Letters from the North Pole
Letters from the North Pole
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Letters from the North Pole
With Annie Atkins
Date: Thursday 5 December, 2024
Location: St Bride Foundation and Online via Zoom
In-person times (GMT):
Doors/bar: 6.15pm
Talk starts: 7pm
Talk ends: 8.30pm
In-person tickets: £9, £12, £14
Please note: Ticket sales end at 4pm on the day of the talk. If available, tickets purchased in-person on the door will cost £16 per person. Please do call or email us to check if an event has any tickets left as you may not be admitted if we have sold out.
Online time (GMT): 7.00–8.30pm
Online tickets: £6, £8
Please note: Ticket sales end at 4pm on the day of the talk. You will be emailed the Zoom link for the talk at 6pm on the day of the talk. We will also send the link to all in-person ticket holders in case they are unable to attend and would like to join virtually.
Join Annie Atkins, renowned graphic artist for films such as The Grand Budapest Hotel and Indiana Jones, as she launches her first children’s book Letters from the North Pole. Written by Atkins and illustrated by Fia Tobing, this Christmas picture book features pull-out props from Santa’s workshop designed using the same principles that Annie uses in her film work: everything has to be ready for its close-up. Annie will talk the audience through her process in designing these pieces and writing in character, with comparisons to her work in the film industry and some behind-the-scenes footage.
Annie Atkins is best known for her work as a graphic artist in the film industry, having designed for many Oscar-nominated-and-winning movies, such as Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs, and French Dispatch, as well as Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies and West Side Story, and classic children’s films such as the latest Chicken Run and Indiana Jones movies. Her first book, Fake Love Letters, Forged Telegrams, and Prison Escape Maps (Phaidon 2020), prompted Jeff Goldblum to write that “Annie makes the unreal seem hyperreal, and the real more supremely alive and utterly magical”. Her next book, Letters from the North Pole, is a children’s picture book and will be published by Magic Cat in October 2024.
Our letterpress workshop will be open from 6–7pm before the talk, where you will be able to print a keepsake created specially for the event.
Copies of Letters from the North Pole will be available to purchase at the event, or you can pre-order your copy here: https://www.kensingtonbooks.co.uk/product-page/letters-from-the-north-pole
If you have any access requirements, please contact events@sbf.org.uk ahead of the event.
Organiser
Established in 1891 with a clear social and cultural purpose, St Bride Foundation is one of London’s hidden gems.
Housed in a beautiful Grade II listed Victorian building, St Bride Foundation was originally set up to serve the burgeoning print and publishing trade of nearby Fleet Street, and is now finding a new contemporary audience of designers, printmakers and typographers who come to enjoy a regular programme of design events and workshops.
Many thousands of books, printing-related periodicals and physical objects are at the heart of St Bride Library. Volumes on the history of printing, typography, newspaper design and paper-making jostle for space alongside one of the world’s largest and most significant collections of type specimens. The printed, written, carved and cast word may be found at St Bride in its myriad forms. Architectural lettering and examples of applied typography in many media, together with substantial collections of steel punches and casting matrices for metal types are also held in this eclectic collection. The Reading Room is open to visitors twice a month and on other days by appointment. Although we operate on a cost-neutral basis, it is necessary to charge for some of our services. Details are available by emailing the library team at library@sbf.org.uk.
St Bride retains many of its original features, including the baths, laundry, printing rooms and library. As part of the Foundation’s original mission to provide for the community, many of the building’s unique and characterful spaces are available to hire whether for meetings, weddings or classes.
St Bride also houses the popular Bridewell Theatre, and Bridewell Bar (once the laundry), and hosts a year-round programme of plays, comedy, music and exhibitions.
With some 65,000 visitors a year St Bride Foundation is a major London hub for the creative arts in London. We look forward to welcoming you soon.
Venue
St Bride Foundation, 14 Bride Ln, EC4Y 8EQ London
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Letters from the North Pole
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