THE OTHER ROOM
Experimental poetry in ManchesterArchive for November, 2009
Parameter 9
The ninth and final issue of Parameter magazine is out now, featuring poetry from:
- Richard Barrett
- William Garvin
- Jim Goar
- Steven Waling
More here.
Advanced warning: Final Openned
If you’ve planned on getting to Openned but never have now’s your last chance. Farewell (for now) to a great night and venue.
Readers:
Andrea Brady
Ian Heames
Antony John
Geraldine Monk
Linus Slug
Timothy Thornton
Date: Wednesday 25th November
Time: 7.30pm
Location: The Foundry, London
Admission: Free
New Joy As Tiresome Vandalism
More from Absolute Elsewhere James Davies and Simon Taylor’s collaborative text and image project. The latest instalment is 3 photos by Simon. Check them out and get up to speed with the rest of the project here.
Lightboxes
Manchester’s Piccadilly Metro station features a set of nine lightboxes facing the platforms which are devoted to display of artworks. Originally part of the Text Festival but delayed due to engineering works, the station has just reopened with text works selected by Tony Trehy supported by the Hamilton Project.
More.
We’re not really here
Whilst this article in The Guardian has some good points, it is a cursory glance at the Manchester ‘scene’ from a restricted view seat. The utilisation of the same handful of well-worn reference points is to be expected but remains disappointing. Partial pictures such as this are fine if acknowledged as such, but when presented in a way which suggests completness give a distorted perspective. It’s like talking about Manchester when you’ve never left the Arndale Centre.
Sophie Robinson – some links
Sophe Robinson will be reading at the next Other Room on 2nd December 2009. To get a flavour of her work, try these links.
- Sophie’s own blog.
- Two poems at HOW2.
- Film of reading at Cabaret, Cork, Ireland.
- WORKTHROUGH at Les Figues press, publishers of a, which you can buy here.
Tom Jenks and Michael Haslam
The Other Room’s Tom Jenks and Michael Haslam go head-to-head at:
Bolton Octagon
Monday 16 November 2009
8pm
£4 (£2 concessions)
Penn Sound goes old school
“Today we are pleased to announce the completion of the PENNSOUND ANTHOLOGY OF RESTORATION & 18TH-CENTURY VERSE, edited and performed by John Richetti.”
More here.
Maggie O’Sullivan – ALTO
You need this in your life:
“Maggie O’Sullivan’s new book presents work from the 1970s & ’80s: these powerfully constructed poems offer a place from which it becomes possible to exercise vital thought … rather than just to suffer life; to ride in sound and syntax the sinewy entanglement of material existence.
This publication, and all other Veer Books, will be available at the Small Publishers Fair 2009, as well as at various upcoming CPRC Birkbeck events, or by post directly from Veer. Contact Veer Books at veerbooks[at]gmail[dot]com for more information.
ISBN: 978-0-9558763-7-0
£7.50″
Via Openned. Watch Maggie’s reading for The Other Room in August 2008 here.
A Writer’s Guide to Social Media with Adrian Slatcher
Advance warning of what will no doubt be a very interesting session as part of the Chorlton Book Festival:
A Writer’s Guide to Social Media
Writer Adrian Slatcher advises arts organisations on their use of social media at Manchester Digital Development Agency. He’ll show how writers are using the web for writing, marketing and publishing their work. Whether an experienced or novice writer, published or not, this workshop will give you all the ideas you need to enhance your own online presence.
Wednesday 18 November, 7.30pm
Chorlton Library
Londonstone – out now on Knives, Forks and Spoons
Alec Newman’s Knives, Forks and Spoons press hits the ground running with Londonstone by Other Room reader and Openned generalissimo Alex Davies. More here. Check out Alex’s June 2009 Other Room performance here.
Jeffrey Side interviews Kent Johnson at The Argotist Online
Check the link to see the interview:
Small Publishers’ Fair 2009
SMALL PUBLISHERS FAIR 2009
Friday/Saturday 13th/14th November, 11am to 7pm
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Poetry presses include Colin Sackett, Coracle, Essence, Leafe/Bamboo, Moschatel, Reality Street, Shearsman, Veer & West House.
Exhibition of vintage NY mimeos curated by Les Coleman & John Janssen
Saturday afternoon readings:
1.30 Royal Holloway Poetic Practice: Sejal Chad, Becky Cremin, Ryan Ormonde, Karen Sandhu
2.00 Shearsman Books: Linda Black & John Welch
2.30 Kurt Johannesen: Everything & Nothing
3.00 Les Coleman: Written, Drawn & Stapled (NY mimeos)
3.30 Road Books: Judy Kravis
4.00 Loose Teeth Press: Joey Comeau
4.30 Reality Street: Wendy Mulford
5.00 Light-Trap Press: Angela Gardner
5.30 Veer Books & Torque Press: Will Rowe, Piers Hugill, Aodan McCardle, Tony Trehy, Antony John & Carol Watts
Free admission to fair & readings
Researchers seek UK ‘soundscapes’
A project has launched to capture the sounds of UK locations, mapping
them to create “soundscapes” that can be visited by users of the
project’s site.
Participants are asked to record 5 – 10 second intervals of sound
using their mobile phones, describing where and why they took the
recording.
The sound samples are then uploaded to a site where they are mapped.
via mIEKAL aND
