Thanks to the urbane people at @thetls.bsky.social for this nice piece about INSCRIPTION 6 (on cuts and tears), including the great Buzz Spector ripping up pages.
Inscription: the Journal of Material Text
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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/
"A stroke of genius from the issue’s editorial and design team." Lovely and detailed review of INSCRIPTION edition 6 (on tears and cuts) from BOOKS ON BOOKS. books-on-books.com/2026/07/14/b... @gillpartington.bsky.social
Issue 6 of _Inscription: The Journal of Material Text_: Cuts and Tears
Explore the rich themes of tearing and cutting in _Inscription 6_, with Buzz Spector's book art, AT Kabe Wilson's exhibit _Copywrong_ and dozens more.
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I have just received my copy of Issue 6 of @inscriptionjournal.bsky.social - surely the most material of all texts, look at these glorious THINGS! This issue contains my article on J. L. Carr's (yes, the 'Month in the Country' author, also publisher & artist) pocketbook of 'The Reeves Tale'.
Posting out INSCRIPTION number 6 (on tears and cuts)! A few copies left -- via inscriptionjournal.com/how-to-buy
Alas, I am missing the @inscriptionjournal.bsky.social Issue 6: Cuts/Tears launch tonight, but my spirit is there as I celebrate a home! The latest issue has lots of ✂️cutting edge🔪 articles, and my piece 'Cut, Pasted and Pocketed: J.L. Carr’s Chaucer Pocketbook' inscriptionjournal.com/issue-6/
An incredible article by @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social in @inscriptionjournal.bsky.social alongside some inspiring pieces. Inscription is probably the coolest journal around and Eleanor highlights some crafty Chaucerian medievalism!
Dr Eleanor Baker@eleanormaybaker.bsky.social · 2mo agoAlas, I am missing the @inscriptionjournal.bsky.social Issue 6: Cuts/Tears launch tonight, but my spirit is there as I celebrate a home! The latest issue has lots of ✂️cutting edge🔪 articles, and my piece 'Cut, Pasted and Pocketed: J.L. Carr’s Chaucer Pocketbook' inscriptionjournal.com/issue-6/
Come along on Wednesday at 6pm at Waterstone's, Cambridge to hear the mysterious, incorrigibly plural "Frances Wise" in conversation with @katesawyer.bsky.social about The Book Game. Readings, Q&A, signings: the full literary trimmings. @chloehouston.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
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Hello! Does anyone know any stimulating criticism on reading or producing mirror image / reversed text (printed or handwritten) or images -- from any discipline?
Inscription issue 6 launches on 22nd June! Come and join us to celebrate. There'll be performances and refreshments and much cutting and tearing. Attendance is free but registration is compulsory. Find out more and reserve your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inscriptio...
Our next talk! All welcome! Dr Alice Wickenden, The 'sticky' materiality of early-modern book provenances. A discussion of deletions of ownership inscriptions in early-modern books. Thur 21 May, 5.15pm. Oakeshott Room, Lincoln College, Oxford + live on zoom (email secretary@oxbibsoc.org.uk)
Re-reading books: a mini essay (ft. EM Forster, Jane Austen, Moldova) open.substack.com/pub/adamsmyt...
Re-reading
It’s an odd temporal tumbling, re-reading a book you read a long time ago.
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INSCRIPTION is a labour of love. We don't make a penny from it: all income is put back in to INSCRIPTION. But costs are rising! If you felt able to donate: amazing. Online free open access inscriptionjournal.com Hard copies to buy inscriptionjournal.com/how-to-buy/ www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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We are delighted to be able to offer small grants to support exciting research!
Dr Alison Ray@liber-ray.bsky.social · 5mo agoSo pleased to have received a small grant from the fantastic @obs1922.bsky.social to carry out research on Oxford collections this summer for my book project! 🤗📖🎉
It's 13 March day! If you'd like a free copy of my prose collage of one day from the past -- 13 March 1911 -- send me a DM and I'll see what I can do. www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
Small found dogs
Adam Smyth’s new book, 13 March 1911, takes an experimental approach to (auto)biography. A verbal collage, it consists of textual fragments documenting various events and announcements that took place...
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Our next event! Sarah Cusk and Sophie Floate, Printed books from the libraries of some Oxford humanists Thursday 12th March, 5:15pm, Lower Lecture Theatre, Berrow Foundation Building, @lincoln.ox.ac.uk With a small exhibition! In-person only: book via email secretary@oxbibsoc.org.uk.
OBS / Lincoln College research associate position! We invite early career / grad scholars to apply to our new 2-week research associate position @lincoln.ox.ac.uk. Any interesting projects that will benefit from 2 weeks at Lincoln -- £500, accommodation and meals. Deadline 27th March
Call for papers! INSCRIPTION 7 (out 2027) will be all about BLANKS. It will be (as ever) a BEAUTIFUL and MAXIMAL object. Send us your ideas! Historical / theoretical / creative / creative-critical -- or some strange blend. First step: 400-word proposal + brief CV by 1 April 2026. CFP attached.
Inscription 6 on TEARS & RIPS will be out in early summer. Pre-order now at inscriptionjournal.com/how-to-buy Artists in issue 6: Bas Jan Ader, I'm too sad to tell you, 1970, © MoMA / Scala Dave Beech, When News Hit Shore, 2023 Stephen Emmerson, Holes, 7" vinyl record, 2026...
Grants! We are offering small grants (maximum £500 each) to support projects in book history & bibliography. We particularly encourage early-career applicants and projects that use Oxford collections. Application is brief; deadline is 27th February 2026. Details at oxbibsoc.org.uk/grants/
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Previous grant recipients If you would like to help us support early career scholars in bibliography, please email our Treasurer (treasurer@oxbibsoc.org.uk) to discuss how you can help. Any donatio…
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What are the best 2nd-hand bookshops in the UK -- if by 'best' I mean shops that tend towards (1) interestingly curated stock (2) atmosphere (bit messy, bit tumbled down -- but a place you want to be in) (3) knowledgeable staff who add something (4) inspiring. Trying to make a list!
"Abandoned and failed projects, ca. 1998-2025: an incomplete, chronological list" -- worth your time, from Adam Smyth, who lists all the stuff he dropped or which didn't work adamsmyth.substack.com/p/abandoned-...
Abandoned and failed projects, ca. 1998-2025: an incomplete, chronological list
[This is an updated version of the original from 2021.]
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Wonderful surprise in the post from @adamwithbooks.bsky.social , his gorgeous book of, about and around a single date. Fascinating and beautiful thing.
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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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/
BOOKMORPHS: Artists' Books from Greece & the UK – Hellenic Centre
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BOOKMORPHS: Artists' Books from Greece & the UK 14 October - 28 November @joedevlin.bsky.social @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
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
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-...
Hooray! We are launched!
Dr Eleanor Baker@eleanormaybaker.bsky.social · last yr.Huge congratulations to the @inscriptionjournal.bsky.social editorial team (@gillpartington.bsky.social @adamwithbooks.bsky.social and Simon Morris) for their shiny new issue! It's full of stripes, holes, and material text fun both contained and uncontained. Have a low-res photo from the launch.
