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Inscription: the Journal of Material Text - Theory, Practice, History eds Gill Partington, Adam Smyth, Simon Morris email: inscriptionthejournal@gmail.com purchase at https://inscriptionjournal.com/how-to-buy/

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Plain brown cover with 13 March 1911 by Adam Smyth.

Plain brown cover with 13 March 1911 by Adam Smyth.

Inside the book, extract of newspaper.

Inside the book, extract of newspaper.

Wonderful surprise in the post from @adamwithbooks.bsky.social , his gorgeous book of, about and around a single date. Fascinating and beautiful thing.

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BOOKMORPHS: Artists' Books from Greece & the UK – Hellenic Centre

Delighted to see INSCRIPTION given a prominent place at Bookmorphs - terrific new exhibition on artists' books @hellenicentre
helleniccentre.org/event/bookmo...

INSCRIPTION 1, 2, + 3 are sold out & out of print. A few copies of 4 and 5 are left - snap them up via inscriptionjournal.com/how-to-buy/

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BOOKMORPHS: Artists' Books from Greece & the UK – Hellenic Centre

Delighted to see INSCRIPTION given a prominent place at Bookmorphs - terrific new exhibition on artists' books @hellenicentre
helleniccentre.org/event/bookmo...

INSCRIPTION 1, 2, + 3 are sold out & out of print. A few copies of 4 and 5 are left - snap them up via inscriptionjournal.com/how-to-buy/

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BOOKMORPHS: Artists' Books from Greece & the UK
14 October - 28 November

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@sarahbodman.bsky.social
@inscriptionjournal.bsky.social

The Hellenic Centre
16 - 18 Paddington Street, Marylebone, London W1U 5AS

Curated by Fiona Mouzakitis & Despina Stavrou,Christina Mitrentse

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Get reading! All the texts from issue 5 of INSCRIPTION: THE JOURNAL OF MATERIAL TEXT are online and downloadable for free at inscriptionjournal.com
We are a double-blind peer reviewed, green open access journal. Published by Information as Material in a partnership with Leeds Beckett University

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A reminder that THIS is coming up next month. A week-long deep dive into the artists' book, with some amazing guest speakers and visits to key collections. Places still available so PLEASE SHARE!!!
16-20th June, London Rare Books School
Book here: ies.sas.ac.uk/london-rare-...

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Hooray! We are launched!

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LAST CHANCE to sign up for this, on 23rd May! A hands-on study day in UCL special collections, exploring their most experimental magazines, from the Modernist avant-garde to the mimeo revolution.
ies.sas.ac.uk/events/magaz...

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INSCRIPTION 5 launch!

If AT LEAST 2 of the following apply to you, do drop by.

(a) you like odd, experimental books (b) you are enthusiastic about the concept of containers (c) you like articles on material texts with holes in (d) you are around London on May 14 May (e) you fancy a glass of wine.

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Attention friends and supporters of Inscription Journal: Issue 5 on 'containers' is HERE. We will be celebrating in fine style amid the marble pillars of Senate House, Bloomsbury. Please come and join us. 14th May. Dress code: casual/cardboard box. Register here: tinyurl.com/Inscriptionlaunch

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Come and get your fingers inky. Just a few days left to register for this study day at UCL special collections. We'll be getting hands on with mimeo, lo-fi and DIY mags from the 60s and 70s. Please pass on the word! ies.sas.ac.uk/events/magaz...

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55 metres Inscription: the Journal of Material Text - Theory, Practice, History, issue #5 on 'Containers' is presented as a continuous scroll with accompanying music…

Inscription issue 5 out RIGHT NOW for purchase: inscriptionjournal.com/how-to-buy/

Here it is: all 55 beautiful metres of it, in scroll format.

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A lightning flick through some of the amazing experimental magazines we'll be exploring in this one day course, coming up THIS MONTH on 23rd May: ies.sas.ac.uk/events/magaz... Places still available but booking ends soon so be quick.

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Inscription issue 5 has landed! It's all about CONTAINERS, and it has articles, artworks, and STUFF.

Snap up a copy before they are all gone ...
inscriptionjournal.com/how-to-buy/

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THIS THIS THIS!

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Bookmarking Book Art – Adam Smyth 13 March 1911 (2019) 13 March 1911 (2019) Adam Smyth Perfect bound paperback. H175x W115 mm, 64 pages. Edition of 500. Acquired from Information as Material, 10 October 2020. Although unremarkable …

It’s 13 March day! If you’d like a free copy of my collage-of-one-day-from-the-past, let me know and I’ll post you 13 MARCH 1911 (unless I am besieged).

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... so happy to co-sign with Marie Radepont @crc-recherche.bsky.social and Γ‰tienne Anheim @crhehess.bsky.social an essay which is part of this issue @inscriptionjournal.bsky.social. Printed in a limited number of copies... don't wait if you want to have one!

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Issue 5 on containers is imminent!

'Containers' considered via ESSAYS and FICTION (Joanna Kavenna) and ART WORKS (Erica Baum, Daniel Buren, Jeremy Deller, Harold Offeh + others)

Pre-order before they're all gone at inscriptionjournal.com/how-to-buy/

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bespoke pod units

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our tidy small containers

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Editorial meeting with Gill, Adam and Simon working on layout of Inscription number 5, on containers.

Advance orders inscriptionjournal.com/how-to-buy/

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J'adore

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We love this!

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C'est quand mΓͺme rassurant de voir la quantitΓ© de choses belles, intelligentes, intΓ©ressantes qui se font; et qui se font malgrΓ© tout, quand mΓͺme, tant pis et tant mieux.

Avis #MedievalSky : appel pour le prochain numΓ©ro de @inscriptionjournal.bsky.social sur les coupes et les dΓ©chirures. πŸ‘‡

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Inscription issue 6 (out spring 2026) is all about cuts / tears.

Here is our call for papers -- cut up.

Talk to us if you have an idea for an article!

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Inscription issue 6 (out spring 2026) is all about cuts / tears. Here is our call for papers. Talk to us if you have an idea for an article!

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Categories (filing cabinets; book shelves) On my way to the reading room in the National Archives in Kew, I see a set of filing cabinets that carry headings of implausible exactness.

A micro-essay on categories

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Diaries: 1922-1959 From an auction house in Nottingham, I buy a series of 18 diaries running across the early to mid-20th century, kept by a man called Samuel who lived in a village near Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
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This is our cover for Inscription 5, out early 2025, on containers! The brilliant Kimsooja!

Shipping container all of the artist's personal possessions from her New York apartment
Courtesy of Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum fΓΌr Asiatische Kunst and Kimsooja Studio
Photo by Pierre Adenis

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