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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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Saying It at the Freud Museum

Saying It with Mieke Bal, Michelle Williams Gamaker & Renate Ferro launches at Freud Museum on Thursday 20 September 2012.

Posted on 15 September 2012
Saying it, Mieke Bal & Michelle Williams Gamaker and Renate Ferro

Miss Read, Berlin 2012

We’re taking part at Miss Read book fair in Berlin this weekend, come say hi at our stall! missread.net

Posted on 12 September 2012
Occasional Papers at Miss Read Berlin 2012

Copeland Book Market 2012

An art book market at Bold Tendencies in Peckham.

Posted on 13 July 2012
Copeland Book Market 2012 at Bold Tendencies

Le saloon du livre, Geneva

Join us from 2–3 June 2012 at La Fonderie Kugler in Geneva.

Posted on 1 June 2012
Le Saloon du livre, Geneva

In conversation: Richard Hollis & Nicholas Serota

On the occasion of the launch of About Graphic Design, Richard Hollis gave an inspiring lecture followed by a lively Q&A with Nicholas Serota and the audience at the Whitechapel Gallery.

Posted on 26 April 2012
Launch of “About Graphic Design” by Richard Hollis at the Whitechapel, 2012

Swedish Hospitality

The first (pre-)launch of Graphic Design: History in the Writing (1983–2011) was a huge success thanks to our friends and event hosts Iaspis in Stockholm.

Posted on 18 March 2012
Iaspis launch of “Graphic Design: History in the Writing (1983-2011)”

Richard Hollis and Sir Nicholas Serota at the Whitechapel Gallery on 26 April 2012

Graphic and book designer Richard Hollis created posters and catalogues for Whitechapel Gallery exhibitions from …
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Posted on 18 March 2012
Richard Hollis “About Graphic Design” book launch

A talk at Charlottenborg Books in Copenhagen

The founders of Occasional Papers, Sara De Bondt and Antony Hudek, present their publishing house.

Posted on 30 November 2011

Miss Read, Berlin 2011

Join us from 25–27 November at KW in Berlin for Miss Read.

Posted on 20 November 2011
Miss Read Berlin

Bristol Book Fair 2011

12–5pm, 8 October 2011 Spike Island, Bristol

Posted on 7 October 2011

Street Talk at Tate Modern

A selection of the fast-paced films by Stephen Willats capturing urban ‘datastreams’, or fleeting moments of social interaction.

Posted on 26 September 2011
Stephen Willats: Street Talk at Tate Modern, 2011

Graphic Design: History in the Making, a one-day conference at St Bride Library

The history of graphic design is slowly being written. How do topics emerge, what are the research methods and how do we make sure that knowledge is shared?

Posted on 6 May 2011
Reader launch at St Bride Library, 2011

In conversation with Stephen Willats

To mark the launch of The Artist as an Instigator of Changes in Social Cognition and Behaviour, Occasional Papers organised two public conversations with Stuart Comer and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Posted on 1 December 2010
Stephen Willats in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist at the Courtauld Institute of Art, 2011
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