Imaginer - Shipping Update

We’re busily shipping all the pre-orders of both Imaginer volumes 7 and 8 so copies will be arriving on doorsteps around the world very shortly now. Over the next few days you’ll be receiving tracking details and confirmation of shipments as we work through everyone’s orders, but it will take just a little while to fulfill them all, so please don’t worry if you’ve not received a note from us just yet…

Clive Barker : Imaginer Series

This means, of course, that many of you will soon have a complete Imaginer set on your shelves!

A huge ‘thank you’ from us and from Clive to everyone who has supported the project, from the first Kickstarter through all eight volumes. It couldn’t have been done without you, or without the efforts of James Kay at Transmission Atelier and our printer, GPSD.

Some of you have asked ‘what’s next?’ and we do have a number of projects ongoing - more news of those just as soon as we have safely shipped Imaginer copies to everyone. One thing we can share, though, is that we’re working on completing a slim index volume to sit next to your Imaginer collection and make it easier to locate your favourite pieces of Clive’s art.

We do hope you and your friends and loved ones enjoy your collection for many years to come - this is, we’re told, a highly unusual achievement for a modern artist, to have such a concerted collection documented in his lifetime, and we’re pleased as punch to have played our part in bringing this contemporary piece of art history to fruition.

Phil & Sarah

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Completing Imaginer!

We’re delighted to reveal the cover art for the eighth and final volume of the Imaginer Series!

Pre-orders are open now and these preferential pre-order prices will rise to retail prices on publication. As always, this volume is available in two editions:

• the regular edition (limited to 1,000 copies)

• the deluxe clamshell edition, signed by Clive (limited to 100 numbered copies)

Everyone who pre-orders a book will also receive an exclusive A5 art card featuring art from the Imaginer series, and all copies will also include an A4 mini-poster. We anticipate that we’ll be shipping these out in mid - late March 2020, hard on the heels of book 7, but we’ll update on both books before then.

A huge ‘thank you’ from us and Clive to everyone who’s followed the series to completion - you’ve helped to create a formidable set of books that chronicles a huge part of Clive’s diverse creative world and we hope you’ll enjoy the books for many years to come!

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Your Name In Imaginer 8

As we approach the end of the eight-book Imaginer series, we’re going to do something a little different and we’re offering the opportunity for your name to be included within the book…

The final Imaginer volume, set for publication in 2020

We’ve previously only offered a chance to include your name in the book to those purchasing deluxe editions but, for this final volume, we’re extending the offer to everyone, at a (lower) price of $100. If you would like to be thanked by name in all copies (both limited and deluxe) of the final Imaginer volume, please head to the store (link below) to purchase this option.

 Please note: - this is only for your name to be printed in all editions of Volume 8- ordering this option does not include a copy of the book (which will need to be purchased closer to publication in the usual way)

This final volume is set for publication in late Spring of 2020. However, our print schedule demands that this option will only be available until 3 December 2019.

Pre-orders for Imaginer 8 itself will begin in the New Year and pre-orders for Book 7 (at a reduced pre-publication price) continue to be available now, whilst it is safely in the hands of our printers!

P&S

More about the Imaginer Series - Volumes 1 to 7

September Update - Imaginer

We’re conscious that we’ve been a little quiet in recent months about timings for the next volume of the Imaginer series, but we’ve been working hard behind the scenes!

Happily, all of the images and all of the text are now firmly in the hands of our pre-press guru, James, and we’ll be opening pre-orders for Imaginer 7 in two weeks’ time, on 1 October.

We’ve sat with Clive for many hours at his home in Los Angeles and, over the course of several cups of tea and amid some passionate debate, we’ve together selected another wonderful gallery of artwork for Imaginer 7…

…and we’ve completed the selection for Imaginer 8 too…

So the good news is that most of the content for Imaginer 8 is also being prepped and preened so that it can go to print right behind Imaginer 7.  We’ll hold fire on taking pre-orders for that just until we’re sure that everything is in order for that final volume.

That said, if you’re keen to have your name included in the ‘with thanks’ section of the last Imaginer book, be aware that we may have a quick turnaround time to get those names in, and for pre-orders in general, so please make sure you’re signed up to the newsletter (link below) as we'll send a note out ahead of time.

With the print schedules involved in delivering these beautiful books, we don’t expect Imaginer 7 in hand until after Christmas but – all being well – the New Year should bring two volumes and complete the series!

More about the Imaginer Series - Volumes 1 to 6

The Painter, the Creature and the Father of Lies

The Painter, the Creature and the Father of Lies - paperback edition now available!

35 Years of Clive Barker’s Non-Fiction

We’re delighted to be publishing Clive’s non-fiction collection - The Painter, the Creature and the Father of Lies - in a new paperback edition.

Originally published in a limited edition in 2011, this newly revised edition is updated to include all of Clive’s more recently published pieces together with a newly discovered and previously unpublished introduction to the Books of Blood from 1982! This edition also features 11 additional pieces of interior artwork, making 46 in total.

First 500 Copies Signed!

With huge thanks to Clive, the first 500 copies of this new paperback edition come with an exclusive hand-numbered signature sheet bound in and signed by Clive.

Looking forward to getting these out and into your hands!

Imaginer Six

We're delighted to reveal the cover of the sixth volume in the Imaginer series and to open pre-orders today! 

Clive Barker: Imaginer Volume 6

There are three options available to pre-order Volume Six now - but one will disappear on 22 July 2018 and these preferential pre-order prices will rise to retail prices on publication...

• the regular edition (limited to 1,000 copies) at a pre-order price
• the deluxe edition, signed by Clive (limited to 100 numbered copies) at a pre-order price
• LIMITED TIME ONLY - until 22 July 2018 - have your name printed in all copies of Imaginer 6 as a special 'thank you' for your support of the Imaginer art archiving project by selecting the 'Deluxe edition With Thanks' option.

Discounted pre-order prices will remain available until publication, when full retail prices will start to apply.

As with previous volumes, all pre-ordered books will come with an exclusive A5 art card  featuring art from the Imaginer series, and all copies will also include an A4 mini-poster.

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What's new..?

Recently arrived to add to the archive, here's a quick look at some of the things that have come our way!

First up, the fabulous original art for the cover of one of the first run Nightbreed comics (issue #12). Painted by John Rheaume, this representation of Rawhead Rex has superb attention to detail. This photo doesn't do justice to Matt Ryan Tobin's stunning art, shown here on the Arrow Hellraiser steelbook and Christopher Young's soundtrack on vinyl (it's also on a glorious Mondo poster which is currently heading to the framers!) 

Other movies here - a Spanish language VHS of Lord of Illusions is new to us and the new Kino Lorber Rawhead Rex Blu-ray was released last month. The Art of Horror Movies is Stephen Jones's latest offering from Applause - a fascinating walk through poster and press art from around the world (including work for Hellraiser sequels, Nightbreed, Lord of Illusions and Quicksilver Highway). Hugely insightful and definitely recommended.

Thanks to Cemetery Dance for advance copies of Detours (contains A Night's Work) and Reading Stephen King (with Clive's 2007 speech to the Canadian Booksellers Association), and to Steve Dillon for the Hellraiser-inspired Empath's Tale collection. Earthling Publications' beautiful lettered edition of The Scarlet Gospels is a great addition to its suite of CB publications.

Last, but not least, we love this Candyman figure! Sculpted in polymer clay, Clay Disarray produced this figure as a one-off to create a photographic poster for the movie and we're delighted to give it a home in the archive. (There's also a Clay Disarray Pinhead out there somewhere..!)

A quick reminder that we're turning around orders for the new Clive Barker Playscripts within 24 hours, so there's still time to get copies for you or your very best friends for Christmas!

Pre-order Imaginer 5!

Clive Barker: Imaginer Volume 5

We're delighted to reveal the latest Imaginer cover image and to announce that pre-orders will open later today!
There are three options available to pre-order Volume 5 :
•    the regular edition (limited to 1,000 copies) at a discounted pre-order price
•    the deluxe edition, signed by Clive (limited to 100 numbered copies) at a discounted pre-order price
•    LIMITED TIME ONLY - until 8 October 2017 - have your name printed in all copies as a special 'thank you' for your support of the Imaginer art archiving project by selecting the 'Deluxe edition With Thanks' option. 
These pre-order prices will remain available until publication, when full retail prices will start to apply.
As with previous volumes, all pre-ordered books will come with an exclusive A5 art card featuring art from the Imaginer series, and all copies will also include an A4 mini-poster.

Bookplate for deluxe copies of Imaginer 5, signed by Clive 

Thanks again for all the wonderful feedback on previous volumes - we can't wait to get the next Imaginer out to you!

This time around, Clive wanted to share some of his thoughts on Imaginer 5 - so do please head over to Revelations where you can read the full conversation with him as we look through some of the art selected for this latest volume.

Clive: "I'm seldom lost for words but I am sort of lost for words! It's gorgeous. It's gorgeous - it's the best so far.  
"I know I said at the beginning of Imaginer, 'This is probably the best Clive Barker between covers' or whatever it was, you know, about Tom's first book? I feel I need to re-state, because of this, a whole new level of achievement by you guys.
"And I very much feel - I feel so passionate about it - that I want to make sure the world knows that this is not the Imaginer you think you knew!"

Shipping update...

Just a quick update to let you know that we're preparing to ship pre-ordered copies of Clive Barker: Imaginer 4 out to North American customers!

Please note, if you've pre-ordered a Deluxe copy, signed by Clive, these will ship direct from the UK in a few weeks' time as they are hand-prepared here in London. Regular (limited to 1,000) copies heading to the UK, Europe and beyond will also ship then - we'll keep everyone updated...

Pre-order rewards, including art cards and bookmarks, are also on their way!

Where is Imaginer 4..?

Those of you with a keen eye will have seen that we're running a little later on delivery of Imaginer 4 than we had hoped..!

However, with all the books now safely printed and bound, we're tracking their steady progress across the oceans from Hong Kong... So, the all-important delivery dates: we're currently anticipating one batch to arrive in the United States and ship to North American customers in mid-May, and the remaining copies to arrive in the UK and ship to all other countries in early June. 

The even better news is that Clive has just signed off on the selection of canvases for the fifth Imaginer volume which is being laid-out as we speak - more on that very soon!

And still we keep going - Clive has also been talking through the painting selection for the sixth volume and beyond (actually, he keeps thinking of ideas for new series beyond these eight - we'll try to keep up!!)

In the meantime, and before we get too far ahead of ourselves, we're really impressed with the fourth volume - everyone in the production and design teams continues to work incredibly hard to maintain the quality of this fabulous series - and we can't wait to get it into your patient hands. Here are some quick snaps, so you can see what lies in wait for you on this one!

Imaginer 4 - mini-poster, deluxe and regular editions

Imaginer 4 - deluxe edition in clamshell case