At a not at all-secret facility in East London, in a carefully arranged creative chaos, OFF_PRESS folk slave over binding books our authors have slaved over writing…



Here, for your enjoyment however, is a 60 second introduction into binding books yotsume toji style…



You can choose from some of the titles we have already published in the BOOKS section of this site, or enquire about

hand-made books – we will be releasing several such titles in the next few months, any advance questions or requests

please email us at info @ off-press.org



2011 PUBLISHING SCHEDULE


July – Rafał Gawin – WYCIECZKI OSOBISTE / CODE OF CHANGE (poetry, perfect bound)


August – Anthology – FREE OVER BLOOD (poetry, hand-made, Yamato binding method)


September – Jakobe Mansztajn – VIENNA HIGH LIFE (poetry, hand-made, Yotsume Toji binding method)


October – Grzegorz Kwiatkowski – SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BORN trilogy (poetry, hand-made, Yotsume Toji binding method)


November – Joanna Lech – COLLAPSE/RELAPSE (poetry, TBC)


December – Wioletta Grzegorzewska – MEMORY OF SMENA (poetry, TBC)






Night and Day

A long, long time ago, there lived a little boy. Every time he left the house, the sun would vanish, the world outside turning dark. People called him Night. Once, Night overheard them saying that whenever he returned home something strange happened outside. It wasn’t dark, quite the opposite, it “brightened up” and all around a new world, unknown to him, came into being. He decided to find out if this were true for himself and so one evening left his window slightly ajar, to spy on the goings on outside. What happened next went beyond anything he could have imagined. A little girl came out of the house opposite. The moment her feet touched the doorstep, the sun began to rise slowly and the boy, for the first time ever, saw light. People called her Day. Day looked at him for a split second, which was enough for him to vanish. And yet, from that moment on, Night and Day always stand at the same time in the same place, a moment before the sun realises it has to either rise or set. This is their time beyond time, somewhere in between.


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West Berlin 1976-1983

 

It was for you Berlin whistled
spiel mir das Lied vomTod,
for me it sang with Yentl’s voice.
Back then, for us both it meant
a freedom which could last a long while,
if only wound up carefully
like a clockwork orange,
though a warning came via
Alex DeLarge’s viewpoint.
We would doze off fitfully in Spandau,
the very name arousing terror,
behind us, a wall stood in silence.
Their fear lurking in coal heaps along the S-Bahn.

 

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To celebrate Justyna Bargielska winning the prestigious Gdynia Literary Prize for the second year in a row, we are presenting three of her poems, taken from our upcoming anthology of contemporary Polish poetry Free Over Blood, translated by Katarzyna Szuster.





Justyna Bargielska- 3 poems



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London Literature Festival (30 June – 14 July) features Alan Hollinghurst, Philip Pullman, Iain Sinclair, Gilbert and George, Liz Lochhead, Alexander McCall Smith, Michael Morpurgo, Zaha Hadid and many more…


Click on image above to learn more…






Here are the results of the 50 Watts’ Polish Book Cover Contest, which asked contestants to design the “Polish edition” of their favorite book. Poland’s incredibly rich history of book design can be seen in the new book 1000 Polish Book Covers.


see more winning designs on 50 Watts by clicking image above







OFF-SIGHT is an exhibition celebrating print and bookbinding work by BA(Hons) Graphic Design, Central Saint Martins. The show reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the course, combining digital and physical practices, creating work of conceptual and technical strength. The exhibition consists of screen prints, mono-prints, woodcuts, etching, bookbinding and documents the continuous protesting for the cause. 



As part of the Off-Sight exhibition there will be a 3 day Pop-Up shop to raise money for the degree show, all items have been uniquely made and created by students for the shop.

POP UP SHOP

of limited edition, bespoke and handmade items.

On the 8th, 9th and 10th of June 2011

Wednesday 8th shop open 12-9pm
Private view 6:30pm – midnight (DJ & Bar)
Thursday 9th shop open 12-7pm
Friday 10th shop open 12-7pm

at Camp London
http://www.thecamplondon.com/
70-74 City Road, London
Nearest Tube: Old Street






{Maintenant Slovakia in association with Literature across Frontiers & Arc Publications}



June Saturday 18th 2011 – 7pm – Entrance Free – The Rich Mix arts centre, Brick Lane. London

Ivan Štrpka -  Mila Haugova – Colin Herd – Marcus Slease – Tamarin Norwood – Jonty Tiplady – James Wilkes

Arc Publications’ Six Slovak Poets includes work by a generation who started publishing in the 1960s, who lived through the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and saw the 1993 division of the country give birth to today’s Slovak Republic. Emilia Haugovà and Ivan Štrpka, two of the collection’s contributors, will be joined by a half dozen London-based poets to celebrate the sixth event in the Maintenant series held at the Rich Mix arts centre in London’s Brick Lane. As ever, the Maintenant series will advocate a diverse selection of poetic methodologies, ages & nationalities – collecting together some of the most interesting performers Europe has to offer.