Reading, writing and learning languages are not just useful skills. New research shows they can help protect brain health and lower dementia risk. That is why adult education matters at every age. Every new skill is an investment in your future and mind, and it's never too late to start!

Very much looking forward to having a table for Essence Press at the Artists' Bookmarket this coming weekend 14-15 Feb @fruitmarket.bsky.social #ArtistsBookMarket Do drop by to say hello if you are nearby... Over 60 book artist and publisher tables to browse. www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/artist...

'Another World is Possible: Art & connection in uncertain times' Featuring Ian Tothill, Ben Holden & me Collage, riso prints, zines + a giant interactive zine wall Fountain Street Arts, Thornton, Bradford March–April 2026 👉 fountainstreetarts.com/schedule #Bradford #Art #Artivism

‘everything is so very much connected’ is an exhibition at Bower Ashton Library, Bristol, UK by myself & Roelof Bakker on show until 31/03/26. Creating art as a space to think and write about nature, the environment and climate collapse through physical making. www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/everythingis/

The latest Book Arts Newsletter No 171, February – March 2026 is available at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newsletters/ 55 pages of exhibitions, courses, conferences, lectures & workshops, opportunities, book fairs and events, internet news, new artists' publications, announcements and stop press!

Recently back on the bench: [West/East] Printed paper* and board construction, (unfinished, 2008– ). * two copies of the Geological Survey of England and Wales, 'Isle of Wight', 1926, reprinted 1947.

🧑‍🎨 There are a few spaces still available for next month's Letterpress Taster Workshop   🗓️ Wednesday, 18 February, from 6-8pm https://f.mtr.cool/pfyjnqdgcv Explore a word or phrase or make images with type using our extensive letterpress collection.  #letterpress #letterpressprinting #fonts

Type specimen borders from 1900. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/b... Deliriously good.

Black Zine Fair 2026: Open call for exhibitors, workshops, and volunteers until FEB 9. “If you have never made a zine, only made a few zines, or made several zines and never tabled a zine/art book fair before, we really want you to apply!” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #BlackZineFair #BZF2026 #NYC

Submissions for the spring issue close in 1 week! 🌱🌀

World Book Night 2026 – The Mountains Are Calling… You're invited to respond to a poem, text or book about mountains for an exhibition and mail art swap. Deadline 3rd March 2026. Some examples below, one on left by @paulxhearn.bsky.social Download the info at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/news/#wbn2026

We are hiring a bookseller at bookhaus. Please share with anyone who might be interested

Ahh!!! @caboosezine.bsky.social beat me to the post, so I'm just tagging @jwluther.bsky.social , @marc-fischer.bsky.social and @kirstenleenaars.bsky.social to amp this up. It's going to be such a good conversation. #zines #milwaukee #mke #factsheetfive

sasha weiss’ BLUE RASPBERRIES is now available for pre-order. www.ethelzine.com/shop/blue-ra... @cactus-ghoul.bsky.social

If you're near Stavanger, Norway and love books: IDDIS - Norsk grafisk museum hosts an evening of bookbinding and artists books Tues 13 Jan, 6-8pm. Imi Maufe will show mini artists' books by different makers, you're welcome to bring along a book to share or just come along and browse. www.iddis.no

Last call for the Artist's Book Yearbook 2026-2027, you can list up to 3 of your artists' books, also any courses, workshops, bindery, print studio, organisation etc. You don't have to buy a copy to be in it. Download the listing form at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/artists-book... Deadline 9 Jan!

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2 – 6 VIEWS MTS…, my book for World Book Night 2026, a tribute to Tom Sowden’s collection of artists’ books. Inspired by Ed Ruscha, Lucy May Schofield’s Nineteen Fuji Views and Tom’s Thirtysix Views of #MtFuji. If you would like to join in, download the brief at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/news/#wbn2026

A single-stream 2 day International Conference hosted by the Centre for Culture and Everyday Life, School of the Arts, University of Liverpool. Full CFP at www.ccel.uk

Open call for Chinese/Sinophone creators for Outland Publishing Fair, Copeland Gallery, London, 17-19 April 2026. OPF spotlights creative publishing practices from Chinese and Sino-diasporic communities in London and worldwide. Apply by 1st Feb 2026. outlandpublishingfair.com/outland-publ...

Huge version of 'Pause currently in the window at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. You can see the comparatively diminutive version in the Unfolding Events: Exploring Past and Present in Artists’ Books exhibition up thru March 1, 2026.

'Now voyager — unmake, decentre yourself.' Selected pages from my zine You the Great Adventurer: collage meditations on moving through these times with joy, hope and togetherness. Dedicated to Joanna Macy. Print copies £4 + postage: jeanmcewanartist.bigcartel.com/product/you-... #zines #collage

World Book Night 2026 – The Mountains Are Calling… You're invited to respond to a poem, text or book about mountains for an exhibition and mail art swap. Deadline 3rd March 2026. Some early submissions shown here. Find out more and download the full brief at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/news/#wbn2026

I have an exhibition coming up on what happened to the Surrealist Group in England following the death of André Breton in 1966

Tonight! Tuesday, December 9, 6-8 PM at Walls Turned Sideways (2717 W. Madison St. Chicago, IL 60612). Join us for Matteo Guidi and Chicago’s Joe Sorrentino for a conversation on cooking in prison. Brett Bloom and I will be there with the book for sale. wallsturnedsideways.org/event/cookin...

I will be showing a new book made in collaboration with Roelof Bakker + @rachelartsmith.bsky.social + Declan Wiffen on Roelof's Negative Press stand at Brighton Art Book Fair this Sat 6th & Sun 7th Dec at Phoenix Art Space, Brighton BN2 9NB, UK. www.brightonartbookfair.org/events | www.neg-press.com

The latest Book Arts Newsletter No 170, December 2025 – January 2026 is ready for download at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newsletters/ 56 pages of Artists' Books news, exhibitions, courses and opportunites. Cover artist for this issue: Angus Carlyle, Chrystal Cherniwchan, Craig Tattersall.

This weekend is the Endless Love Creative Winter Makers Market is in the Warehouse The Market will take place this Saturday and Sunday with over 30 stalls each day. Enjoy stalls abundant in festive gift ideas, from stocking fillers to forever pieces www.endlesslovecreative.com/edinburgh-ma...

quick snaps as I ran around the Fair just before the doors opened yesterday—Antiphon Editions, Roberts Print, Mossy Press, and Cailleach Books. I will be spending more money than I had planned, which is the way of the small press fair! TODAY 10-4, Pearse Street Library, FREE ENTRY! come on down

BRIGHTON ART BOOK FAIR is coming up in 2 weeks Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 December at Phoenix Art Space 11 - 5 each day @brightonartbookfair @phoenix_artspace My table will have all these book and more. #artistsbooks #smallpublishers #printmaking #screenprint

It’s our Annual Mini Print Exhibition in the Bookshop at @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social Bristol. Our MA Print students + staff at @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social each produce an edition of mini prints which are for sale at £20 each - £1 per print goes to Caring in Bristol. bookshop.arnolfini.org.uk

I am very! excited! to be teaching a new! workshop (online through the Minnesota Center for Book Arts) called "Collaborative Publishing Deep-Dive." mnbookarts.org/events/colla... #bookarts #artistsbooks #artistspublishing

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Top-tier promotional materials for the inaugural @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social, happening at Pearse Street Library, Dublin 2, on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 November. All welcome, admission free. Hope to see some of you there.

The deadline is approaching for applications to Rare Book School’s 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀. Apply by 11:59 p.m. ET on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. For details, visit rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/lang

I created a public spreadsheet that other publishers can add to so people can decide whether different fairs might be effective for them. Please add to it! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

'At the Promised Place: Expanding Imagination Through Book Art' is on show at Urawa Art Museum, Saitama, Japan until 18th January 2026. Curated by Seiji Shinohara, Akiko Takiguchi and myself, it brings together c.100 artists’ bookworks made in Japan & the UK. www.city.saitama.lg.jp/urawa-art-mu...

Come and join us to launch The Kingdom by Yoel Noorali at @burleyfisher.bsky.social on 9th December! Yoel will be in conversation with Kieran Morris (@thefence.bsky.social). Free, all welcome, see you there! burleyfisherbooks.com/products/con...

Book/Print Collective 🇺🇸 Introducing the five collective members whose prints are featured in Acknowledgements: The Hyphenated American print portfolio, the latest installment of our annual Black and brown hands making series: Colette Fu, Jennifer Graves, Sun Young Kang, Rejin Leys, & Daniel Minter

Call for papers for a special issue of the *Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry* on concrete & visual poetries. Edited by Colin Herd & Greg Thomas. 250-300-word abstracts to [email protected] by 10 Jan 2026 poetry.openlibhums.org/news/867/ Please repost and share!

Free event:

Making / installing my solo exhibition The Public Dream at The Art House UK. Drawing on the gallery's history as a Carnegie Library, the exhibition considers the ghost of materiality as a form of science fiction. Opens this Friday. All welcome. the-arthouse.org.uk/exhibitions/...

Check it out! New on the #arlisJobList: Penn State is hiring a Librarian for Arts & Architecture. Find the fill details here: linktr.ee/arlisna

Deadline for applications 21st November:

Our graduate Ali Woozley is running a free workshop at Bower Ashton Library as part of her residency exhibition, all welcome: Weds 26th Nov 12.30-1.30pm in the gallery area. Drop in and create your own Commemorative Blue Plaque - all materials provided. www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/aliwoozleyair/

Our MA Printmaking alum Kei Wing is exhibiting with artist Jessie Tam here at Bower Ashton Library. Come and see 𝓛𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓥𝓪𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷, on show now until 3rd December 2025, ɢᴀʟʟᴇʀʏ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ, ʙᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴀꜱʜᴛᴏɴ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ, ꜰʀᴇᴇ ᴇɴᴛʀʏ - ᴡᴇᴇᴋᴅᴀʏꜱ, 9:00 - 17:00. 🌅 “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.” 🏖️

Japanese photographer Miyoko Ihara documented the bond between her grandmother, Misao and her beloved cat Fukumaru #WomensArt #Autumn

We have a new display in the library vitrines of Future Fantasteek! #23 – You Love Libraries – When All the Books Are Gone by @jacbat.bsky.social & @jessyrandall.bsky.social Find out more about their project at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/ff23libraries/ Pics by Shaun Oaten at Bower Ashton Library.