It’s our MA Fine Art Printmaking Degree Show 2026 next week. Opening Thurs 16 July, 5-8pm, all welcome; then daily from Fri 17 to Weds 22 July 12-5 each day. UWE Fine Art Studios at Spike Island, 133 Cumberland Road, Bristol, BS1 6UX. www.spikeisland.org.uk/plan-your-vi... There will be books… 🙂

Things I saw on my walk today...

Couple of events coming up in and around Detroit later this month! First, a discussion on the 26th at Book Beat in Oak Park, 5-7PM. www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202.... Then a party and reading on the 30th at MOCAD! See you there!

A wonderful box of handprinted keepsakes for World Book Night 2026 contributors has arrived. This year’s is a pack of screenprinted postcards of layered film stills from ‘Non Mountain’, a collaboration between Angus Carlyle, Chrystal Cherniwchan and Craig Tattersall. www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/wbn2026/

Frankly, our Summer Catalogue contains nothing but highlights, incl. a few items you might not expect at an antiquarian book store, such as this exquisite example of a "Nanban byôbu", a type of Japanese folding screen depicting arrival of Europeans in Japan in late 16th- & early 17th centuries.

Some beautiful blooms to brighten your Friday! 💐 We hope you have a lovely weekend. 📷 Illustration of horehound, motherwort and hemp nettle from ‘The Flowering Plants of Great Britain' (1855) by Anne Pratt [Baring-Gould Library 0691] #FridayFlowers #FlowerFriday #FlowersOnFriday #RareBooks

'Looking for green, pink, yellow and blue', until Tues 1st Sept 2026: An exhibition of works observing flora, woodlands, wildlife, skies, marshes, and islands – artist books, printed poetry and ephemera. At Bower Ashton Library, Mon-Fri 9-5. Find out more at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/lookingfor20...

check it out! this lovely person is donating $5/print to our library - get cool art & support queer books

The latest Book Arts Newsletter No 173, July – August 2026 is ready for download. 57 pages of artists' books news at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newsletters/ Cover artist for this issue: Detail from The remaking of things by artists @gracialouise.bsky.social who also run: gracialouise.com/tinybutwild

A research grant for researchers of all nationalities and at any level,whose place of residence is more than 250 km from Antwerp, to promote book historical research on Museum Plantin-Moretus and Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library collections, apply by 1 October:

Mongolian manuscript from the 19th century, full of charts and diagrams that astrologers (generally Buddhist monks) would use to calculate the best time to do certain things, such as depart on a trip or remove a dead body from a dwelling: publicdomainreview.org/essay/a...

As we have a few left, if anyone who couldn't make it to BABE wants a poster and doesn't mind it being folded for posting, just message or email me your postal address:

Come along to Bristol Artist's Book Event (BABE) our biennial showcase of artists' books activity with 100+ artists and small presses exhibiting their works to the public for sale. Fri 26 and Sat 27 June 2026, 11am – 5pm each day each day, free event, all welcome. www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026/

Looking forward to seeing you!

A little taster of the works coming from Japan to Bristol Artist's Book Event this week. BABE is at UWE Fine Art studios at Spike Island this Fri 26th and Sat 27th June 2026, 11am – 5pm each day each day, free event, all welcome. 133 Cumberland Rd, Bristol BS1 6UX. www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026

People all over the world that don't want to pay absurd overseas shipping demanded a PDF version of Eric Schierloh's booklet I published: "ISBN? No Thanks and Other Notes Before Starting a Publishing House" so we said, Okay! A second booklet is included. halfletterpress.com/isbn-no-than...

BHL is featured in @theguardian.com's Age of Extinction series. The article highlights the extraordinary value of BHL and the urgent need to ensure it remains free and open into the future. Please read and share: www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪 🌎 📖 🔗 🐟 💚

2027 Artist Residency call from TYPA in Tartu, Estonia "We are particularly excited to receive applications for projects in experimental print, book arts, community collaborations and more." Develop a project using TYPA’s amazing facilities. Deadline 31.07.2026. All info at: typa.ee/en/typa-resi...

We are open for submissions for a new project exploring themes of: Dis/Enchantments / Anomie / Spectacle Click the link to view prompt in full. Send work to: [email protected] #poems #prose #visualart #vispo #experimental #hybrid #sound #video icefloepress.net/dis-enchantm...

Artist's book.

Our BABE poster printed by Ben Goodman, it’s out and about in town but we have saved some for exhibitors to collect when they arrive next week (while they last). A beautiful relief printed blend celebrating our guests from Japan with a snow topped Mount Fuji. www.spikeisland.org.uk/programme/ev...

Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work (news from March) buff.ly/p6NqvP2

Bristol Artist’s Book Event is nearly here - Friday 26th & Saturday 27th June 2026 at UWE Bristol Fine Art Studios at Spike Island, 133 Cumberland Rd, Bristol BS1 6UX. 11am - 5pm each day. Free event - All welcome: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026/ Come and meet 100+ book artists!

If you want a Luddite print/glitter sticker/tshirt, it goes toward my saving for an accessible home printing press so I can print more (including more free mail art & mutual aid fundraising, the dream, art for all!).

A fine new review up on the site now! @emmalee1.bsky.social in praise of Jeremy Dixon/ @hazardpressuk.bsky.social's 'The Beat The Pulse The Wave' (@arachnepress.bsky.social). Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/emma-lee-on-... #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Review #PoetryReview

Ink & Innovation - visit the @rialibrary.bsky.social exhibition showcasing some of the earliest printed books produced in Europe. Find out about ground-breaking developments in printing technology and the development of the profession in the 15th century: www.ria.ie/library/libr...

Inscription issue 6 launches on 22nd June! Come and join us to celebrate. There'll be performances and refreshments and much cutting and tearing. Attendance is free but registration is compulsory. Find out more and reserve your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inscriptio...

Some of the small selection of artists’ books I have put together for an exhibition at druckwerk Basel, 16-18 June, during the week of Art Basel. Part of the CFPR's cabinet of Curiosities in: Alive! Contemporary Printmaking, a showcase of artefacts beyond the multiple. cfpr.uwe.ac.uk/alive-contem...

National Library of Ireland Announces Bloomsday 2026 Programme of Events www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...

*The Biblioteka Art Book Fair opens tomorrow* Friday 12 & Saturday 13 June sees the 2nd edition of the fair, bringing together publishers, book dealers, artists and librarians, alongside myriad artists’ books, photography, architecture, and more. Attend for free ➡️ warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Sit back for a printmaking story time with Holly EJ Black who dives into one of the first ever artistic copyright cases, which unfolded in Venice between superstar printmaker Albrecht Dürer and the young upstart Marcantonio Raimondi…

Coming up this week!

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Monday 13 July 6.30pm-9pm (doors open 6pm) for 'BLAKE, GINSBERG & “AH! SUNFLOWER”: FILM, MUSIC & CONVERSATION'. FREE (£5 admin fee including a FREE copy of 'AH!MERICA' by ISOLARII). BOOKING ESSENTIAL: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/film-...

As Kabe Wilson prepares to unveil his Honourmastic portrait of #LaurenceSterne in Cambridge tomorrow panoramajournal.org/event/global... we see him here preparing his #exhibition at Shandy Hall - on now! laurencesternetrust.org.uk/event/

The new Uniformpamphlets series and Biblioteka Art Book Fair at The Warburg Institute next Friday and Saturday. campaign.emailblaster.cloud/MTQ0ODc/26.html

This is an excellent resource:

Four years #collage #papercollage #handcut #cdbooklet #linernotes

One of the nicest parts of organising BABE is planning who goes where, might like to be next to each other, what new connections people might make with their neighbours… The sketch here (not to scale or showing everyone) is a way to match them together for 2 days: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026/

A one-day class with visiting artist Jeff Rathermel before BABE. Discover the meditative art of suminagashi (floating ink) in this hands-on workshop. Learn how to create beautiful marbled patterns on water and transfer them onto paper using simple, accessible techniques. cfpr.uwe.ac.uk/courses/cpd/

A little celebration of libraries in our window today! We are lucky to have the @natlibscot.bsky.social & over 30 public libraries, making Edinburgh the first UNESCO City of Literature. Check out @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social & @cilipscotland.bsky.social for more on why libraries matter.

Our BABE edition artist Cheng Dong with Catherine Ade at The Lemonade Press making chine collé pieces. The print will be a typewriter image on Kitakata paper with a Somerset Satin White backing. thelemonadepress.co.uk The edition will be on our Impact Press table: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026/

A magical, mythical opportunity at the Taylorian, for Bodleian card holders.

Something for the weekend? Tomorrow, we'll be at the London Football Book Market at Brixton Library from 11.30 to 4.30 - selling our #CPFC #zines and print (and more!) and giving it the big one about Palace's Europa Conference League victory to anyone who appears within earshot. Don't miss it!

Our full exhibitor list is now on the website for Bristol Artist’s Book Event - Friday 26th & Saturday 27th June 2026 at UWE Bristol Fine Art Studios, Spike Island, 133 Cumberland Rd, Bristol BS1 6UX. www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026/ 11am - 5pm each day. Free - All welcome - hope to see you there!

Early 20th-century autochromes of California flowers by Harold A. Taylor (1878–1960), founder of the Coronado Flower Show: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/harold-taylor-flowers/

News from Uniformbooks, May 2026 campaign.emailblaster.cloud/MTQ0ODc/26.h...

We thought the Temporary Services photo booklet "Abandoned Signs" was long out print but Brett found about a hundred more pristine copies in storage. Woohoo! Still $7.00 as usual. halfletterpress.com/abandoned-si...

Beyond Impressionism: Printmaking from Manet to Picasso opens today This exhibition celebrates the resurgence of printmaking from the mid-19th century onwards, including artworks by Édouard Manet, Pierre Bonnard, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec & Pablo Picasso. 🎟 Book now https://ow.ly/annb50Z14hT

Tickets are now available for Collage Club events throughout May, June and July: www.creatrixcymraes.com/shop/p/colla...

Very excited for the online launch of THE BEAT THE PULSE THE WAVE on Thursday 4 June at 7.30pm where I’ll be joined by two amazing poets Jamie Fearn and Conway Emmett. Tickets are FREE with an option to buy the book from @arachnepress.bsky.social. Here’s the link: www.outsavvy.com/event/35232/...