Most Beautiful German Books 2024
»IN LOVE FROM« named one of the 25 Most Beautiful German Books 2024, honoured by Stiftung Buchkunst with a celebratory Release Night at Bücherbogen in Berlin
Verlagsleben / Publisher's Life
Readings at poesiefestival berlin
We were invited to participate in the Haus für Poesie’s 25th Poetry Festival Berlin event, Poets Corner, where three of the authors of »IN LOVE FROM« got to read their work to an audience of poetry lovers.
Talk and Reading at C/O Berlin
C/O Berlin presents Julie Legouez’s artist book »The Cure« at the first TALKING BOOKS event, opening up an often under-represented conversation on domestic violence.
Vegan. Sustainable. Authentic.
As an art book publisher, SHIFT BOOKS produces its books exclusively sustainably and, if possible, vegan. Because of this, the UmDEX editorial team interviewed us about our motivation as a publisher for taking this important approach.
Events
Book Launch »The Cure«
We celebrated the book premiere of the artist Julie Legouez’s »The Cure« alongside the opening of her exhibition »My Happy Place« at Galerie Kollaborativ in Berlin. Both the book and exhibition demonstrate the artist’s personal experience with domestic violence.
Book premiere of »IN LOVE FROM«
The book launch of »IN LOVE FROM« took place at the ersteerster gallery, an evening of readings, inspiring talks and an extraordinary exhibition.
Soлomiya No. 2 Launch in Kyiv
The Naked Room in Kyiv hosted the magazine’s home launch, a night warm with its community’s support.
Soлomiya No. 2 Launch in Berlin
The magazine’s second volume launched at the gallery KVOST in Berlin with the team in Kyiv Zooming in to celebrate.
New Book
Where The Poplars Grow
Irina Unruh
Talks
Fototreff #38 – Photography and sustainability
To what extent are holistically sustainable and, if possible, vegan production methods taken into account in publishing practice? We were invited to give a talk on our approach for FOTOTREFF Berlin.
Phototriennale Hamburg – Young photo books
A conversation with young photographers on sustainability, passion, and financing photo books.
Verlagsleben / Publisher's Life
My First Photo Festival–a Week at Rencontres d’Arles
Maitreya, an intern at SHIFT BOOKS, details her experience attending one of Europe’s largest photography festivals with the team.
Awarded with the German Photo Book Prize 23/24
The photo book »A Second Beating Heart« by Rabea Edel was awarded the silver medal at the German Photo Book Award 23/24.
Reading and exhibition from »A Second Beating Heart« by Rabea Edel
The author and photographer behind our photobook »A Second Beating Heart,« Rabea Edel, hosts a reading in her group exhibition Grapes and Seeds, a show addressing the complexity of early motherhood.
Prints for Ukraine – A Charity Print Sale
In collaboration with artists, we were able to raise over €20,000 to donate to Ukraine with a print sale.
Honoured by the German Photo Book Award 21/22
We are proud to announce that two of our books have been honoured with silver and bronze in the conceptual-artistic photo book category of the German Photo Book Award.
This is not a book or a journey into the subconscious with Katerina Belkina
Over around 250 pages, numerous works of art are accompanied by texts in German, English and Russian. The exhibits cannot be clearly categorized as photography, sculpture, graphic design or collages.
New Book
LEXI.exe
von Swan Collective
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