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Water and Sky

Here's some news from our friends at Caught By The River about their forthcoming book by Neil Sentance, illustrated by printmaker Jonathan Gibbs... "We’re pretty bloody delighted to be able to anno...

The Lumber Room: Unimagined Treasures

We're delighted to announce the publication of our latest Random Spectacular project, The Lumber Room: Unimagined Treasures (RS011). Prior to the reopening of York Art Gallery in 2015, Mark Hearld ...

The Lost Watercolours of Edward Bawden

Widely admired today as an illustrator and printmaker, Edward Bawden (1903-89) is hardly a ‘forgotten artist’. Yet one aspect of his career has been neglected until now: his role in the 1930s as a ...

Score Tae The Toor

Many thanks to everyone who joined us at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop yesterday for the launch of Score Tae The Toor, a handmade book and remix CD inspired by the Concrete Antenna sound installatio...

Rena Gardiner

Our friends at Little Toller are soon to publish the first book about the artist and printmaker Rena Gardiner (1929-1999). "Rena Gardiner dedicated her life to her art, doing so alone in a thatched...

Surface Tension

Writer, artist and musician Rob St. John (who contributed to our Random Spectacular No. 2 journal) has announced details of his latest project, Surface Tension. In summer 2014, Ben Fenton, project ...

Random Spectacular No. 2

We're delighted to announce the forthcoming launch of the second edition of Random Spectacular - a collaborative exploration of the visual arts, literature, music, travel and much more. Contributor...

Rena Gardiner at MMU

Manchester Metropolitan University's Special Collections are currently hosting an exhibition dedicated to the work of Rena Gardiner. Rena Gardiner (1929-1999) spent her life entirely devoted to her...

Picture Hooks

We recently went along to the opening of an exhibition of emerging Scottish picture books illustrators at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. Picture Hooks was set up by author Vivian Fr...

Jonny Hannah – Greetings from Darktown

Just published by Merrell is Jonny Hannah's wonderful 'Greetings from Darktown - An Illustrator's Miscellany', the first book devoted to the work of this popular illustrator, printmaker and painter...