Incline Press – now with added Paypal

On the other side of the hill in Oldham, lives Incline Press – a fine maker of letterpress printed books.
They've added a shopping cart facility to their website,
and looking forward to get a hold of their forthcoming book on E R Weiss...

Idler 44 – illustrators

The next issue of the Idler magazine will be out in May 2011.
We've asked Pete Willis, Sam Green, Karolin Schnoor, Clifford Harper, David Galletly, Bron Jones and Nina McNamara to illustrate more Idler essays.

Au Revoir the Mountains of 2010

Bright things coming out of the blue! / being snowed in for most of December / Bracketpress’ 5^th year & an exhibition at MMU / realising we’ve printed and published over 500 Bracketpress items in the last 5 years / finally publishing This Crippled Flesh / getting back to pencil & ink / screen printing at Hot Bed Press / the installation of the Carnaby Street exhibition / working with Judith Clark / superman bookshelves / Computer Arts magazine/ AOI annual and exhibition /reads from Hamish Hamilton and Virago / learning & teaching, teaching and learning… / cottage industries/ HANDS + GRAY + RGB + CMYK / prints and posters / shit happens at Pictures On Walls / Murderme / Alexander McQueen rip/ the Protests… a rebelution / meeting Jo – pamphlet and book sewer at the speed of light, lending us a much needed hand / starry moment after Killing Joke gig / talking atoms and cosmos with Dad /keeping up with the Jonesy / Mum’s boots / quickest days and sunsets in Cyprus / hate planes / ear infections from hammering ipod / good intentions & wishful thinking / falling short… must try harder / saying goodbye to Grandma /finally learning to drive / flowers glowing in the dark / prefer giant trees to green-shoots / badly behaved cancers / riddles /herbs and filth/  …

Christmas Card Artillery + Deadline

The perfectly timed / too-late New Year books have gone into production, under the watchful eye of the Gangmasters at Bracketpress.
And will be fired out to all 'Friends of the Press' very soon...

You can become our 'friend' too by buying anything from Bracketpress. 

Merry Christmas!

A Grimm Outlook at Building

Some illustrations for Building magazine, done last week during the snow-in!

 

full page & spot illustrations - Heroes & Villains, A Land Far Far Away, The Deadly Rivals, The Fallen & Unhappy Endings...

Computer Arts magazine

I was recently interviewed by Garrick Webster for the December issue of Computer Arts magazine... which has just landed on my doorstep!

[spot-the-erratum?]

the Idler's Academy

Here's a first glimpse sketch of our new Idler's Academy that will open early next year...

more info soon...

Towards Re-Enchantment

A new book from Artevents...

with essays by the likes of Iain Sinclair, Robert Macfarlane, Richard Mabey, and Jay Griffiths — who's essay: 'The Grave of Dafydd', I illustrated...
The book is designed by Fraser Muggeridge studio.
And the book is available to buy from...
http://www.artevents.info/projects/current/the-re-enchantment/towards-re-enchantment

Memories book project

http://memories.subism.co.uk is an amazing art book project for the cancer charity Maggie's, and has been set up over the last year by Designers Against Human Rights Abuse (DAHRA), Subism, OneTenEleven Media and editor Garrick Webster, the proceeds from the sales of Memories will go to the charity Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres. One of my illustrations accompanies a story called After the Storm. There are 12 stories and 144 artworks included in the book.

Logo by Luke O'Neill

NEW EDITION: Tissues & Bone

The first booklet in a series of illustrated visceral studies by Alice Smith.
Published by Bracketpress.

"You cannot experience your own interior by closing your eyes and concentrating on it. In order to discover your own contents you have to investigate the inside of someone else".  JONATHAN MILLER, 'The Body in Question'

210mm x 148mm, 20 pages, hand sewn. Colour digital printing on 140gsm recycled stock with card cover in tissue wrapper with ribbon.
Edition of 50 copies
£9.00

Available at http://www.bracketpress.co.uk  &  http://alices.bigcartel.com

NEW: Read Don't Twitter bags in the Shop!

Available at http://www.bracketpress.co.uk  &  http://alices.bigcartel.com

Printed & Published — Bracketpress Exhibition

Manchester Artists Book Fair

Next door to our exhibition... on Saturday 6th November, we'll be at the Manchester Artists Book Fair.

On show will be 40 stands of hand-made journals, hand-printed and bound editions, altered books, zines and prints, from artists and small publishers from the North West and around the UK.

The book fair takes place at The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art, Cavendish Street, All Saints, Manchester. M15 6BR.
Doors open 10.00am until 6.00pm. Entrance is free.
For further information: www.hotbedpress.org

Brave Old World by Tom Hodgkinson

a forthcoming book from Hamish Hamilton.

here's a preview of the book cover that we've just designed.

The Synthetics album release

A great new cd from The Synthetics,
with 4-colour letterpress printed packaging to boot
] printed by Bracketpress [

CD available to buy from: http://www.thesynthetics.co.uk/

MP3 download from Amazon or itunes