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Bookshop & Events at FormaHQ

Presse Books

Presse Books is an arts bookshop and project space at FormaHQ. A place to meet, exchange ideas, Presse Books will be an entry point to the building and home to Forma’s artistic community. The shop includes our own publications and artist editions as well as a wide selection of books around our programme: art, architecture, politics, environment, horticulture, poetry, independent publishing and more.

Events
Presse Books regularly hosts book launches, performances and events. To stay in the loop, see the full progamme, follow @pressebooks or subscribe to our newsletter.

Books
To browse our publications, artist editions, magazines and plenty more, head to the Presse Books online shop.


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Presse Books

Visit Us

Tuesdays – Fridays 10:30am - 5pm

Upcoming events
We regularly host book launches, performances and pop-ups. See the full list of events here.

Getting there
FormaHQ
Peveril Garden Studios
140 Great Dover Street
SE1 4GW London
Map

Browse the bookshop

Presse Books

Presse Books is an arts bookshop and project space at FormaHQ. A place to meet, exchange ideas, Presse Books will be an entry point to the building and home to Forma’s artistic community. The shop includes our own publications and artist editions as well as a wide selection of books around our programme: art, architecture, politics, environment, horticulture, poetry, independent publishing and more.

Events
Presse Books regularly hosts book launches, performances and events. To stay in the loop, see the full progamme, follow @pressebooks or subscribe to our newsletter.

Books
To browse our publications, artist editions, magazines and plenty more, head to the Presse Books online shop.

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Presse Books Launch

To celebrate the launch of our new cafe and bookshop, we commissioned Benedict Drew to present a site-specific series of works combining a limited edition poster, a live music composition and a film for the cafe TV.

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Benedict Drew Commission

The new composition ‘Music for Bookshops’ was presented live at the launch party with collaborators Arianne Churchman and Natalie Kynigopoulou, using books and printed matter as source material.

Following the launch, the new film ‘Some Suggestions Concerning Commerce (in the style of Henry Flynt)’ was on display in the cafe for several months.

The double-sided poster edition titled ‘All Firings Will Now Be On Mondays’ is now available online and in-store. Limited edition of 200.

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Visit Us

Tuesdays – Fridays 10:30am - 5pm

Upcoming events
We regularly host book launches, performances and pop-ups. See the full list of events here.

Getting there
FormaHQ
Peveril Garden Studios
140 Great Dover Street
SE1 4GW London
Map

Browse the bookshop