Edition Book Arts was founded in 2009 by Philip Barrett, Patrick Lynch and Katie Blackwood to celebrate the craft of the book and independent publishing, comics, zines, artists books and all stops in between. They organise the annual Summer Edition artist's book, comic and zine fair.
Summer Edition 2010[]
The second Summer Edition was held at Temple Bar, Dublin on Saturday 24 July 2010. Exhibitors included:
- Antic Ham
- Atomic Diner
- Alan Nolan
- Albedo One
- Art to Heart
- Baby BEEF Independent Art Press
- Blind Elephant Illustration Collective
- Philip Barrett
- Bridgeen Gillespie
- Cardboard Press
- Ciaran Lucas
- Coracle Press
- Declan Shalvey
- Deirdre de Barra
- The Douglas Hyde Gallery
- EAK Press
- Eek Collective
- Elida Maiques
- Fan Sissoko
- Kyle Rogers
- Ger Hankey
- Hilary Lawler
- John Kehoe
- Jenny Keane
- Karen Browett
- Leda Scully
- Loserdom
- Patrick Brown
- Pepper Morrison
- Road Books
- Red Fox Press
- Sandi Sexton
- Silvia Loeffler
- Scissors Cuts Paper
- Eoin Ryan
- Turbo Monthly
- Gar Shanley
- Cliodhna Lyons
Reports[]
Summer Edition 2009[]
Their first Summer Edition was held at Filmbase, Temple Bar, Dublin on Saturday 4 July 2009. Exhibitors included:
- 20,000 Leagues
- A4 Sounds (musicians and multimedia artists)
- Archie Templar
- Baby Beefheart (independent art press and zine)
- Blackshapes
- Cardboard Press
- Ignition Book Publishers (artist's book publishers)
- Colm Wood website
- Cora Cummins
- Daragh Mc Loughney
- Deirdre de Barra
- EAK Enterprises
- Factor Fiction (UK small press publishers)
- Fan Sissoko (graphic designer working in Dublin)
- Gisli Darri (Icelandic animator and illustrator)
- Hilary Lawler
- Road Books
- Loserdom (DIY zine from Dublin)
- Luke Fallon
- Maeve Clancy
- Mermaid Turbulence (artist's books by djeribi)
- Mindpuss
- Neptune Factory (comics artist Jenika Ioffreda)
- National Irish Visual Arts Library (artist's books)
- Patrick Brown
- Visual Artists Ireland
- Red Fox Press
- Road Crew
- Ruben Alvarez (comic artist)
- Stitchy Press (books, zines and music)
- That's Not My Squid (artist Edel Ryder, writer Gareth Hanrahan, comic Fish for Fish)
- Eccentric City (tabloid zine)
- Rag Collective (Dublin anarch-feminists)
- Turbo Monthly (Dublin zine)
- We Love Books (artist Atsushi Kaga)
- Windell Comics (Gar Shanley and Cathal Duggan)
- Ztoical