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AS part of Middlesbrough Libraries Literary Festival running to June 30, an exhibition - Book Arts @ Litfest 2009 -is being held in the reference section in Middlesbrough's Central Library.

The free exhibition has been put together by artist Norma Kyle <noinclude></noinclude>

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. It will run throughout the literary festival and will feature anything "book-like".

Lisa White, outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public.  librarian, said: " The exhibitors have developed their own ideas about what constitutes 'Book Art' using a wide range of media - and the results are quite outstanding! Book Art covers artist-made books, comics graphic design, fine press work, chap-books and much more." The artworks will be on display around the reference library or hidden away on shelves or around corners.

People of all ages are invited to bring along their own Book Art that could be included in an evolving archive and may be put on display. The work could be made of any material, have no pages at all, be purely visual, text based Also called "character based," it refers to handling text and not graphics. Simple charts and illustrations may be drawn, but they are limited to a set of special characters that are strung together to make up lines and shades (see OEM font).  only or be animated, digital or any other art form..
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Publication:Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Date:Jun 5, 2009
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