Stephen Museum, Hungary
Klingspor Museum Offenbach, Germany
The Brotherton Library Special Collections, Leeds University
London College of Communication
Sir Kenneth Green Library, Manchester Metropolitan University
Middlesex University, Art & Design Learning Resources
Museum van het boek, The Hague, The Netherlands
National University of Australia
NCAD Library, Dublin, EIRE
Norwich School of Art and Design Library
Neil Crawford Artist’s Book Collection
Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Germany
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Reinhard Grüner: Artist’s Book Collection, Germany
Rikhardinkatu Library, Helsinki, Finland
Royal College of Art Library, Artists' Book Collection
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice
Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Tate Britain, London
University of Westminster, Harrow Learning Resources Centre
UWE Bristol School of Art, Media and Design, Bower Ashton Library
Winchester School of Art Library, University of Southampton
Word and Image Dept (NAL) V&A Museum, London
Some useful / interesting websites based outside the USA
www.antonwuerth.de artists' books and works by Anton Würth
www.arnolfini.org.uk/about/bookshop.php Arnolfini gallery bookshop, Bristol for regular artists'
books displays in the shop.
www.artistsbooks.com Johan Deumen’s site for sales of artists’ books with useful links and
reference books.
http://artistbooks.ning.com a new book arts forum site created by Robert Heather: Artist Books
3.0 for artists, curators, librarians, students and researchers interested in artists' books and book
arts.
www.arts.ac.uk/library/3449.htm the Special Collections at Chelsea College of Art and Design
Library
www.artmetropole.com artist’s book & media centre in Toronto, site has a selection of multiples,
book works, artists’ books & reference material, links.
www.artspacemackay.com.au/artists_books Australian centre with exhibitions, collection,
reading room and forum, plus useful links.
http://assemblyoftext.com The Regional Assembly of Text - stationery & gift store, and artist’s
book gallery with regular events in Main Street Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
www.barbarawien.de Berlin-based artists' books gallery and bookshop.
http://baskasimdiyok.blogspot.com/2008/02/kamera-arkas.html Documenting a collaborative
artist’s book produced in Istanbul. Each artist had 90 seconds to fill a page before passing it on to
the next person. The collaborators were: Didem Çabukel, Ufuk Atan, Baysan Yüksel, Özgür
Erman, Çaglar Biyikoglu and Akin Biyikoglu.
www.bl.uk/collections/britirish/modbrifin.html Fine Presses, Artists' Books, and Book Arts
information at the British Library.
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www.boekiewoekie.com online catalogue of artists’ books from the artist run gallery and
bookstore Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam.
www.bookart.co.uk Paul Johnson’s Book Art Project website promoting the book arts in
education.
www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk our own website with links, information, publications, exhibitions,
projects and a downloadable book arts newsletter section.
www.bookhad.ac.uk search engine for book arts study and research in selected institutions and
collections in the UK, with useful links.
www.bookart.info artists’ books by Gerhard Multerer.
www.bookartbookshop.com The brilliant, London-based bookartbookshop, the place to buy and
sell artists’ books. bookartbookshop also presents discussions, meetings, exhibitions, a poster
wall, lectures, book launches, and educational activities.
www.bookstorming.com Paris based artists’ books for sale by many international artists.
www.bookworks.org.uk Book Works website, lots of useful information on current and past
artists’ publications, forthcoming projects and mail order.
www.brokenrules.co.uk artists' books by Ken Campbell
www.buchkunst.info/ Reinhard Gruener's excellent artists' book collection site.
www.buechermarkt.net Walther Koenig book dealer and artist’s book publisher.
www.caferoyal.org artists’ zines, books and illustrations and more…
www.cca-kitakyushu.org Japanese international gallery / book art research publishing.
www.centerforbookarts.org New York Center for Book Arts, exhibitions and courses.
www.circlepress.com formed in 1967, since that time, Circle Press has produced artist's editions
of both classic and contemporary texts, posters and books
www.colinsackett.co.uk Colin Sackett’s website with bibliography, new works, writings and
readings including rereader
www.coracle.ie Coracle is a small publishing press directed by artist and writer Erica Van Horn
and poet, artist and editor Simon Cutts.
www.dampflat.com artists’ books and editions by Jackie Batey. An excellent website with
working visuals and information on each book.
www.davidfaithfull.co.uk artists’ books, multiples and editions
http://daviet-thery.com Nathalie and Christophe Daviet-Théry, booksellers and publishers in
Paris, est. 2001. Organisers of exhibitions of artists’ books, prints and ephemera in collaboration
with international publishers.
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www.emilyartinian.com artists’ books, film and text-based art by Emily Artinian.
www.engage.org/readmore/ejournal.aspx Engage journal issue 12 on the book as an art form and
related questions.
www.firecatcherbooks.co.uk a company created to promote Book Arts in the UK.
www.florenceloewy.com artists’ books archive and bookstore.
www.flying-pig.co.uk paper animation kit website. See the menu links for free download designs,
or go to www.flying-pig.co.uk/pages/freedownloads.html
www.forumbookart.com Heinz Stefan Bartkowiak’s Forum Book Art website:artists’ images,
mail order, recommendations, links & events, est. 1988.
www.fpba.com Fine Press Book Association membership details and information, plus some
useful links.
www.grahamegalleries.com Centre for The Artist’s Book, Brisbane, Australia with details of
exhibitions and their artist’s book fairs.
www.hardbody.org.uk Chemical Poetries and Code Books by Matt Lumby.
www.hayvend.com archive and full details of the Hayvend project.
www.indeprintent.com/index.htm artists’ books by Ral Veroni.
www.janehyslop.com artists' books and works by the Edinburgh based artist Jane Hyslop
www.johndilnot.com John Dilnot’s artists’ books, prints and multiples
www.kuenstlerbuecher.de/mostre.php Tobias Lange’s online list of international book fairs and
artist’s book fairs and exhibitions .
www.liberatorium.com Artists’ books, reading room and writing by Radoslaw Nowakowski
www.libreriamarini.it/index.php?id=aila&lang=en&lang=en AILA (Italian Association for the
Promotion of Artists' Books and Private Presses) aims to promote and support in Italy the
knowledge, circulation and trade of artist's books, books with original etchings, illustrated books
and typographical high quality books printed in limited editions by private Italian presses.
www.liverandlights.co.uk John Bently’s Liver & Lights Scriptorium.
www.markcockrambooks.co.uk Mark Cockram/ Studio Five, fine contemporary bookbinding,
book arts, printing and box art.
www.mermaidturbulence.com Founded in 1993 to publish contemporary works by artists and
writers.
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www.mpawson.demon.co.uk Mark Pawson’s website of multiples, disinfotainment, artists’ books
and lots more.
http://nomediakings.org/category/doityourself/ This site has many tips on DIY publishing and
distribution from Jim Munroe. Follow the links for articles on publishing, distribution and
promotion.
www.noosaregionalgallery.org Australian centre with an annual artist’s book programme of
events and exhibitions.
www.onestarpress.com Paris based website of artists’ books and artists’ multiples.
www.offcuteditions.co.uk an imprint concentrating on linocut image based books
www.ottobooks.co.uk artists’ books by Otto.
www.outofbinding.com The Crossed Structure Binding and other subjects related to books by
Carmencho Arregui
www.permanentbookshop.com Gallery/bookshop in Brighton, UK for artist-made books, zines,
art periodicals, events etc.
www.professionelibro.it Italian Association organising courses and international workshops in
basic and experimental bookbinding, book & paper repair, book arts, boxes, paper decoration.
www.publishandbedamned.org Publish and Be Damned demonstrates individual approaches to
making & distributing artists, writers and musicians work outside of the commercial mainstream
through magazine fairs, a touring archive & special events.
www.reassemble.co.uk John Say and Sheena Vallely collaborative works, books and projects
www.rcom.ru/artists-books/books.html artists' books and related projects by the Russian artist
Mikhail Karasik
www.redfoxpress.com Francis van Maele’s Redfoxpress, collaborative & individual artists’
books, mail art, prints. Information on his collection of books, artists worked with etc.
http://redtrilliumpress.com Steve Daiber’s artists’ books and collaborative projects in Cuba.
www.safetygearforsmallanimals.com artists' books and project by Bill Burns, Canada.
www.silverwattlepress.com Silverwattle Press - papermaking, printmaking and artists' books by
Tim Mosely and associated Codex Events
www.smabs.co.uk Stuart Mugridge’s artists’ books and useful links.
www.societyofbookbinders.com for society information, events, membership and links.
www.specialcollections.mmu.ac.uk for the link to the artist's book collection at Manchester
Metropolitan University.
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http://t8gallery.com Dave Kirby, Typecast, Exit Stencilist and more recently Los Stencilistas.
www.stevemcpherson.co.uk artists' books, journals and works by Steve McPherson
www.tate.org.uk/research/researchservices/researchcentre/default.htm Tate Britain's new online
catalogue of artists' books
www.theartistsbook.org.za David Paton's fantastic website for South African Artists’ Books
www.thebenedict.net artists’ books and site-specific works by Benedict Phillips.
www.thebookproject.org Cally Barker’s The Book Project
www.thecooker.com Jake Tilson and Atlas publications.
www.tnwk.net details of TNWK’s projects and bookworks.
www.vam.ac.uk/collections/prints_books/features/artists_books/index.html The National Art
Library at the V&A Museum’s online facility for artists’ books, with information on the
collection, a visual database and interviews with book artists.
www.weproductions.com Weproduction’s own website with details of their artists’ books and
useful links.
http://wemakezines.ning.com/ an online community for zine makers and readers
www.wotadot.com artists' books and projects by Ana Vicente and Ivan Richards
www.xn--bongot-0ya.com artists’ books and graphic works by Bongoût (Meeloo Gfeller and
Anna Hellsgård).
www.zeth.no Artists' Books and Performance by Kurt Johannessen, Norway
www.zyarts.com/zybooks UK based exhibition and information website, featuring various artists
making books, artist’s book gallery, news, events & links.
www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk
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