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The Bodleian Library in Oxford has books. Lots of books. But also books that don’t look like books. Books that self-destruct. Books that decay.
Join librarian Jo Maddocks and conservator Alice Evans to explore the wonderful world of the Bodleian’s artists’ books and discover what makes a book a book.
This podcast is for book lovers, book nerds and book makers.
Brought to you by the Bodleian Library’s Centre for the Study of the Book.
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| 7 | Creative Commons | S2 Ep2: BOOKNESS with Kevin Steele | BOOKNESS talks to graphic designer and book artist Kevin Steele about his pop-up book ‘The Movable Book of Letterforms’, which is on display in the Bodleian’s exhibition ‘Alphabet’s Alive!’ until the end of January 2024. | Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Kevin Steele | 13 Dec 2023 |
| 6 | S2 Ep1: BOOKNESS with Paul Johnson | BOOKNESS talks to book artist Paul Johnson about his pop-up book ‘Dies Natalis’, which was created as a gift to the Bodleian library for the Gifts and Books exhibition. | Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Paul Johnson | 13 Oct 2023 | |
| 5 | Creative Commons | S1 Ep5: BOOKNESS with Justine Provino | On the 30th anniversay of its publication, BOOKNESS talks to book conservator and PhD candidate Justine Provino about her research into the self-destructing book 'Agrippa'. | Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Justine Provino | 09 Dec 2022 |
| 4 | S1 Ep4: BOOKNESS with Stephen Emmerson | BOOKNESS talks to poet and artist Stephen Emmerson about his book 'Translation of Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge', a paperback novel 'translated' into mushrooms. | Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Stephen Emmerson | 21 Nov 2022 | |
| 3 | Creative Commons | S1 Ep3: BOOKNESS with Yiota Demetriou | BOOKNESS talks to multi-media artist Yiota Demetriou about her book 'To You', a book made with thermal ink that requires the intimacy and heat of the reader's hands to reveal its text. | Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Yiota Demetriou | 15 Nov 2022 |
| 2 | S1 Ep2: BOOKNESS with Ben Denzer | In the first episode in this series, BOOKNESS talks to book designer and artist Ben Denzer, about a book he has created from 20 slices of Kraft American cheese. | Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Ben Denzer | 08 Nov 2022 | |
| 1 | S1 Ep1: Welcome to BOOKNESS | Welcome to BOOKNESS, a podcast from the Centre for the Study of the Book at the Bodleian Libraries exploring artists' books made of unusual materials… | Alice Evans, Jo Maddocks, Chris Fletcher, Emma Smith | 08 Nov 2022 |