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  • The Big Book Look

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    The Big Book Look

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    Sep 25 2019 18:30 - 21:00
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    25 September 2019

    6.30–9.00pm (Bar open from 6pm)

    Tickets: £8–12.50

    What does it take to make a book a success? The global publicity? The budget-busting marketing campaign? Previous achievements of the author or illustrator? Or is it a cover design produced from a brief with the phrase, “it just needs that ‘big book’ look”?

    After two sold-out events at St Bride, Ceara Elliot, Jack Smyth and Nico Taylor have curated a new line-up to share their experiences on this theme.

    Join a host of designers working across the publishing industry to discuss work that has had the high expectations of meeting the difficult ‘big book status’, or have suddenly found their work on the bestseller lists and have to manage seeing their own covers on briefing forms?

    Speakers:

    Charlotte Abrams Simpson

    Mic Alcaino

    Becky Chilcott

    Eleanor Crow

    Suzanne Dean

    Jon Gray

    Tiffany Leeson

    Jack Noel

    Claire Ward

    In addition, we’re pleased to be inviting students, recent graduates (within the last 18 months) and amateur designers/illustrators to submit work for a cover competition kindly sponsored by the Wynkyn De Worde Society Charitable Trust. 

    The winning covers will be announced at the start of the event and all work with be exhibited throughout the evening so it will be a fantastic opportunity to get your work seen by industry professionals.

    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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