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Jac Batey (images) & Jessy Randall (text)
Brighton, UK / Colorado Springs, USA (2025)
Edition of 100
297mm x 210mm, 32 x pages
Tête-bêche format: two zines with one rotated 180 degrees, meeting in the middle. Two front covers.
Digital colour printing on 150 gsm recycled silk paper,
Includes a bookmark
This special library-themed issue of Future Fantasteek! (ISSN 2399-3022) It is a gift to libraries in gratitude for all that libraries and library staff do for communities, for literacy, and for intellectual freedom. It contains two 16-line poems about books and libraries by Jessy Randall, illustrated by Jac Batey using withdrawn library books, vintage stationery, tippex, index cards, pens and collages. The Tête-bêche format means both zines are bound together with one rotated 180 degrees, making for two front covers.
The process involved agreeing on the poems to include, then taking each 16-line poem in turn and working on everything 'all at once'. The idea was to repurpose old library book covers and stationery, but I needed to be able to see the whole sequence of the poem so I could consider the visual pace and flow.
Brighton, UK / Colorado Springs, USA (2025)
Edition of 100
297mm x 210mm, 32 x pages
Tête-bêche format: two zines with one rotated 180 degrees, meeting in the middle. Two front covers.
Digital colour printing on 150 gsm recycled silk paper,
Includes a bookmark
This special library-themed issue of Future Fantasteek! (ISSN 2399-3022) It is a gift to libraries in gratitude for all that libraries and library staff do for communities, for literacy, and for intellectual freedom. It contains two 16-line poems about books and libraries by Jessy Randall, illustrated by Jac Batey using withdrawn library books, vintage stationery, tippex, index cards, pens and collages. The Tête-bêche format means both zines are bound together with one rotated 180 degrees, making for two front covers.
The process involved agreeing on the poems to include, then taking each 16-line poem in turn and working on everything 'all at once'. The idea was to repurpose old library book covers and stationery, but I needed to be able to see the whole sequence of the poem so I could consider the visual pace and flow.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Brighton |
| Publisher | Damp Flat Books |
| Edition | 1st |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2025 |
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Keywords
- zine
- libraries
- library catalogues
- collage art
- poetry
- illustration, authorship, literature, artist's book, learning & teaching
- creative writing
- drawing
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Future Fantasteek! #23 ‘You Love Libraries / When All the Books Are Gone’
Batey, J. & Randall, J., 15 Jul 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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Future Fantasteek! #23 ‘You Love Libraries / When All the Books Are Gone’: Exhibition in Bower Ashton Library, Bristol UK
Batey, J. & Randall, J., 5 Nov 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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MCO_Future Fantasteek! No.22: Paper Cuts
Batey, J., 1 Jul 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Artefact
Projects
- 2 Active
Activities
- 1 Invited talk
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Keynote talk at Notts Zine Fest 2025, Nottingham Central Library, UK
Batey, J. (Keynote speaker)
10 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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