Semple Press

The back of a beautiful keepsake produced by Rachel Marsh of Semple Press. Rachel’s special edition for participants - Mycelial Whispers, is letterpress printed in PaperWise (made from agricultural crop waste) dyed with oak gall modified with iron and soda ash.

A table full of envelopes and postage stamps being assembled.

A table full of postage stamps and envelopes being assembled.

The front of a beautiful keepsake produced by Rachel Marsh of Semple Press. Rachel’s special edition for participants - Mycelial Whispers, is letterpress printed in PaperWise (made from agricultural crop waste) dyed with oak gall modified with iron and soda ash.

Our World Book Night 2025 Talk to the Trees | Listen to the Trees artworks have been packed, addressed and stamped for 200+ recipients. Two boxes of post are leaving tomorrow. Next year will be mountains, details of the call will be in the September-October Book Arts Newsletter. Will you join us?

Collections in Dialogue: An Artist Co-Commission Call Out The British Library and Leeds Art Gallery seek to commission an artist or artist collective based in the Yorkshire and Humber area. This commission will culminate in the creation of new work by the ar...

Artist commission opp UK: exploring artists’ books held at @britishlibrary.bsky.social alongside works in @leedsmuseums.bsky.social sculpture collection that employ the medium of the book as a sculptural object. Info on link, deadline to apply 29 Aug:
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/collections-...

Flying Too High: AI and Air France Flight 447 Podcast Episode · Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 19/07/2024 · 41m

ChatGPT is actually *not* good for brainstorming. Great ‘Cautionary Tales’ podcast about the pitfalls in ai here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Includes a small segment on how useless it is for brainstorming!

Huh. You only get a kitkat and a glass of squash for donating blood in the uk. Plus the sweet glow of virtue of course… though that might have been light-headedness

The submission window for the autumn issue closes on Friday! Last chance to send in your short, minimal & concrete poems for publication in aswirl 🌀🍂

Detail of the 2016 Siruela (Spanish) edition of Lolly Willowes, showing a cat with the title written on its white chest.

Announcing a conference in London in May 2026, to mark the centenary of Lolly Willowes, Sylvia's first and best-known novel.
townsendwarner.com/lolly-willow...

Not just me then. I did listen and wished I hadn’t. Also usually love @bunkerpod.bsky.social

The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin

A studio _and_ letterpress? You’re doomed. I predict a studio stuffed with letterpress equipment within 6 months

Poster text reads: HYDROPOETRY IN PRACTICE 30TH JULY 2025 HYBRID / ROYAL HOLLOWAY KEYNOTE PERFORMERS: ROYAL HOLLOWAY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON UNIVERSITY of York Poetics Research Centre Royal Holloway HUMANITIES & ARTS RESEARCH — NSTITUTE / MARAMA SALSANO: 'KO WAI AU? WHOSE WATERS DO I DESCEND FROM?' / KATIE HART POTAPOFF: 'A RETURN TO THE CROOK IN MY ELBOW' / KARAN CHAMBERS: 'WHAT THE WATER GAVE US: FEMINIST HYDROPOETICS AND THE REIMAGINING OF FOLKLORE' / CONEFFLUENTS: 'LEAKY INSTRUMENTS: HOSTING, TOOLS, AND POROSITY AT CHANNELSEA RIVER' / AYESHA HAMEED & DESIRE MULLA: 'A GLOSSARY OF AFTERLIVES OF TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVERY' / ANITA SLATER: 'A POETICS OF GUIDANCE: THINKING THROUGH WATER AND GUIDEBOOKS' / JENNIFER HOWITT: 'ENTER FEN' / SUPRIYA KAUR DHALIWAL: 'AGAINST LISTENING: AN ANTI-RIVER MANIFESTO' / RACHEL MARSH: LETTING THE COLLOIDAL SUSPENSION SETTLE' / KATIE MCGETTIGAN: 'WATER/PAPER/WATER' / MONTENEGRO FISHER: 'FLUID GEOMETRIES' / HELENA HUNTER: 'ALGAE POETICS: PRACTICE RESEARCH WITH POETRY AND MARINE SCIENCE' / TUSSHARA NALAHUMAR SRILATHA: 'WAYS TO SUMMON WATER' / LIZ KENDALL: 'THE BRIDGE OF POETRY: MEMORY AS MOTIVATION FOR CLIMATE ACTION' / CHARLIE MILLS: 'UNDERFLOWAN' / IRIZAIDA NAVAR: 'RITUAL PARA QUE LLUEVA' / BECCA DRAKE & GAIA BLANDINA: 'RESURFACING THE KING'S POOL, A COLLABORATIVE SOUND PERFORMANCE' / TAMSYN CHALLENGER: 'WATER WORKS' / VERITY ROWSELL: 'OCEANIC BODIES' / 9.30AM - 6.00PM: CHESTNUTS LECTURE THEATRE ROVAL HOLLOWAY ECHAM CAMPUS Register via Eventbrite / Contact briony.hughes@rhul.ac.uk with any questions

INCREDIBLY excited to share the line up for the Hydropoetry in Practice conference! Join us at Royal Holloway or online on 30th July 🌊🌊🌊 www.eventbrite.com/e/hydropoetr...

Poster for an exhibition of artists books from Brazil at Bower Ashton Library in Bristol, UK.

Art Crossing Borders with Artists' Books: Bristol Welcoming Brazil. An exhibition of works by São Paulo-based study group “Artists' books, book-objects: among traces and effacement.”. Curated and produced by Fabíola Notari. Bower Ashton Library, for info visit:
www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/livrosdearti...

You definitely deserve one… I feel sure one will come your way

Would any of you be interested in a bi-annual visual poetry newspaper? 🤔

🙋 yes please!

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Hartland Book Festival - #FREE ENTRY Saturday 14 June 2025 10am — 3pm Hartland Parish Hall, EX39 6BL & Resurgence Centre, EX39 6BS

HARTLAND BOOK FESTIVAL PROGRAMME: SATURDAY 14 JUNE Cartoon & Illustration Workshop with Joseph Witchall 10.30am - 12.30pm at Hartland Parish Hall A playful drawing session for ages 5+, including live demos from the creator of the Verdy picture books. Tickets: £5 Earth Book Workshop 10.30am - 12.30pm at St Johns Chapel in the Square Make books, paint and/or write a message to the natural world using inks made from earth pigments and botanicals. Tickets £5 Guided Nature Walk: Xenia — Meeting Our New Floral Neighbours with Pete Yeo 10am -12pm Meet at the book festival, Hartland Parish Hall. Discover the cultural and ecological stories of plants that have made Hartland their home_ Tickets: £8 Creative Writing Workshop with Cheryl Silvawood 10am - 11.30am at The Resurgence Centre Using nature-inspired observation and live music, this workshop helps you unlock your inner writer. Tickets: £15 / £10 concessions Sounding Lounge with Evolving Events 12 - 1.30pm at The Resurgence Centre A creative space where you can share your love for literature. Bring a poem, an excerpt from a short story or a verse you've written. FREE, suggested donation. Poetry Performance by Charlotte Faulconbridge 'Mad to be Normal' 2 - 2.30pm at The Parish Hall Charlotte Faulconbridge is an autistic and chronically ill prize-winning poet, #1 Amazon bestselling author, musician and TEDx speaker. FREE, suggested donation. To book workshops and events visit: resurgenceevents.org/hartlandbookfest2025

Hartland Book Festival

Saturday 14 June • 10am-3pm • Hartland Parish Hall, EX39 6BL

Join us for a fabulous fun-filled day at #Hartland #Book #Festival — a #FREE community event celebrating local authors and the joy of #reading.

Find out more & book workshops > resurgenceevents.org/hartlandbook...

There’s an artists book in this

I used actual 15th-century dog names from Scott-McNab’s edition of “Names of All Manners of Hounds” for this print using some of the dog letterpress blocks I’ve collected. “Beste-of-all” uses the tol Maple (my “good freend”) I lasercut, of course. + #DHmakes

Oops. Sorry. I really should come with a Tigger warning for over-enthusiasm!

I suspect they _would_ be able to talk about that… but yes the podcast ep was more on the philosophy of writing. It was a really strong episode tho so defo check it out

Check out the Overthink podcast episode on Writing. It speaks directly to this — both presenters teach at universities and are articulate on why writing without ai is so important. Either Ellie or David would be amazing on a panel imo

I’m printing lines 4 and 5 today and tomorrow…. Getting there!

Oh that is such great news! Thanks so much. Letterpress merch is SO much better in the US

“Too much makeready” is the euphemism I needed to see today! Where can I buy one of those? Love the other two as well

This is phenomenal.

Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.

It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.

Poetry Cares care home residency - Literature Works Literature Works are seeking a poet-in-residence to deliver six weekly sessions at a care home near Barnstaple as part of the Poetry Cares programme in February and March 2024.

Brilliant job here for poet in residence over the summer.

Details in link.

Please share :)

Best analysis I’ve seen so far on Labour’s latest turn to the right…

This is so good!! Have book marked it

Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking The free and flexible app for your private thoughts.

That sounds a bit like obsidian.md I believe you can publish it as a website… but I’m not brave enough to do that. I write notes and link them up as I go, but offline