S1 Ep1: Welcome to BOOKNESS

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. Images of this week's book are at: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/category/BOOKNESS/

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. Images of this week's book are at: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/category/BOOKNESS/

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'. Images of this week’s book are at: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/category/BOOKNESS/

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. Images of this week's book are at: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/category/BOOKNESS/

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. Images of this week's book are at: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/category/BOOKNESS/

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. Images of this week’s book are at: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/category/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… Find out more about this episode at: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/category/BOOKNESS/