Four letters first published by Sean Bonney between June and August 2011 at Abandoned Buildings followed by speculative remarks on the letters from Jennifer Cooke, Pocahontis Mildew, Danny Hayward and Lara Buckerton. Available from Punch Press.
Month: December 2011
Writing and The Small Press
CALL FOR PAPERS
Writing and the Small Press
a one-day conference at the University of Salford, Saturday 31 March 2012
from 10am-4pm.
The small presses in the UK have a complex and fascinating history as they interact with writerly practice. Developments over the last twenty to thirty years such as the the rise of desktop publishing, the collapse of the net book agreement, and the advent of print-on demand as well as digital publishing and online bookselling have created an environment in which small presses have thrived and created new opportunities for writers. This conference aims to bring together publishers, writers and academics to discuss the influence of the small presses on creative practice and to consider their broader role in cultural production. In addition, there will be practical sessions on how to publish with a small press and opportunities for publishers to showcase their books.
Confirmed speakers include the novelist Elizabeth Baines, poet Robert Sheppard and Alec Newman of The Knives Forks and Spoons Press. Manchester publisher The Red Telephone will also be in attendance.
Topics to be considered include, but are not limited to:
The relationship between the creative writer and small presses
Specific studies of individual small presses and their lists
Genre studies of the role of small presses in regards to poetry, fiction, etc.
The formal properties of the small press book and its relation to aesthetics.
How creative writing and publishing practices are adapting to new media.
Abstracts of no more than 200 words to be submitted by February 29, 2012.
Please send to one of the organisers:
Lucie Armitt
l.armitt@salford.ac.uk
Ursula Hurley
u.k.hurley@salford.ac.uk
Scott Thurston
s.thurston@salford.ac.uk
School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences
University of Salford
Salford
M5 4WT
Galatea Resurrects 17
The brilliant reviews website returns with its seventeenth edition. Includes a review of The Commons by The Other Room reader Sean Bonney.
3:AM Awards 2011
We are very pleased and honoured to be 3AM Magazine’s website of the year and would like to thank our readers, our audience and, of course, God. Read the full awards list here.
‘Where horizons meet’: a one-day conference on Peter Riley
14 January 2012
Venue: The Keynes Library, Birkbeck, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD, http://g.co/maps/g46zp
Sponsored by Gylphi as part of the Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays book series (ed: Sarah Dillon, University of St Andrews)
Meditation Traps in Hereford
Via Allen Fisher:
“This is to invite you to attend or at least let you know about an OPENING and VIEW of work at APPLE STORE GALLERY, 3 Bridge Street, HEREFORD.
The evening viewing is on Thursday 5th January 2012, 6 to 8 pm. RSVP
The exhibition runs Tuesday to Saturday from 3rd January until 25th February.
It is an exhibition with a number of artists’ works.
I will have 8 MEDITATION TRAPS in the show.
MEDITATION TRAPS are composed in ink and watercolour on laid papers, framed with cherry wood, they measure 53 x 41 cm. They were made as part of a series in 2003, with images that derive from the shaped pieces of paper hung from a loose rope surrounding an Ainu figure in meditation. They followed my extensive work under the heading Frenzy and Self-Control, which included the series Constructed rush. Three of the MEDITATION TRAPS were used as the basis for prints in my book STROLL & STRUT STEP, published in 2004.”
Department #5. Now available
A4. 44 pages. £2.50.
New work from
- Iain Britton
- JP Duran
- SJ Fowler and Anatol Knotek
- RTA Parker
- Nat Raha
- Andy Spragg
- Steven Waling
Available now at the Department site.
Happy Christmas
Yesterday’s Secret Santa was Ted Berrigan. Happy Christmas from the Other Room.
Secret Santa – 24
This is the last of the Other Room’s Secret Santa series, poets disguised as Santa Claus. Yesterday’s Santa was Ed Dorn. And to finish, who is this? Santa doesn’t like broad beans with his Christmas lunch. They give him terrible spasms.
Maintenant #83 – Daniele Pantano
One of the leading poets of central Europe, a Swiss poet by all rights, is somehow is also one of its leading poets of exile. Daniele Pantano, vigorous, multifaceted, considered and cerebral in his poetry, is one of the most active and highly regarded translators of modern Swiss poets and writers, and has brought to light some of the finest authors of the 20th century in Walser, Dürrenmatt and Trakl. Moreover, he has a fine reputation as a critic, poet and teacher in both America and England. His is a story of living in more than one country, writing in more than one language, pursuing poetry in more than one facet, and anyone who has read his work will not be surprised by the breadth of his background and erudition of his account. Discussing the modern history of Swiss literature, his own journey from Switzerland to America to England and the work that is marking him out as one of the most remarkable talents of his generation, Maintenant presents its 83rd edition and it’s first Swiss poet, Daniele Pantano.
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-83-daniele-pantano/
Accompanying the interview are four poems from Daniele’s remarkable, and ever growing, new project, Mass Graves.
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/fou-poems-daniele-pantano/
Parts XIX-XXII are available on The Knives Forks and Spoons Press.
Secret Santa – 23
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Christina Rossetti. But who is this? Santa is planning to round off this year’s festivities with an all night session on Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. He’s something of a gunslinger.
Secret Santa – 22
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Allen Ginsberg. But who is this? It’s a little known fact that Santa used to employ goblins as well as elves but stopped because of fluctuations in the market.
Secret Santa – 21
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Elizabeth Barrett Browning. But who is this? Santa once had a terrible accident with some scalding hot gravy and a toasting fork. You should have heard him howl.
Four Poems by Steven Waling
Read them at 3AM Magazine.
AMY DE’ATH : CARIBOU
New from Bad Press.
Secret Santa – 20
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Lord Bryon. But who is this? How do you cook sprouts? Let me count the ways…
Secret Santa – 19
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Mina Loy. But who is this? Until his death, famous playwright, raconteur and funnyman Harold Pinter used to call at Santa’s house every Christmas morning to collect his present in person. One year, when he didn’t get the Sylvanian Families picnic set he’d asked for, he threw a massive tantrum and lapsed into sullen silence. “Don’t be such a child, Harold!” hissed his wife, Lady Antonia Fraser. “My mother was right. You really are dangerous to know!”
Veer videos
Films from the Veer Books event at Birkbeck on 9th December:
Justin Katko
James Cummins
Demosthenes Agrafiotis
Intercapillary Places – Jan 12th
Time and Repetition: Sanja Perovic & Dominic Lash on January 12thA critical talk and musical performance
- Sanja Perovic – On the Control of Time and the French Revolution
- Dominic Lash & Others – Pieces composed by the Wandelweiser collective for double bass & other instruments
Parasol Unit, 14 Wharf Road, London, N1 7RW 7.00pm, Thurs January 9th, £5/£3 conc Free copy of ‘Interior Ears’ for all
Secret Santa – 18
Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Louis Zukofsky. But who is this, with a small dog named Joannes? He loves it when Santa sings to him, although not when he’s watching Downton Abbey on television.
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