A day of talks, readings and performances on shame and self-expression by Nuar Alsadir, Emily Berry, Vahni Capildeo, Wayne Holloway-Smith, Holly Pester and Aniela Piasecka.

This event marks the publication of small white monkeys, a text written by Sophie Collins during her time at GWL supported by Book Works’ You Must Locate A Fantasy residency scheme.

Introduction by Glasgow Women's Library
Introduction by Sophie Collins
Introduction by Nuar Alsadir

18th November 2017, 2 - 7pm

small white monkeys (part 1)

A day of talks, readings and performances on shame and self-expression by Nuar Alsadir, Emily Berry, Vahni Capildeo, Wayne Holloway-Smith, Holly Pester and Aniela Piasecka.

This event marks the publication of small white monkeys, a text written by Sophie Collins during her time at GWL supported by Book Works’ You Must Locate A Fantasy residency scheme.

Performance by Aniela Piasecka
Reading by Wayne Holloway-Smith
Reading by Vahni Capildeo

18th November 2017, 2 - 7pm

small white monkeys (part 2)

A day of talks, readings and performances on shame and self-expression by Nuar Alsadir, Emily Berry, Vahni Capildeo, Wayne Holloway-Smith, Holly Pester and Aniela Piasecka.

This event marks the publication of small white monkeys, a text written by Sophie Collins during her time at GWL supported by Book Works’ You Must Locate A Fantasy residency scheme.

Reading by Holly Pester
Introduction by Sophie Collins
Closing comments by Gavin Everall

18th November 2017, 2 - 7pm

small white monkeys (part 3)

Freedom Song Master V1

From Flag Day Master V1

Spoken stories and recollections dispersed with songs selected by Hamishi

Hamishi Farah is a Somali artist living in Australia while retired from Australian art. States have edges, like words. Infants begin to see by noticing the edge of things. How do they know an edge is an edge? By passionately wanting it not to be. When not examining contemporary white lack through the edgelessnesses of Niggadom, Hamishi paints. Hamishi is represented by Arcadia Missa in London and Chateau Shatto in Los Angeles, Hamishi is also a member of family rap ensemble, Fanau Spa. Hamishi’s first graphic novel Airport Love Theme will be published by Book Works as a part of the ‘Contact’ series, guest edited by Hannah Black, in January 2020.

Montez Press Radio

Hamishi’s Stories w/ Hamishi Farah on Montez Press Radio, 26th August 2019

Broadcast from London on 24th August 2019 by Montez Press Radio 

INTERSTICES are the almost unnoticeable gaps in between solid objects or places. So if a place is defined as 'location plus meaning', what happens to and around it when the story that endows a place with meaning becomes problematic or disruptive? Readings from Katrina Palmer, Bridget Penney and Timothy Thornton plus song and sound from Bob Lewis and Ingrid Plum. With introductions from Lizzie Homersham and Bridget Penney.

Bob Lewis, Sussex folk singer, introduces and sings his version of Hilaire Belloc's poem 'Ha'nacker Mill’. Katrina Palmer reads her story 'Hills with Things Inside Them' from her book 'The Fabricator's Tale', published by Book Works in 2014. Bridget Penney reads from her forthcoming novel Licorice, a mixed-up tale about a film, a windmill and city folk. Ingrid Plum contributes an extract from 'The Sound Sweep', performed with Ian Stonehouse as part of a series of collaborative improvisational duos using the short stories of J G Ballard as source text for a score, conceived and developed by artist and singer Ingrid Plum. Timothy Thornton contributes 'A Very Short Introduction to Ghosts', published as a risograph edition by Earthbound Press in 2019.

Bridget Penney was born in Edinburgh, and lives in Brighton. Her book publications are Honeymoon with Death and Other Stories, from 1991, and Index, published by Book Works in 2008 as the opening entry in the ‘Semina' series of experimental novels, guest edited by Stewart Home. Her stories and non-fiction have appeared in magazines and online. Her novel Licorice will be published by Book Works in autumn 2019, as part of a new series, 'Interstices'. An open call for further titles in this series, which Bridget will be guest editing, will be announced shortly.

Hear more from Montez Radio: https://radio.montezpress.com
Read Bridget Penney's novel, Index (part of the Semina Series):  https://bookworks.org.uk/publishing?commission=313. 
Licorice will be published in early 2020.

Interstices w/ Bridget Penney and Lizzie Homersham on Montez Press Radio, 24th August 2019

Book Works Presents: Stephen Sutcliffe reading from ‘Much Obliged’. 

This is the second in an occasional series of readings, performances and art from isolation by Book Works artist and authors (see Bridget Penney reading from ‘Licorice’: https://vimeo.com/403278253) 

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For more information or to order the book, visit our website: https://www.bookworks.org.uk/node/1983
 
Joe Brainard’s ‘I Remember’ is the inspiration for Stephen Sutcliffe’s similarly constructed assemblage of loosely connected reminiscences, each containing a reference to ‘Stephen’. 

Stephen Sutcliffe was born in Harrogate in 1968 and studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee and Glasgow School of Art / Cal Arts Valencia, California. He now lives and works in Glasgow. Best known for his video collage work Sutcliffe has been awarded the Contemporary Art Society Annual Award (2015) and the Margaret Tait Award (2012). Recent solo exhibitions include: High Windows, Dead Birds, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (2019),  Sex Symbols in Sandwich Signs, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh (2017); and Twixt Cup and Life, the Hepworth, Wakefield (2016).

BW Presents: Stephen Sutcliffe – Much Obliged

Established in 1984, Book Works is a National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England, and a registered charity. Dedicated to supporting new work by emerging artists, publishing projects are initiated by invitation, open submission, and through guest-curated projects. Book Works consists of a publishing and commissioning department; and a studio specialising in binding, box-making and multiples.