*SUMMER SALE NOW ON*

Summer is well and truly here and there are new books in the pipeline so we're having a sale to make room for new arrivals! Please head on over to the Doubleplusgood Books shop for more details on our Summer Sale and watch this space for details on forthcoming titles. Our books will be appearing at various bookfairs throughout the summer including the Copeland Book Market on 25th-27th July

Flash Forward Festival

I realised that my postings have been very quiet of late, but opening today in Boston is the Flash Forward Festival of emerging photographers from Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. As part of the festival which runs until Sunday is the Indie Photobook Library’s curated selection of 250 of the best photobooks. I am over the moon that my most recent book Abstract Polaroids has been chosen to be one of the books selected!

One Year For Japan

Just published and a perfect gift for Christmas is this beautifully designed calendar from LozenUp. As well as being a thing of beauty it is a gift that will keep on giving as 100% of profits raised will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross. I've already ordered 2!

New Book: Abstract Polaroids

Doubleplusgood Books is pleased to announce the release of a brand new book from photographer Stuart Woodman entitled Abstract Polaroids. It is a 12 page, full colour mini-book, produced in a hand numbered limited edition of 100 and is available to buy over at the Doubleplusgood Bookshop for £4.50 + P&P.

Abstract Polaroids is the fourth title to be published by Doubleplusgood Books and the second by artist Stuart Woodman. Following on from his acclaimed debut Now We Are 30, Woodman's latest book presents us with a collection of abstract images that explore the fundamental elements of photographic reproduction: light, chemistry and technology.

With echoes of Rothko's paintings and Wolfgang Tillmans experiments in abstract photography this book is small, but perfectly formed. Printed lithographically and with a machine varnish to enhance the look and feel of the images, this little gem has been lovingly designed by the talented chaps at A-Side in Cornwall.

If you attended PiY in Paris last weekend you will have had a sneak preview of the book as part of Laurence Vecten's curated selection of this years best self-published photobooks. Sadly I wasn't able to be there in person, but photos of the event now in its second year look like it was once again a rip-roaring success!

4th Kassel International Photobook Festival

Also on at the moment is the Kassel Photo Book Festival. I'm sad I can't be there, but happy to report that Now We Are 30 is one of the selection of books by the eminent photoblogger, bibliophile, publisher and all round lovely lady Laurence Vecten.

The Book Affair

Forgot to blog this one, but today and tomorrow is The Book Affair in Venice, where Doubleplusgood Books will be represented by OMMU Distribution who will be participating in the fair which gathers together some of today's most interesting independent publishing projects.

Art-Athina and New York Photo Festival

Yet more exciting book events! May is proving to be a fruitful month for the photobook...

First up is Art-Athina, the International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens - now in its 17th year. OMMU Distribution will be featuring all Doubleplusgood Books titles at the fair amongst a selection of monographs, exhibition catalogues, periodical editions, self-published items, artist books & zines. The fair opens today and runs until Sunday.

Also opening today and running til Sunday is the New York Photo Festival where the Indie Photobook Library will be showing their entire collection (which includes all the books we've published so far) at the Tobacco Warehouse in DUMBO, NYC.

If you're in either Athens or NYC both look like they'd be well worth a visit.

2 of our titles are amongst 50 photobooks that have been selected by curators for inclusion at Snap! Orlando on May 6th and 7th - thanks once again to the Indie Photobook Library for making this happen!

PPAC Second Annual Bookfair

All 3 Doubleplusgood Books titles are part of the selection of photobooks curated by the Indie Photobook Library which will be on display this Saturday at the PPAC Second Annual Bookfair. The fair is being held at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center between 12 and 6pm Saturday 2nd April and looks like it should be a great event.

Self Publish, Be Happy

Now We Are 30 is featured on the Indie Photobook Library this week. It was also Book du Jour the other day over at Self Publish, Be Happy and is also now available from the SP, BH shop.

De Zines in Zaragoza

Forgot to mention earlier, but Doubleplusgood Books are featured once again in the De Zines exhibition of contemporary art publishing which is currently being held in Zaragoza in Spain until the 13th March, after which it will travel on to Aranjuez near Madrid - the opening night for which will be 22nd March. You can check out some photos of the exhibition at http://www.nozines.com/

Le Bal, this weekend

my book Now We Are 30 is being featured this weekend in an event at Le Bal in Paris as part of a selection of photobooks curated by PIY and Le Garage. If you are in the city it should be well worth a look - Le Bal is such a great gallery and the bookshop and cafe are pretty awesome too.

Offprint Paris

Tomorrow Doubleplusgood Books will be making the long train journey from Cornwall to Paris to participate in Offprint - a bookfair for independent publishers of photography books. Come say hello if you're going to Paris Photo.

The Online Doubleplusgood Bookshop

All Doubleplusgood Books titles are now available to purchase online at the new Doubleplusgood Bookshop. Please click here for all your shopping delights!

Two New Books

1st November sees the official release of two new titles from Doubleplusgood Books - Downcasting by Beau Brashares and Unknown Land by Louis Porter. Both titles are available to buy here at our new webshop.

Forthcoming Releases

Due for release in early November are the next two titles from Doubleplusgood Books, Downcasting by NYC-based photographer Beau Brashares and Unknown Land by Melbourne-based Louis Porter.

Publish it Yourself

Less than a month to go until the PiY exhibition at Maison d'art Bernard Anthonioz in Nogent sur Marne, just outside Paris. It is "une exposition de livres photos auto-publiés" and features an illustrious list of photographers who have all dabbled in self-publishing photobooks. I am proud to be listed amongst these photographers, many of whom are photo heros of mine.

Doubleplusgood Books are now available in Greece through OMMU Distribution who stock a varied and eclectic range of Good Stuff. Hurrah!

Now We Are 30 is the feature of a nice review on One Year of Books. The site is a great concept too, documenting all the books that husband and wife, Laurence Vecten and Pierre Hourquet buy during the course of 2010.

This month sees the opening of "de zines" an exhibition at La Casa Encendida in Madrid organised by Roberto Vidal and Oscar Martin, which aims to reflect what is happening in contemporary publishing concerning independent publications; how this field relates to the field of artistic production and the contemporary social, cultural and political environment.

Now We Are 30 is featured as one of 400 international publications that have been gathered together for this project, which runs from 29th June - 29th August.