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Bound Art Book Fair 2021

23-24 October at the Whitworth Art Gallery

24/09/2026

We are excited to announce an opportunity for a dynamic Social Media Associate to help us communicate effectively and inclusively to our online audiences. The Social Media Associate will lead on live coverage of Bound’s public programme across our Instagram and Facebook accounts, as well as introducing online audiences to our exhibitors and programme participants in the run up to the fair.

Fee: £800 inclusive, based on £15 per hour for 40 hours across two weeks. This is a temporary role.

Head to our website (link in bio) for more details!

To apply, please email [email protected] with SOCIAL MEDIA ASSOCIATE as the subject line. Include a single page cover letter explaining your suitability for the role. If you have examples of social media campaigns you have worked on, please provide examples on a separate page(s). CVs are not required.

Deadline: October 5th at 23:59.

Please do not apply until you have read the full job spec. Candidates should ideally be Manchester based, or willing to travel.

17/09/2026

◼️EDITION X◼️

◼️EXHIBITOR LIST ANNOUNCED◼️

◼️WWW.BOUNDARTBOOKFAIR.CO.UK◼️

25/08/2026

LESS THAN A WEEK LEFT TO APPLY

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Bound Art Book Fair’s mission is to provide a platform for a diverse and international range of projects and exhibitors to share their work and reach new audiences, with a particular focus on those from the North of England. We build and sustain communities around print publishing practices whilst exploring the potential for expanded forms of publishing that engage or interact with performance, music, sculpture, fashion, moving image and activism.

“Get involved!” is a foundational principle.

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Full tables for £80 for the weekend

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Apply now through the link in our bio

03/08/2026

BOUND ART BOOK FAIR 2026
EDITION X

Applications now open!

Ten whole years. Tens of thousands of visitors. Ten times bigger and only getting better. We won’t stop!

31st Oct-1st Nov 👻
the Whitworth
Applications close 31st August
Form in bio

Design george ⁀➷

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26/06/2026

BLACK LIGHTS CREW ASSEMBLE

Look out for our Bound Burner calling cards across this weekend

We invite all .uk attendees to submit photos, videos, texts + voice notes to the Bound Burner. We’ll be sequencing the material together with guest editor into a new publication, from our live editorial desk at Sunday’s Morphologies book fair.

19/06/2026

🍭 BLACKPOOL BOUND 🍭

We’re joining our friends .uk next weekend in Blackpool for a very special one day takeover of the Winter Gardens Atrium. A micro book fair with many of the north’s finest, plus a live editorial desk with Guest Editor . We’ll be gathering all your images, videos, texts and voice notes via our Bound Burner and remixing up a brand new publication. Ticket holders and Blackpool heads, keep 👀 for the number, and get involved!

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Kicking off a very special TENTH YEAR for

28/11/2025

Five years ago, .khan happened to pass by as hordes of teenagers, bowtied, glossed and glittering, spilled out of their high school prom in South London. The scene—one of elation, exhaustion, giddiness and hope—inspired a four-year-long project that saw Khan reach out to the school in question for permission to take portraits and video material within the prom itself. Over the years, capturing students during this right of passage became a ritual, with Kahn sensitively but imaginatively capturing the full spectrum of the evening, from the initial awkwardness of the red carpet entrance, to the heat of the dancefloor, and the eventual surfacing out into the night. The result is Leavers, a tender 8mm video work soundtracked by Lara George and narrated by poet and author Caleb Femi.

For many, a high school prom presents a unique social spectacle where all previous conventions, alliances and disputes are either upended or discarded. With a shared cognition that this is likely the last time a group will share a room together, inhibitions dissipate, risk dissolves into temptation, and senses are heightened. It is also, perhaps most importantly, a theatre for self expression, for looking your absolute best, and sharing your culture in ways that the traditional school structure does not allow. It allows young people to define themselves to their peers in a way wholly unrelated to classroom dynamics, obedience or scholarship.

We were thrilled to present a site-specific, multi-channel version of Leavers as part of this year’s public programme, taking over the basement at . Those of you in/near London can look forward to seeing Leavers as part of Khan’s upcoming solo presentation at @1014.gallery
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04/11/2025

We’re still getting goosebumps from this…

Thank you so much to all of the incredible readers who joined us for the inaugural New Voices at Bound. This programme slot gives space for artists to activate the books they have available to purchase at the fair, through readings, performance and improvisation. We witnessed brilliant, bold and generous contributions by .thepoet and .rushh 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

31/10/2025

WHAT A WEEKEND!

Thank you so much

23/10/2025

🇵🇰EXHIBITOR SPOTLIGHT🇵🇰

Practising Empathy in Mirrors is a multidisciplinary project that delves into the intersections of Muslimness, politics and spirituality through publications and film. The project’s latest publication is Aapne, a zine made up of images farmed from various corners of the internet. From the graveyard of inactive Facebook accounts to YouTube rap videos from 20 years ago, Aapne offers a glimpse into the visual culture that surrounds Pakistani youth in the inner cities of Bradford, Birmingham and beyond. Crime, cars, gang signs and questionable haircuts run rampant.

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