The ninth and final issue of Parameter magazine is out now, featuring poetry from:
- Richard Barrett
- William Garvin
- Jim Goar
- Steven Waling
More here.
Tom Jenks
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.
Londonstone – out now on Knives, Forks and Spoons
5th November – Crossing the Line
WARNING TONGUE NIGHT WARNING TONGUE NIGHT WARNING TONGUE NIGHT
Alan Halsey & Gavin Selerie. Collectively 120 years old. Be very afraid.
Thursday November 5, 7.30. The Leather Exchange, Leathermarket Street, London Bridge. £5, £3.
No fireworks. Bring own toffee apples.
Matt Dalby – array
“Once again made it with only a whisker to spare. October’s sound poetry CD-R is out now for only £3.
It’s called array and features 12 tracks. They explore simple facets of vocal sounds from plosives to sibilants by way of breaths, scream, whispering and laughter. Some tracks are tightly scripted while others are wholly improvised.
Other than tweaking the volume up and cutting sections off the beginning or end of certain tracks there is only one major edit in production. The various ‘i’ tracks were a single long track consisting of two elements. The first was a drone, made using a loop pedal and then reversed. The second was a vocal track played twice over the reversed drone. The whole track was then split into sections.
Seven microphones of varying quality were used at all times.”
More here.
The Other Room at Oxjam – review
Thanks to Richard Barrett for his review of our extra event at the Oxjam festival. Read Richard’s Review here.
Flax
Flax magazine will be launching Mostly Truthful, their first non-fiction anthology, at Lancaster Lit Fest on Saturday 24th October, featuring Kate Feld, Jane Routh, Adrian Slatcher and Katherine Woodfine.
Knives, Forks and Spoons – relaunched
Alec Newman has picked up the torch from Richard Barrett and is now managing Knives, Forks and Spoons press. His publication schedule is as follows:
October 2009:
‘Earthworks’, poetry by Alec Newman and illustrations by Stacey Dunkinson. £5.00.
‘Londonstone’, a long poem by Alex Davies. £3.50.
‘Little Machines’, poetry by Simon Rennie. £5.00.
‘Captured Yes’, poetry by Steven Walling. Price to be confirmed.
Later in 2009:
‘North’, poetry by Matt Dalby, and graphic interpretations of sound waves by Stacey Dunkinson.
A collection of poetry by Scott Thurston.
Another one by Antony Rowland.
And a collection of art prints by Stacey Dunkinson.
More here.
Praxis Etudes – Justin Katko
“Justin Katko is nay one afraid to build multiple bunkers and is, well, quite luckily, one of the most threatening poets writing today. In arche and future and tender curve to present, the notion of persona does no righteousness of fire to Katko’s affectivity and nerved up prosodic methods. Reader of this, read this book and admire.”
Via Josh Stanley. More here.
Matt Dalby addresses the nation
ctrl+alt+del – 3
Issue 3 of this excellent free self-assembly magazine is out now, featuring, amongst others, The Other Room’s Scott Thurston.
Craig Dworkin – The Other Room
The film of Craig Dworkin’s remote reading for The Other Room on 7th October 2009 is now online for your edification and delight.
Vodpod videos no longer available.
Click here to open the film in a bigger screen.
The Other Room – tomorrow
Craig Dworkin and Michael Haslam at The Old Abbey Inn, 61 Pencroft Way, on Manchester Science Park, M15 6AY. 7 pm start, free entry.
zimZalla
zimZalla is a new project intermittently releasing avant objects. The first object is Opposable Dumbs by Other Room reader Tina Darragh. This is a free ebook and is available for download at www.zimzalla.co.uk
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