We continue to wave a small handkerchief at the world: Coracle Press @ 50

In 2025 UCL Special Collections . This year also marks 50 years of publishing by Coracle Press. Join us for a birthday bash.

Coracle Press was established in Camberwell, South London, in 1975 by poet Simon Cutts as a hybrid gallery and small press publisher. For fifty years, Coracle has collaborated with a roster of artists and poets to publish a diverse output of books, ephemera, and constructed objects that explore the creative possibilities of the small press and the printed object. Coracle Press is currently based in Tipperary, Ireland, and is directed by Cutts and writer and artist Erica Van Horn.

This event will features talks, a panel discussion and Q&A, and a Coracle Press pop-up exhibition curated by Simon Cutts from the UCL Small Press Collections and John Janssen's 'Coracle & Friends' collection.

We will also be joined by UCL Special Collections' inaugural Small Press in Residence, Monitor Books.

Speakers: Simon Cutts (Coracle Press); Erica Van Horn (Coracle Press); Ross Hair (Emeritus Professor, University of East Anglia); Killian Beashel (PhD candidate, University College London); Liz Lawes (Collection Manager: Small Press Collections, UCL Special Collections); Kaya Marczewska (Rare Books and Academic Liaison Librarian, UCL Special Collections).

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This will be a face to face event at the Common Ground, Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL (this space offers step-free access, and is wheelchair accessible).

The event is free and open to all, but booking is essential.

Everyone can access UCL Special Collections digitally or in person. Our collections of rare, unique and historic archives & books cover themes including history of UCL, education, arts and sciences. To find out more please visit our website.

Info: We are thrilled to welcome Simon to delve into the Coracle Press holdings at UCL, with supplementary material borrowed from the collections of John Janssen, who has been collecting Coracle Press and related small press publications since the early 1970s.

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