Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

There is really no end to the list of projects Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden undertake at the Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE Bristol. If you visited their table at the Pyramid Atlantic Book Fair in 2004 you know what I mean. They never cease to amaze me with the work they do and since they are so prolific and diverse I have decided to break their offerings up into bite-size nuggets. Enjoy the first course!

Two publications you absolutely must know about:



The Artist’s Book Yearbook 2008-2009


Writers’ contributions from the UK, Mexico, France and the USA, and artists’ pages by contributors from the UK, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Chile and the USA.

Essays by: Colin Sackett, Martha Hellion, Heather Hunter, Luci Gorell Barnes, John Bently, Richard Price, Stephen Bury, Gabriel Gbadamosi, David Ferry, Kristin Miller, Neil Cameron, Spy Emerson, Sally Alatalo, John McDowall, Meeloo Gfeller and Anna Hellsgård, Tanya Peixoto’s bookartbookshop bi-annual update, and a report on the First CODEX Foundation’s Symposium and Book Fair in Berkeley, USA.

Artists’ Pages by: Paul Laidler, Hilary Judd, Louise Best, Mike Nicholson, Tortie, Sumi Perera, Gray Fraser, Ivonne Murillo, Andrés Gatti, Earle D. Swope and Ahlrich van Ohlen.

Information and listings sections of: book artists, organisations, collections, book fairs, centres, bookshops, fairs, events, bookbinders, typeset and design services, print studios, courses and more…http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/abyb08.htm



The Blue Notebook journal for artists’ books
(pictured here is Vol 2 No 1.)

The Blue Notebook launched with Vol.1 No.1 in October 2006 as a peer reviewed journal, published twice a year.

The journal is published in two formats: an electronic colour version to be accessed at any time online, and a paper, black and white version.

(Print) ISSN 1751-1712 (Online) ISSN 1751-1720

Subscription covers both formats at £10 GBP per annum - UK and international.

Written contributions are peer-reviewed by a panel which includes: Tom Trusky, Susan Johanknecht, Maria Fusco, Buzz Spector, Ulrike Stoltz and Paulo Silveira. Artist's page contributions are at the invitation of the art editor, Tom Sowden.

http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/bnotebk.htm