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 A special evening celebrating the launch of Alistair Bamford’s latest collection. Joining him is fellow writer Gillian Rennie-Dunkerley for a joint reading that promises to be as compelling as it is curious, and they will both be in conversation with poet Ian Griffiths.
📍 Location: The Bank Arts Centre, Eye, Suffolk 📅 Date & Time: Friday 5th September, 7.30pm Alistair Bamford is known for his evocative, idiosyncratic voice: a blend of precision and unpredictability. Whether you’re a longtime admirer or a newcomer to his work, this is a chance to hear the poems as they were meant to be experienced: aloud, alive, and among friends. Come for the readings. Stay for the conversations. Books will be available for purchase. Complimentary drink on arrival, bar open. We hope to see you there.
You can get there by bus from Reading, Leopard 3, alight at The Swan and walk back round the corner. It's just down from the Bull Inn. If you're driving, you can either park at the Arborfield Park car park, or at Henry Street garden centre, five minutes walk away. We'll end the walk at Henry Street for refreshments etc. If you're parking at the garden centre, they've asked if we can please use the end of the overflow car park round to the left by the car wash. From there you'll need to walk up Swallowfield Road for a short way to the meeting point at Arborfield Park. The walk is in the Loddon valley, in farmland and along woodland edges, with a variety of flora and fauna. It will include a section of the Widdershins Walk route from the book. Watching the Keep, Walking the Edge: exploring Reading
🎥 Film Screening & talk – Architecture Washing, a new film by Jane Glennie & Chris Impey. A unique cinematic exploration of the OpenHand OpenSpace building, inspired by the history of the Keep at Brock Barracks before it became the home of OHOS. This 10 minute poetic film projection becomes part of the building itself: contrasting its solidity and fragility, revealing its layers of history. 📖 Book reading & exhibition – Widdershins Walk: Round the Edge of Reading, a new book by artists and writers Peter Driver and Geoff Sawers. This year-long slow art project traces an anti-clockwise journey around Reading’s countryside circumference during the four seasons, and is a series of reflections on the history, natural history and archaeology of the town's limits and edge spaces, meditations on what the town is and will be. Both film and book navigate the tensions between past and present, history, culture and commerce. They highlight spaces—whether an urban landmark building or the town’s rural periphery—that are increasingly vulnerable to economic pressures, the demand for housing, and the priority levels given to cultural and environmental capital. Don’t miss this special event! ✨ Free entry | All are welcome ✨
This Friday, 14th March, at about 11am Peter Driver and Geoff Sawers will be interviewed on BBC Radio Berkshire about their new book, Widdershins Walk: Round the Edge of Reading. Tune in to hear them witter-on about their series of walks to find their way slowly round the edge of Reading, where they discuss local history, natural history, topography and toponymy.  We've been receiving some lovely comments from readers who have got their copy of Peter & Geoff's new book Widdershins Walk: 
 This month I joined Peter Driver & Geoff Sawers for a portion of the summer quarter of their walk around the circumference of Reading. It was a long 14 mile stretch from Theale around to Shinfield. Their knowledge of, and fascination with, nature and the landscape knows no bounds. I was listening and absorbing their enthusiasm all day. I can't wait for more of the visual and written material to start coming in so I can start the page layouts of what is going to be a beautiful and absorbing book.
Book Arts Newsletter is published 7 times a year at the Centre For Print Research at the University of the West of England, edited by Sarah Bodman. Very happy to say that they have included TRACe Museum of Memory in issue 153, April 2023. (And ordered a copy for the UWE library! Thank you!)
It's a very comprehensive newsletter that includes exhibitions, events, reviews and new publications as well as opportunities for book artists and publishers.
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