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Small Publishers Fair 2017

Visit Peter Foolen’s table at this year’s Small Publishers Fair to browse his excellent publications and a selection of our titles.

Posted on 3 November 2017
Conway Hall sign

Richard Hollis reprinted

About Graphic Design, the popular collection of selected writings by graphic designer, historian and theorist Richard Hollis, is now back in print.

Posted on 1 November 2017
About Graphic Design, Richard Hollis

Antwerp Academy Art Book Fair 2017

Come find us at the Wintertuin at the Antwerp Academy Art Book Fair on Saturday 14 October 2017.

Posted on 12 October 2017
Antwerp Academy

WIELS Art Book Fair 2017

Please come join us from 8–10 September at WIELS Contemporary Art Centre in Brussels.

Posted on 3 September 2017
Juan Cruz readers at WIELS Art Book Fair 2017

Born in Flames at Marsèlleria

Born In Flames formed part of LIANE~LINEA~ALIEN and BLACK MARIA cinema at Marsèlleria in Milan.

Posted on 5 June 2017
BLACK MARIA cinema by Dafne Boggeri featuring Born in Flames

Designing Writing at écal

We will be participating in the Designing Writing symposium at écal from 1-3 June 2017.

Posted on 28 May 2017

Friends With Books 2016

Visit Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin the weekend of 9–11 December 2016 to browse our publications at Friends With Books.

Posted on 10 December 2016
Occasional Papers at Friends with Books Berlin, 2016

Resonance FM programme on Bob Cobbing

Listen to “Catching up with Bob”, a programme on the life and work of the late poet Bob Cobbing.

Posted on 26 November 2016

New publication on Ivor Davies

Our new bilingual (Welsh and English) publication on artist Ivor Davies is now available. 

Posted on 15 January 2016
Ivor Davies explosion demonstration at the Traverse Theatre, July 1967 (Credit: Beaverbrook Newspapers)

A chapter from Boooook on the Walker blog

Adrian Clarke and Arnaud Desjardin’s “Conversation about Writers Forum” is available to read on the Walker blog.

Posted on 10 December 2015
Bob Cobbing compiling Writers Forum publications, June 1965. Photographer: Jennifer Pike.

Amsterdam Boooook launch

Join us Thursday 10 December at San Serriffe in Amsterdam for a fantastic Boooook launch.

Posted on 8 December 2015
Boooook wan do tree fear fife seeks siphon eat neighing den elephan twirl

Roger Ackling book launch

Join us Tuesday 8 December 2015 to celebrate the launch of the first book on the work and teaching of Roger Ackling.

Posted on 27 November 2015
“Roger Ackling: Between the Lines”, book launch, photo by Nick Paton

Boooook Laaaaaaunch

An evening of performance, music and film in the ICA Theatre to celebrate the launch of Boooook: The Life and Work of Bob Cobbing.

Posted on 8 November 2015

Offprint London 2015

Join us at the Tate Modern in London from 22–25 May.

Posted on 8 May 2015
Offprint London 2015

Contribute towards book on late teacher and artist Roger Ackling

Help us fund the printing of the first comprehensive overview of the work and teaching …
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Posted on 24 March 2015
Roger Ackling

Interview with Art Libraries Journal

Posted on 26 January 2015

Book launch for Philippe Thomas Declines His Identity

To mark the occasion, Antony Hudek and Jan Mot will be in conversation about Philippe Thomas’ editorial strategies.

Posted on 13 January 2015

Published and Be Damned 2014

We will be at Three Letter Words Book Fair this weekend. Come along!

Posted on 29 October 2014
Three Letter Words

Peter Dreher launch and exhibition

Please join us for the launch of Peter Dreher: Just Painting at Tenderbooks.

Posted on 27 October 2014
Peter Dreher launch at Tenderbooks, 2014

Adrian Henri book launch

Please join us over the Biennial performance weekend for the launch of Adrian Henri: Total Artist at the Bluecoat in Liverpool.

Posted on 2 September 2014
Hand-painted poster (1969) from “Adrian Henri: Total Artist”. Image (c) Adrian Henri Archive.

Review in Grafik by Peter Maxwell

“The latest title from Occasional Papers gathers together the oddments of exhibitions past, providing a vital archive of graphic experimentation as well as a fascinating adjunct to art history.”

Posted on 14 August 2014
Ephemera from Please Come to the Show edited by David Senior

David Senior interview with Print Magazine

“Please Come to the Show is an illuminating and eye-warming collection. I wanted to know more from Senior about the origins of this cache.”

Posted on 9 July 2014

Valentine Painting on-press

Our limited-edition Valentine Painting print by Adrian Henri is now on press at the Bluecoat. Help fund the publication by purchasing a print.

Posted on 2 July 2014
Valentine Painting by Adrian Henri, on press at the Bluecoat in Liverpool

Read “Postal Works” on the Walker design blog

Clive Phillpot’s “Postal Works”, from our recently-published Please Come to the Show, is available to read on the Walker design blog.

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Posted on 25 June 2014
Please Come to the Show, edited by David Senior

Please Come to the Book Launch

Join us for the launch of our new publication Please Come to the Show. We have invited Berlin-based Bar Vulkan to host the evening at the ICA.

Posted on 2 June 2014
“Please Come to the Show” edited by David Senior, book launch at the ICA, 2014

ABOUT Independent Publishing Fair Mainz 2014

We’ll be at ABOUT in Frankfurt from 30 May to 01 June.

Posted on 19 May 2014
ABOUT Independent Publishing Fair Mainz 2014

In conversation with artist Richard Demarco

An event at the Whitechapel Gallery to launch the facsimile edition of Robert Filliou’s Teaching and Learning as Performing Arts.

Posted on 13 March 2014
Demarco Filiou discussing “Teaching and Learning as Performing Arts”, Whitechapel, 2014

In conversation with ceramicist Alison Britton

A presentation and conversation at the Barbican to mark the launch of Seeing Things, Britton’s collected essays, talks and interviews.

Posted on 11 February 2014
“Seeing Things” by Alison Britton book launch at the Barbican, 2014

OTO/LUX Christmas fair 2013

Join us Sunday 8 December from 12–5pm at Cafe OTO.

Posted on 19 November 2013
OTO/LUX Christmas fair 2013

Post print publishing?

A list of references compiled on the occasion of the ‘Post-print Publishing?’ event, part of the 2013 Liverpool Biennial.

Posted on 28 August 2013

International Poster and Graphic Design Festival 2013

This weekend we’ll be in Chaumont, France for a new book fair at the International Poster and Graphic Design Festival.

Posted on 30 May 2013
Chaumont

1979 Filliou film available online

Teaching and Learning as Performing Arts Part II can be viewed online at UbuWeb Film & Video.

Posted on 16 April 2013
Still from Robert Filliou’s “Teaching and Learning as Performing Arts II”, film available on UbuWeb

dsh book acknowledged as an “outstanding” publication

Notes from the Cosmic Typewriter has been acknowledged as an outstanding publication by the Specific Object Publication of the Year Award judges.

Posted on 8 April 2013

Publish and Be Damned 2013 at ICA

We’ll be at Publish and Be Damned Fair at the ICA on 2 March 2013 from 11am–7pm.

Posted on 2 March 2013

Rick Poynor on dsh

Rick Poynor will give a talk on the life and work of Dom Sylvester Houédard at the ICA as part of their Culture Now Friday lunchtime series.

Posted on 14 February 2013
Lecture space at the ICA

dsh in NYT

The New York Times has published a profile of Dom Sylvester Houédard in relation to our newly-published title Notes from the Cosmic Typewriter.

Posted on 17 December 2012
dsh at Signals Gallery, London, 1964. (c) Clay Perry/England & Co. Gallery, London.

The Cosmic Typewriter at South London Gallery

This one-day event celebrates the life and legacy of Dom Sylvester Houédard, the Benedictine monk and concrete poet who was a pivotal figure in an international constellation of artists in the 1960s.

Posted on 2 December 2012
Dom Sylvester Houédard performed at South London Gallery, 2012

Born in Flames screening at the Whitechapel

This Saturday 27 October 2012, visit the Whitechapel Gallery to catch a 16mm screening of Lizzie Borden’s little-seen Born In Flames (1983).

Posted on 22 October 2012
Born in Flames, the authorised graphic translation of Lizzie Borden’s 1982 film

The Pop-Up Issue

A one day pop-up book fair of young designers and publishers to coincide with the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair.

Posted on 1 October 2012

London Art Book Fair 2012

We’ll be at the Whitechapel Gallery for LABF from 21–23 September 2012.

Posted on 21 September 2012
London Art Book Fair
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