August 17 - 23 is National Book Week
and this year I decided I'm going to celebrate by lugging my Very Long Book
into Candelo Books Bega
on Monday August 19
for a spot of public binding and blabbing about BOOOOOOOOOKS
I'll no doubt be chatting about things from my MFA research project
like Coptic binding
or encyclopaedias
or 'the death of the book'
or encyclopaedias
or 'the death of the book'
or book arts
or biblioclasm
or whatever else tickles the fancy of passing people....
if you are in the neighbourhood - please drop in and say hiya!
if you are in the neighbourhood - please drop in and say hiya!
(I'll let you pat the book if you smile nicely...)
[[[ smiling nicely ]]]
ReplyDeleteThat's for my *virtual* pat, please .... ;>))
hee hee heee - wellllllll here's me extending the (virtual) head of the beast for you now.....
DeleteSo how long (time) have you been working on the loooooong book now? I remember it in Melbourne at the conference, and it seemed pretty long (length) then. What happens when the loooooong book gets too big for that case? It seems like such a perfect home for it.
ReplyDeletethis little square case IS a great home for it.... and the long book has almost outgrown it --- but I DO have another lovely old case that it can move into in the next bit..... (the loooooooong book is around the 10m mark now....
Deleteyep its very durn loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong!)
All I can say is wow!
DeleteActually, there's more.... is this a time-based project i.e. you'll stop when your mfa is done? Or is it more like your security blanket, and you'll never-ever stop??
Can't wait, Ronnie! We'll be there with bells on, probably towards the afternoon end of the day. Looking forward to seeing you and your wonderful creativity:) x
ReplyDeleteby the end of the day I'll probably be a limp rag.... but it will be nice to catch up :)
DeleteWish I wasn't so far away Ronnie, it sounds like fun!
ReplyDelete'one day' helen....
Deletei'd swing in too, if i could :)
ReplyDeleteahhh tarrrrrrr xx
DeleteSounds like a great plan for book week! Now you just need to put some little feet on your looooong book so you can pull it around on a leash like a millipede instead of you doing all the heavy lifting & carrying :)
ReplyDeleteRhonda it was so lovely to meet you today at Candelo Books. I love your blog (just having a quick squiz now before I head off to teach some James Joyce to unsuspecting youngsters...). That book herb spiral is AMAZING. I want to make one NOW. Can't wait to see more! x
ReplyDeletethis would be a fine place to meet ms. ronnie. wish i could've been there.
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