birdlife in the Indie Photobook Library
Our book birdlife has been added to the esteemed Indie Photobook Library (iPL) in Washington, USA. The collection, is an archive of independently published photobooks founded by Larissa Leclair in 2010. The collection comprises DIY, photobooks independently published and distributed, photography exhibition catalogs, print-on-demand photobooks, artist books, zines, photobooks printed on newsprint, limited edition photobooks, and non-English language photography books. […]
State Library of Qld’s artists’ book collection
The largest public collection of artists’ books in Australia is held at the State Library of Queensland, as part of the Australian Library of Art. The collection consists of around 1500 works featuring both Australian and overseas artists. The Library positions the collection as ‘artworks that use the form or the concept of the book’, with the […]
Spotlight on books for kids
Spending some time in the children’s book section of a library or bookshop, is a good method of sizing up what is happening in the arena of kids publishing. While finding something without glitter on the front cover may require a little digging… thankfully there are lots of interesting combinations of writers, artists and designers […]
Connecting with ProximityWA
Geography is no longer a barrier with writingWA‘s new resource ProximityWA creating connective possibilities between literary activity across the large state of Western Australia. The resource provides information on writers festivals and events taking place in regional centres around the state, allowing one to easily access information about what might be taking place close to you […]
Objectifying book art
BookArtObject is a great ongoing project by an informal collective of artists working with book arts. Administered from Australia, it includes artists spanning the world, using the blog as a hub for their activities. Artists work in the medium of artists’ books and come together occasionally to make small editions of work in response to […]
Indie publishing West-side
The independent publishing sector in Western Australia continues to swell with a swathe of activity from small publishers – from micro to rather big. We thought it might be a good time to recap on some of our colleagues. The Perth Zine Collective is a rich incubator and representative of hand-made publications, providing a a […]
Weaving stories
Perth artist Janine McAullay Bott works with weaving – creating objects and figures from palm fronds, grasses, reeds and other natural and man-made materials. Drawing directly from her Noongar heritage the works reference the methodologies and stories of her ancestors. Weaving is part of my Noongar heritage – my great grandmother would make brooms to […]
Books about books
We do enjoy books about making books, and we thought we’d share with you a couple of our favourites. Indie Publishing: How to Design and Produce Your Own Book, is a great how-to manual, detailing everything to do with publishing your own book, from design through to distribution. Written by Ellen Lupton, it’s published by […]
Writer Vivienne Glance’s events in London
Vivienne Glance, co-author of A Simple Rain, is Arts Catalyst’s writer-in-residence during September 2012. She is leading A Conversation on Science in Contemporary Performance, Wed 19 Sept, Arts Catalyst, London. This informal conversation on science in contemporary performance will bring together a small invited gathering of artists, writers, scientists and theatre practitioners. http://www.artscatalyst.org/experiencelearning/detail/science_in_contemporary_performance/ We caught […]
A Simple Rain launched
While the weather raged outside, inside the enticing book-lined walls of Crow Books, our latest book, A Simple Rain, was launched last Monday. Award-winning Western Australian poet Kevin Gillam launched the book, describing his process of re-visiting the book recently, as one that opened up new ways of reading this particular combination of art and […]
A Simple Rain launch
Please join us on Monday 6th August 7pm at Crow Books 900 Albany Highway, East Victoria Park, Western Australia for the launch of A Simple Rain. The book will be launched by award-winning Western Australian poet Kevin Gillam. RSVP/for more information contact teapot@lethologicapress.org Download the A Simple Rain flyer.
Landscaped
Our book birdlife has been reviewed in the latest edition of Landscapes, the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language, at Edith Cowan University. The edition features articles by Jorge Goldfarb and Adam Newcomb and poetry by Andrew Burke, Liana Joy Christensen, Marten Clibbens, Mark Dickinson, Niall Lucy, Edric Mesmer, Glen Phillips, Rose […]