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Steve Willey
Interview and film from Steve’s 6th October reading at The Other Room.
Interview
Reading
Preview of Other Room reader 6th October Steve Willey
Preview of October reader Steve Willey. Next week of course is The Other Room:
Poems
Publishing, Events, Everything
Openned Zine #2
■Peter Philpott explaining reasons and motivations behind the Great Works website
■Save Middlesex Philosophy
■Emily Critchley and Carol Watts provide a schedule for the Women’s Innovative Poetry & Cross-Genre Festival in Greenwich
■Jeff Hilson, Edmund Hardy, Richard Owens and Peter Riley on Mendoza, or, Linus Slug
■Sejal Chad, Becky Cremin, Ryan Ormonde and Karen Sandhu on press free press
■Harry Gilonis Edmund Hardy, Tessa Whitehouse and Michael Zand on Klatch 3: Dérive
■Luke Roberts looks back on the Sussex Poetry Festival
■Stephen Mooney on the launch of the new Voiceworks website
■Matt Dalby on a new sound-text-performance series in Manchester, Counting Backwards
■Timothy Thornton close reads Ryan Ormonde’s firstdraftofhypertextrespondingtoalicefallingdownrabbithole
■Johanna Linsley on I’m With You, a series of live art events in Clapton, London
■Alex Davies on the Openned Table
Plus a set of regular new features:
■Bookface
■Birk Puke
■Photography: in this issue, Sharon Borthwick, Marianne Morris, Nat Raha and Malcolm Phillips
Available in full-colour PDF or an easy-to-print black and white version.
More here.
The Openned Book Table
Openned is setting up a book table in conjunction with Café 1001 in London’s East End.
Openned will have a presence at Café 1001 on the first Saturday of every month. The first event is on Saturday 5th June and runs from 12 – 6 pm.
Attendance is free as long as you bring one book to donate to Café 1001′s Book Orphanage. The book orphanage is a large bookshelf in the main bar space where anyone can wander in and read a book, for free, and then put it back on the shelf for the next person to read.
Alongside the selling of books on the Openned Table (which is in fact two tables, and more if we need it) there will also be some very short three-minute Openned Readings throughout the day.
More here.
Openned Podcast 3: e-publishing and the future of the small press
Now available on the Online Podcast page, featuring a discussion between Alex Davies and Steve Willey about ePublishing and the future of the Small Press.
A full transcript of this discussion is available for download.
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Openned Zine #1
The Openned Zine is setting out with one intention: to provide poets, publishers and organisers with a space to publicly present explanations, thoughts, ideas and opinions that may not necessarily be representative of a final response.
The intention is to draw attention to how poetry and the thoughts and activities based on and around it are an ongoing and necessarily ever-changing set of boundaries and equivalent freedoms, which provide a shifting map of communities of poets.
Now available to view in Online > ePubs, featuring:
- Alex Davies on eBooks and the Small Press
- Alec Newman & Richard Barrett on Knives, Forks & Spoons Press
- Boris Jardine on Cambridge Literary Review
- Tom Jenks, James Davies & Scott Thurston on The Other Room
- Marcus Slease on Istanbul
- Linus Slug on FREAKLUNG
- Mike Weller on Home’Baked books
- Steve Willey on Writers Forum
Available in full-colour PDF or an easy-to-print black and white version.
Via Openned
The Sound Of Writers Forum
The documentary features eleven poets that have been published by Writers forum over a period of 50 years. The film had no budget and was made over the course of one week and was first screened at the Off The Shelf event held at the Slade/UCl on the 22nd March 2010.
A documentary made by Openned’s Steve Willey. See the video at this LINK
Off the Shelf
From Steve Willey
OFF THE SHELF
Monday 22 March 6 – 10:30 p.m.
OFF THE SHELF, is an event that involves musicians, poets, painters and film makers, it is structured around, and is in dialogue with, the Small Press and Little Magazine Collection at UCL.
Over the next two weeks I am going to try and put together a short Ten Minute Film about Writers Forum and AND Magazine which will be shown at this event.
I will be filming over an EIGHT-DAY period, from 3 – 10 March. I will be editing the film on the 11 March. I will be submitting the film on the 12 March for inclusion in the event on the 22 March. So a very tight turn around.
Please email me before the 3 march (swilley17[at]aol[dot]com) to let me know your availability between the 3-10 march (all the possible times you could be free) and i will endeavor to meet with as many people as I can within that time frame. To structure the film I propose to film short responses to the following topics (see below) from poets that have been involved/published in AND magazine and by Writers Forum.
I know that by working with such a short time frame the film will not be an authoritative or comprehensive record of the long and amazing projects that are Writers Forum Press and AND magazine but i hope the film will be a worthwhile document which will raise the profile of AND Magazine and Writers Forum Press and act as an introduction to these projects
Some Topics to Stimulate Conversation (not necessarily to be followed):
- How did you find out about AND Magazine and Writers Forum Press?
- What was the first poem that you ever had published in AND?
- What was the first work you had published by Writers Forum Press?
- If you only had 20 words how would you describe AND Magazine and/or Writers Forum Press.
- How has being involved with Writers Forum Press and/or AND Magazine effected your poetry, in aesthetic, political or social terms?
- To your mind, over the period you have been acquainted with AND Magazine, and/or Writers Forum Press, what were the most significant social, aesthetic and/or political changes, that have both effected AND Magazine and Writers Forum Press, and/or have been represented by And Magazine and the Press?
- What is the most important question that I should have asked that I haven’t and what is the answer?
- Can you now read a poem you like from either one of the And Magazines or from on of the Writers Forum Publications?
- How significant has the work of Bob Cobbing been to your practice as a poet?
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS POST TO ANYONE CONNECTED TO WRITERS FORUM OR AND, WHO YOU THINK MIGHT WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FILM.
I AM BASED IN LONDON BUT CAN DRIVE TO FILM YOU (and i am willing to travel). HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR OWN FILMING EQUIPMENT AND/OR LIVE ABROAD, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FILM YOUR OWN RESPONSES TO THE ABOVE TOPICS AND SEND ME THE FOOTAGE IN HIGH RESOLUTION QUICK TIME FORMAT BEFORE THE 10TH OF MARCH. YOU CAN EMAIL ME or ask me FOR MY POSTAL ADDRESS ON THE EMAIL INCLUDED IN THIS POST.
Openned Podcast series
The first in a new series of audio conversations conducted by the extremely busy boys at Openned.
First off Harry Godwin. Expect more deliciousness and saucy moves very soon.
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
Openned promises magic
“Just type openned.com into your browser once a day for the next week and sometime soon, something magical will happen. Promise.”
Into the Openned
We were recently interviewed by Oliver Fay for Resonance FM. The show is being broadcast on Tuesday 29th September at 11pm. You can stream the show online here at that time, or alternatively if you live in central London you can tune in to 104.4fm. We are working on archiving the recording too, so keep an eye out on the blog if you miss the show and want to listen to it.
Next Openned
The next Openned Poetry Reading (Land for Lajee Fundraiser) is on Tuesday 6th October at 7.15 pm. Confirmed poets so far are:
- Sean Bonney
- Sophie Robinson
- Harry Gilonis
- Josh Stanley
- Tim Atkins
- Nat Raha
- Posie Rider
- Peter Philpott
- Alan Hay
- Michael Zand
- Amy De’Ath
- Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
- Frances Kruk
- Raz
- Andrea Brady
- Justin Katko
More TBA.
Palestine
The next Openned Poetry Reading (Land for Lajee Fundraiser) is on the 6th of October. Confirmed poets so far are:
Sean Bonney, Sophie Robinson, Harry Gilonis, Josh Stanley, Jow Lindsay, Tim Atkins, Nat Raha, Michael Zand, with more T.B.A
A flyer is in production at the moment but in the mean time for more information check the Openned Poetry Facebook Event.
The poet Cathy Wagner suggested I read the blog body on the line. It is a very interesting blog written by an academic Marcy Newman who teaches at An Najah University in Nablus. Recently she posted a very interesting post about the Academic Boycott of Israeli Universities which is worth a read. Also she also posted up videos from the Palestine Festival Of Literature 2009 which I thought might be of interest.
via Openned
Steve Willey – Openned
Steve Willey is reading at the next The Other Room on August 5th. Read all about him and follow the links to his work on the Openned site.
Richard Makin – Rift Designs
Published: May 09 Publisher: Openned Press Format: PDF Price: £free View free: PDF.
Read an extract from this evolving and engaging sequence, coursesy of Openned.
Next Openned
The next Openned night takes place at 7.15pm on Wednesday 27th May.
Confirmed readers:
Rebecca Cremin
Johanna Linsley
Ryan Ormonde
Michelle Naka Pierce
Chris Pusateri
Catherine Wagner
Openned nights are held at The Foundry in London, UK. Admission is always free.
Link
City State: New London Poetry
“City State showcases the work of twenty-seven London writers between the ages of 16 and 36. From hyperlinked walks of Battersea bombsites and guerilla gardening projects to jagged urban lyrics and dark hymns to the East End, City State presents a confident, entertaining and truly diverse snapshot of the best new poetry from London.”
Poets featured include upcoming Other Room readers Alex Davies and Steve Willey. Published 20th May 2009, 192 pages, £9.99. Pre-order from Amazon or visit Openned or Penned In the Margins to find out more. Edited by Tom Chivers
Ron Silliman at Birkbeck
Films of Ron Silliman’s 5th May 2009 reading and talk at Birkbeck Poetics Centre, London are available on the Openned site courtesy of Steve Willey.
