Reposted by Small Publishers FairJulie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Some glimpses of my book vessels currently included in ‘Paperwork’ - an exhibition of 10 Scottish artists working with paper, print and book art. www.rudastudio.com Ongoing until 7 Nov, 11-4 Wed-Sat. 1205
Reposted by Small Publishers FairLongbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026From river to pond, the heron steps and pauses over a mined world. 'Have You Always Been Here?': a new post on the Longbarrow Press site longbarrowpress.com/2026/09/18/h... 0177
Reposted by Small Publishers FairLongbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Xing the Line: @emmabolland.bsky.social reads with Nell Perry, Iris Garrelfs and Jordan Savage, Sunday 11 October, Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes, 32 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, London, E2 8DA. £5 waged, £3 unwaged. Doors at 6pm for a 7pm start. 074
Reposted by Small Publishers FairCharles Boyle @cbeditions.bsky.social · 07/10/2026CB editions October newsletter: a brick: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2026/10/news... 0139
Reposted by Small Publishers FairAnthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026CONCERNING THE TRIOLET The form is short; some lines repeat, but terms distort. The form is short, its meaning caught in metered feet. (The form is short some lines? Repeat.) 0204
Reposted by Small Publishers FairSarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026ILSSA Diagrams at Looky Here Greenfield, MA. lookyheregreenfield.com this Fri 9 Oct 5:30 - 10pm. Exhibition & Northampton Print & Book Fair Pre-Party! Sat 10 Oct, 12-5pm + Northampton Print & Book Fair, 11am-5pm. www.northamptonprintandbookfair.net Organised by Emily Larned. impractical-labor.org 071
Reposted by Small Publishers FairJen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · 05/10/2026All my final tour dates for 2026: New York, Montréal, Toronto, Singapore, Oxford, etc. jencalleja.substack.com/p/tour-dates...jencalleja.substack.comTour dates: New York, Montréal, Toronto, Singapore, Oxford, etc.I’m heading out on the third and final leg of my 2026 “world tour”. 031
Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Agreed! Utterly beautiful and instantly re-readable. Congratulations @eyesfront.bsky.social and @longbarrowpress.bsky.social a publishing highlight for 2026! 1166
Reposted by Small Publishers FairAlec Finlay @alecfinlay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2026/09/30/f...glasgowreviewofbooks.comOobinan essay on tidal poetics Alec Finlay In his menagerie, Glasgow Beasts (1961), my father, or faither, Ian Hamilton Finlay’s urban fox is a typical bully-huff. the blokes aa sayed ah wis a G R E A T… 183
Reposted by Small Publishers FairSteve Eely @steveeely.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There are still a few places left on my online creative writing (poetry) short course, ‘Creating Bespoke & Organic Forms: Shaping Poems in the Act of Composition’. More information and booking details can be found here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creating-b...eventbrite.co.ukCreating Bespoke & Organic Forms: Shaping Poems in the Act of CompositionA creative writing (poetry) course of 5 workshops in which participants will devise their own bespoke forms for poems and sequences. 176
Reposted by Small Publishers FairJean McEwan @jeanmmcewanartist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026'We belong to the great web of life' Exploring entanglement with the living world & all beings through collage journaling this morning, using a found page from a nature book as my starting point. Making like this helps me think✂️🖌️ Some new participatory work on this coming soon! #interconnection 0183
Reposted by Small Publishers Fairwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Lepiota procera, 1894 watercolour by Beatrix Potter. Best known for her children's books. Potter also studied mycology, the scientific study of fungi and was a keen conservationist #WomensArt 6772155
Reposted by Small Publishers FairSarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Run Hide Hibernate - works by Finlay Taylor opens at Kingsgate Project Space, London, Thurs, 6 - 9pm. Exhibition: 9th – 31st Oct 2026, Thurs – Sat 12 – 6pm. Exploring natural phenomena and landscape, specific sites and species through print media and book art. www.kingsgateworkshops.org.uk/upcoming 071
Reposted by Small Publishers FairJoanna Hastings @joannahastings.bsky.social · 24/09/2026All this - plus tiny poems of distilled wonder. Whether they focus on beauty or squalor, the moment of noticing, the detail that takes you beyond yourself, is heart-stopping. Worth every penny even if the price was doubled. 095
Reposted by Small Publishers FairUniformbooks @uniformbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“...an important poem, a major long poem of the 1960s... Uniformbooks are to be commended for bringing it back into circulation in a format that is both handsome and serviceable.” —Billy Mills blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Book-of-the-Green-Man-by-Ronald-Johnson/9781910010044 #PoetryDay 4198
Reposted by Small Publishers FairMatt Clegg @eyesfront.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In an age of acceleration, optimisation, and endless scrolling, slowness can feel radical. Linger. Listen. Look again. Have You Always Been Here? from @longbarrowpress.bsky.social longbarrowpress.com/featured-poem/longbarrowpress.comFeatured PoemTzu-Jan as Performance Outcome | Matthew Clegg Into every account mail is pinging: ‘we will secure our long-term future by competing on more fronts.’ Let’s find a glade where a thought might grow. … 0118
Reposted by Small Publishers FairJulie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Delighted to be part of ‘Paperwork’ An exhibition of 10 Scottish artists working with paper, print and book art. Opening Sat 3 Oct at Ruda, St Boswells 11am - 4pm. Do drop in. www.rudastudio.com I will be showing new pieces from my ongoing vessels series. Ongoing until 7 Nov, 11-4 Wed-Sat. 1217
Reposted by Small Publishers FairSarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Upcoming event: Between Reading and Looking: Women to Watch, Tate Britain, 23 October 2026, 14.00–17.00. Panel discussion and display focusing on women and artists' books. Tamsin Green, Larissa Nowicki, Batool Showghi, Rachel Smith, Francisca Prieto, Welmoet Wartena. www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...tate.org.ukWomen to Watch | Tate Britain 1164
Reposted by Small Publishers FairSarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Call for applications: @fruitmarket.bsky.social Artists’ Bookmarket 2027. Edinburgh’s annual celebration of artists’ books culture, 13 & 14 February 2027. Stalls, accompanying exhibition, events and workshops programme. Applications close 08.11.26. More info at: www.fruitmarket.co.uk/artists-book... 098
Reposted by Small Publishers FairAnthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026For over ten years, I've been running an experimental poetry press called Penteract Press. Penteract exists to give a platform to constrained, experimentally formal, and visual poets. [1/4]penteractpress.comStore — Penteract Press 166
Reposted by Small Publishers FairFly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ever wanted to peek behind the scenes of publishing? At the Northern Publishers' Fair you’ll meet editors, agents & indie publishers shaping the future of books in the North. Don’t miss your chance to connect on Sat 14 Nov 11am, Mcr Central Library fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/97643... 084
Reposted by Small Publishers FairCharles Boyle @cbeditions.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Happy publication day to this new banana, issue 4 of The Little Review. I'm in here, on Reznikoff - translated into Polish, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, but zero in print in the UK until Testimony from CBe next year. 093
Reposted by Small Publishers FairDr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ladybird on Ivy. #InsectThursday 327127
Reposted by Small Publishers FairLongbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026From river to pond, the heron steps and pauses over a mined world. Three postcards (350gsm uncoated cardstock) accompanying three new pamphlets (Eyes Front, Crystals & Dust, The Living) by Matthew Clegg. Haiku on reverse. Have You Always Been Here? Out now longbarrowpress.com/current-publ... 0209
Reposted by Small Publishers FairBroken Sleep Books @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Viewings works through the many senses of its title: flats seen but not secured in a hostile Dublin rental market, the interior of a body read through scans and symptoms, and the cartography of an island off Galway that was never there. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page... 123
Reposted by Small Publishers FairLongbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Boo! We're presenting a collective reading at the University of Sheffield on Wed 2 December - Angelina D’Roza, Steve Ely, Pete Green, Rob Hindle, Chris Jones and Fay Musselwhite - free, no booking required. Details not on the website yet, but let me know if it's of interest and I'll keep you posted. 121
Reposted by Small Publishers FairCharles Boyle @cbeditions.bsky.social · 18/09/2026CB editions September newsletter, including news of the first ever CBe author tour, archived on the blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com/2026/09/news... 1165
Reposted by Small Publishers FairSarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026An AHRC funded PhD opportunity at the British Library - 'Inscribing Friendship: Social Networks, Artistic Practices and Collecting Histories in the Alba Amicorum at the British Library'. Deadline to apply 27 Nov 2026. All info at: www.bl.uk/services/res...bl.ukCollaborative Doctoral Landscape AwardsFully-funded and jointly supervised studentships across four developing research areas. 053
Reposted by Small Publishers FairLongbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Join us for a specially devised event to launch 'The Gleaning', the second poetry collection by Fay Musselwhite. Wednesday 30 September (7.30pm start) Upstairs at Shakespeare's, 146-148 Gibraltar Street, Sheffield S3 8UB Free entry, all welcome. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fay-mussel... 01410
Reposted by Small Publishers FairJulie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Read @gregchthomas.bsky.social on Edwin Morgan's Colour Poems (they are included in our new volume of Morgan's concrete, visual and sound poetry *A Home in Space* from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social ) www.flemingcollection.com/scottish_art... 0105
Reposted by Small Publishers FairLes Fugitives @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Please join us for the launch of THE SURVIVING CELLS on 14 October at @burleyfisher.bsky.social with author @brianwillems.bsky.social in conversation with @hannahhg.bsky.social burleyfisherbooks.com/products/the... 034
Reposted by Small Publishers FairDave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 09/09/2026terrific mail day - trio of pamphlets by @eyesfront.bsky.social (& coverart poscards by anon.), requiring usual penknife surgery to extract as do all careful packages from @longbarrowpress.bsky.social 1183
Reposted by Small Publishers FairImogen Reid @imogenreid.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Beautiful post from @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social & @vikshirley.bsky.social No @smallpublishers.bsky.social this year, I will miss having a chat with @emmabolland.bsky.social @rachelartsmith.bsky.social & @longbarrowpress.bsky.social Good job you can order the book here intergraphia.cargo.site/Shop 1163
Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Book Fair Calendar is a list of UK anarchist, book art, indie, small press, zine and other fairs. In September alone, ten will take place in Eastbourne and Reading (both this Saturday 12), and in London. smallpublishersfair.co.uk/book-fair-ca... 0127
Reposted by Small Publishers FairJulie Johnstone @essencepress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Other events are listed here on the @edmorgantrust.bsky.social website edwinmorgantrust.com/2026/08/10/a...edwinmorgantrust.comA Home in Space: Upcoming Launches and EventsEdwin Morgan is best remembered as Scotland’s foremost national poet, a bold, lyric voice who shaped conversations around queerness, politics and post-war life. But Morgan was also a restless exper… 062
Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"the plain form of the pamphlet has persisted throughout the history of publishing, its flexibility and limited extent perfectly suited to a single concern or to simple gatherings of text and images..." 040
Reposted by Small Publishers FairSarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026An exhibition celebrating Coracle press - directed by Erica Van Horn & Simon Cutts, opens at South Tipperary Arts Centre 12/09/26 on show until 24/10/26. Explore Coracle's influence on artist-led-publishing, the development of the artist book, & the book as art object. www.southtippartscentre.ie 0111
Reposted by Small Publishers FairUniformbooks @uniformbooks.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Early hours. 0122
Reposted by Small Publishers FairLongbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Visionary, urgent… extraordinary blendings of environmental & social history. - Mark Wormald This spirited, astonishing, bewildering book is one of the best long poems I have read. - Adam Piette One of 2024's wildest volumes of poetry. - Christian Bok 'Eely' longbarrowpress.com/current-publ... 01912
Reposted by Small Publishers Fairintergraphia @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Here's a few photos from last month's Michael Marks Awards event, at which Hana Ormara was presented with the Illustration Award for her intergraphia pamphlet. Hana interviewed for the Michael Marks Awards: michaelmarksawards.org/in-conversat... Buy the pamphlet: intergraphia.cargo.site/Hana-Ormara 042
Reposted by Small Publishers Fairintergraphia @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Cover reveal! We're delighted to announce the first title in intergraphia Series 5: 'Amorous Electrons' by @vikshirley.bsky.social, a sequence of images and poetry that draws on electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram’s 'An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics'. On sale from Wednesday. 2288
Reposted by Small Publishers Fairconfingopublishing.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social · 25/07/2026What brought Ginsberg to Manchester in 1973—and whom did he meet? @rogerbygott.bsky.social investigates in Ginsberg & Manchester, out 3 September. Pre-order now for £7 + p&p: www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page... Photo: Allen Ginsberg Estate/Stanford University Libraries #BookSky #Manchester 081
Reposted by Small Publishers FairN u z h a t B u k h a r i @nuzhatbukhari7.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The Editor of CB Editions @cbeditions.bsky.social Charles Boyle (pictured below) would like to get more books into bookshops & readers' hands. If you're a bookshop, or a reader, please order directly from him to make him smile! Please share this post. . . www.cbeditions.com/books.html 0209
Reposted by Small Publishers FairSarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Bristol Artist’s Book Event is nearly here - Friday 26th & Saturday 27th June 2026 at UWE Bristol Fine Art Studios at Spike Island, 133 Cumberland Rd, Bristol BS1 6UX. 11am - 5pm each day. Free event - All welcome: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/babe2026/ Come and meet 100+ book artists! 0147
Reposted by Small Publishers FairLongbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Join us in Sheffield next week for the launch of 'The Gleaning', the second poetry collection by Fay Musselwhite. Wednesday 24 June Upstairs at The Shakespeare, 146-148 Gibraltar Street, Sheffield S3 8UB 7.30pm start Free entry, all welcome. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fay-mussel... 12013
Reposted by Small Publishers FairSarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Our BABE poster printed by Ben Goodman, it’s out and about in town but we have saved some for exhibitors to collect when they arrive next week (while they last). A beautiful relief printed blend celebrating our guests from Japan with a snow topped Mount Fuji. www.spikeisland.org.uk/programme/ev... 0185
Reposted by Small Publishers Fairthe modernist @themodernist.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Britain's post-war graphic designers helped reshape society during a period of profound national transformation, yet many of their names have quietly slipped from view... the-modernist.org/blogs/news-1...the-modernist.orgRighting a Wrong: Why We've Reprinted Modernist Graphic Design in Britain 1945–1980 in PaperbackSome books deserve to reach more people. When we first published Modernist Graphic Design in Britain 1945–1980 by Ian McLaren and Tony Pritchard, we knew we had something special on our hands. What we... 0123