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Preview: Thursday, September 27, 6–9 pm
Friday, September 28, 12–7 pm
Saturday, September 29, 11 am–9 pm
Sunday, September 30, 11 am–7 pm
MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue
Long Island City, New York.
Directions at: http://nyartbookfair.com/about
The Seventh Manchester Artist’s Book Fair
Friday 12th and Saturday 13th October 2012
Manchester School of Art, UK
Hot Bed Press, in association with Manchester Metropolitan
University, will be hosting the Seventh Manchester Artists’
Book Fair. This year the fair will be held over two days,
Fri 12th and Sat 13th October, and will take place as usual
in the Holden Gallery at the Manchester School of Art.
Admission Free. The book fair will coincide with and be a
part of the Manchester Weekender, offering participants
and visitors alike a wide range of extra entertainments,
including literary, science and comedy festivals. We will also
be holding a range of drop-in bookarts sessions at Hot Bed
Press during the preceding week.
MMU Special Collections at the Sir Kenneth Green library
will be open as usual during the fair, for people to view their
beautiful collection of artists’ books, Friday until 5pm and
on Saturday midday-4pm.
We have arranged with Special Collections to hold a
presentation by a selection of well-known book artists:
Collaboration and the Democracy of Book Arts. This will
take place on the Friday between 10am and 1pm. It will be
introduced by Anthony Ratcliffe, whose latest exhibition of
prints will be on show at the library, and will then comprise
a talk by each of the bookarts speakers – Sarah Bodman,
Nancy Campbell, Susan Kruse, Michelle Rowley and Angie
Butler - about their book arts projects and collaborative
practice, followed by a short period of discussion and any
questions from the audience. Tickets cost £10, if you are
interested in attending, please send a cheque payable to
Hot Bed Press, for your chosen number of tickets to: MABF
book arts talk, Hot Bed Press, 1st floor, Casket Works, Cow
Lane, Salford, M5 4NB.
There will also be two events in Special Collections on
Saturday: drop-in family book-making session (free,
aimed at children) running from midday to 1pm, and for
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adults, an introduction to and tour of Special Collections’
own artists’ books, 2.30-3.30pm, free but bookable, as
numbers will be limited. Closely related events as part of
the Manchester Weekender - Not content with running
the book fair on Friday and Saturday, Hot Bed Press is also
involved up to the hilt with The Radical Printshop. This
will involve Hot Bed Press members spending the next
few months screenprinting, risographing, letterpressing
and otherwise producing protest posters, political rants
and generally making their opinions felt on paper. The
products of their fervour will then form the backdrop to
screenprinting workshops at The People’s History Museum,
followed by letterpress sessions at The John Rylands Library.
For directions to the venue, the Holden Gallery, see:
www.mmu.ac.uk/travel/allsaints
XVth International Book Project in Marseilles
13th & 14th October 2012
Entrance is free and open to the public between
10am - 7pm. Center of Vieille Charité 13001- Marseilles
95 selected artists & publishers from 8 countries for
two days in Marseilles. A curated exhibition and book
fair showcases the best artists’ books to an international
audience, to attract private and public special collections
and establish a networking event for creative practitioners.
Special Invitation: The teaching of the publishing of artists’
books in some international universities: 4 countries invited
/ 16 universities represented. Editioned and unique artists’
books display original etchings, drypoints, woodcuts,
linocuts, letterpress, embossing, bookbinding, ceramics,
photographs, paintings, drawings, and paper engineering.
Edition of a book lavishly illustrated in colour, with texts
from university professors and artists. 120 pages. 500 copies.
Atelier Vis-à-Vis Publications.
http://www.ateliervisavis.com
Artists Book Fair - BOOKFACE Chapter 3
Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading, UK
Sunday 14th October 11am - 5pm
Local artists’ books creations on two floors, plus poetry
readings, installations, story telling, demos and more....
Cafe with homemade snacks. Organic beers.
Neile Wright - organiser neilenwright@hotmail.co.uk
The Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading, Berkshire RG2 8SX,
UK. Tel: 0118 9866 788
www.risingsun-artscentre.co.uk
By Leaves We Live: annual Artists’ Books Fair
Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh, UK
Saturday 27th October 2012, 11-6pm
By Leaves We Live is our annual celebration of books and
small creative presses. Stalls, displays, talks & workshops
running throughout the day. All welcome, free, drop in to
browse or stay all day.
Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate,
Edinburgh EH8 8DT, UK
More details at www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
Or contact julie.johnstone@spl.org.uk