Archive for February 2012
Book launch ‘everything’ by Marit Münzberg &; ‘was’ by Tamarin Norwood / Thursday 1 March 2012, 7pm – 9pm
Publisher of the Month: LemonMelon
Book launch ‘everything’ by Marit Münzberg & ‘was’ by Tamarin Norwood
Thursday 1 March 2012, 7pm – 9pm
Please join us at 7pm on Thursday 1st March to mark the start of LemonMelon being the PUBLISHER OF THE MONTH at X Marks the Bökship for the book launches of everything by Marit Muenzberg and was by Tamarin Norwood (Title 3 and Title 4 of the series ‘Lemonade everything was so infinite.’)
everything Marit Münzberg
LemonMelon 2012 | £5 | Softback | 32pp | 29 x 21 cm | ISBN 978 1 908260 04 8
Hovering between anything and nothing, everything is/was or will be – perhaps.
Part of ‘Lemonade everything was so infinite.’ For more information on the series and to order a copy see the LemonMelon website.
was Tamarin Norwood
LemonMelon 2012 | £5 | Softback | 64pp | 29 x 21 cm | ISBN 978 1 908260 05 5
Like the kindly treatment of cut flowers, the word ‘was’ writes from death outwards, restoring the past to the present.
Part of ‘Lemonade everything was so infinite.’ For more information on the series and to order a copy see the LemonMelon website.
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filling in the blanks
15th & 16th March 2012, 7 – 9 pm
filling in the blanks is a series of events, investigating how one could perform the blank book. With performances by David Berridge, Patrick Coyle, Marc Godts, Rupert Hartley, Sarah Jacobs, Lisa Jeschke & Lucy Beynon, John Morgan and DJ Roberts.
Book Launch: A Detour Around Infermental / Saturday 25 February 2012, 6pm – 9pm
Join us for the launch of the new book A Detour Around Infermental, published by Focal Point Gallery, which examines the historical legacy and contemporary relevance of the video archive Infermental, the ‘first international magazine on videocassettes’ initiated by Hungarian Filmmaker Gábor Bódy in 1981.
This publication follows the Focal Point Gallery exhibition ‘Infermental’, which took place in 2010 and formed the first significant presentation of the project in a UK gallery.
A Detour Around Infermental
Edited by George Clark, Dan Kidner and James Richards
Printed in an edition of 1,000
Price £8
The publication will be available for special launch price of £6 on the evening.
A Detour Around Infermental is funded by Arts Council England and Southend Borough Council. The launch event is funded by Eastern Pavilions.
‘I’ve never read her’ Book Club: Two Women In One by Nawal El Saadawi / Thursday 8 March 2012, 7pm
‘… an intensely told story … A valuable opportunity to understand more clearly the currents of thought regarding women in a culture vastly different from the West.’
‘These two women live, to some extent, in every thinking woman.’ New York Times.
The Erotic Book Club: The Velderet by Cecilia Tan / Thursday 23 February 2012, 8pm
Two curious people go into a virtual world to find partners for the BDSM sex that’s forbidden on their repressive planet. But then a race of aliens arrive to conquer their planet, and not only do these aliens practice kinky sex, but it’s the foundation for their entire social system. So our two outlaw heroes are the best-equipped people on the planet to deal with the alien menace. Come for the sex, but stay for the awesome tale of alien invasion. Grab yourself a copy and come join us!
Book Club: I’ve never read her: Katherine Mansfield / Thursday 9 February, 7pm
Download Short Story: Leves Amores, Katherine Mansfield (1907)
Just read this page-long story and come and talk about it at the 2nd sitting of ‘I’ve never read her’, a book club reading short essays and fiction by woman. Thursday 9 February, 7pm. All welcome.
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