World Book Night 2024 – In Praise of Birds

WBN United Artists invited participation through reading and responding to a text or book about birds and sending us a postcard about it.

We are sharing works in two exhibitions: a physical one here at Bower Ashton Library, UWE Bristol, UK, 19th April – 30th June 2024, and printout posters at the Learning Resources Centre, Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI), 1st September – 31st October 2024.

200+ artists responded to our call, with 250+ postcards winging their way to UWE from: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, UK and USA.

72 postcards have also been made by students at Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) and are on display alongside the main exhibition.

World Book Night is organised by Sarah Bodman and Linda Parr.

Image by Anne Bossenbroek for WBN 2024