I love what they're doing over at Owl and Lion in Edinburgh. I'm particularly intrigued by a posting back in May for a 'collective'effort they're calling
The City and the Book – La Citta`E il
Libro:

"We shall begin each session by exploring Edinburgh. By taking
inspiration from the city, we shall capture the everyday things around
us, as well as places and events we encounter. By creating these visual
diaries, we shall later combine the stories and ideas into Artists Books."

This combining of the urban — perhaps the democratic (demos=city population) — with the book comes up frequently. There are links between the senses of community people variously feel in cities, groups or, indeed, collectives, and the abstracted and powerfully mobile 'republic of letters' that books of all sorts come to represent. Are galleries and other entities like Owl and Lion who set up events like this enriching our sense of community through artists' books?