Fabulous evening. First up a visit to the College of Psychic Studies to hear a talk about the art and life of Ithell Colquhoun with a book launch by @eiderdownbooks.bsky.social

Can’t wait for the Tate exhibition later this year 🙃

#surrealism #occultart 🖤

And will be available from all good bookshops soon! 😉

The College of Psychic Studies : Talks : Spirit inspired art : Book launch and in conversation with the author of ithell colquhoun Join Dr Emma Sharples at The College of Psychic Studies to celebrate the launch of her book on Ithell Colquhoun with a talk and book signing. Book now.

Tickets are free but please book in advance here www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/talks/spirit...

Poster for the book launch of Ithell Colquhoun by Emma Sharples

..and we have a brilliant launch event planned in London - please do come along and join us if you can

Lovely news this morning that our latest book is on track and finishing on the bindery and due into the warehouse next week...

Merry Christmas!

What a wonderful piece Beka! Merry Christmas to you and congratulations on another successful year of Manderley x

Amazing! Thank you for including us

A photograph of a group of colourful art books displayed on a green and cream armchair with tapestry cushions in front of a Christmas tree decorated with with fairy lights, good bows, red baubles in a green living room

The kind of books you want to find under the tree on Christmas morning 🥰

Ithell Colquhoun by Emma Sharples, coming January 2025 📚💙

Pre-orders are now open - head to our website or order via your local inde bookseller

Colour proofs from the forthcoming Ithell Colquhoun book showing the book jacket, images of the artists work and colour bars on the sheets of paper spread out on a table

First up, getting this little beauty off to the printers

Short medical interlude over. Now back to the business of book making!

The cover of the book in front of the Alster lake in Hamburg - in between a single seagull.

I spent the day with Lucy Haworth‘s depicton of Marlow Moss’ life and work - and it‘s so powerful and inspiring. A wonderful small book by @eiderdownbooks.bsky.social about a great artist!

Thanks for sending it to me, @spiral-tat.bsky.social & @miketyl.bsky.social!

Presented by Curwen Studio through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975

Dame Elisabeth Frink, The Three Riders, 1972
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1118377

A flat-lay photograph of the Modern Women Artists series of books displayed in a circle surrounding a lit-up star in the centre of the image. The background shows Christmas wrapping paper with holly, for branches. There is a Christmas cracker with the number 12 in the top right of the image.

Christmas email written and sent ✔️
Book files off to be indexed ✔️ Now time to make dinner and lay the fire 🔥

If any witchy/ esoteric/ occult/ art bookshops would also like us to come give a talk as part of the launch in the spring, drop us a line at hello@eiderdownbooks.com

a black and white photo of a woman holding a crystal ball in her hands . Alt: a black and white film clip of a woman waving her hands over a crystal ball

Ooh, exciting news! We've just had confirmation of the *perfect* venue to launch our next book on artist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun in January...

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Happy birthday! 🎈

Hello Bailey 👋 Nova would go bananas at the beach. She has an in-built magnet to water. I think she's part hippo!

A cream coloured golden retriever wearing a red harness and lead, standing on a canal path with autumn coloured leaves on the ground and green, orange and yellow leaves on the trees above

The most beautiful long walk this morning, swiftly followed by a visual migraine 🙄 Now battling with how to make a gift card on our website. Do people still buy gift cards for books at Christmas?

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Children's Book Celebration Join us for an afternoon of tea and activities to celebrate our recently published children's book

There is a free event in Edinburgh this afternoon at the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust - an afternoon tea and activities to celebrate the book in #ScottishBookWeek. Wish I was in Edinburgh so I could go along
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wilhelmina...

Hello and welcome! 👋

Meet the artist behind the cover of this year’s Booker Prize winner 👀 https://buff.ly/3CErVl5

This exhibition looks excellent! Exciting to read that a catalogue raisonné for Fell is coming soon too

A photograph of a cream coloured golden retriever wearing a red harness and lead, looking at a clearing in a heavily frosted woodland with a path leading ahead

Good morning! 👋 Home from our crisp and frosty walk and ready for a day of ticking things off our publishing to-do list ✔️

Not yet but soon!

What a lovely bookshelf!

That was a great show! Loved the early photography especially