Yesterday afternoon I asked Twitter what I should write about next on CiB. I was given four topics and these are they (in reverse order). Digbeth v the JQ (via @EleanorWi) Ooh, good one – the battle of the so called ‘creative quarters’ – this could be fun. I’ve just moved from working in Digbeth … [Read more…]
Nick’s doing a thing to highlight community culture in Birmingham. Have a read of his post here and here’s the bit that explains how you can get involved: I’ll be doing one of my favourite things – chuntering my way through the wonders of Birmingham, asking for 800 words or so and lovely pics. No … [Read more…]
A couple of things if you’re in the business of making things other people might like to read. Kindle Camp – A Kindle Publishing Workshop Digital Birmingham, The New Optimists and Birmingham City Council Web Services Team have joined together to put on a workshop to go through the process of publishing your text to the Kindle. This … [Read more…]
FAKE is a brand new independent publication launching this Summer. We will be showcasing young creatives primarily in the field of fashion; but also including design, photography and illustration, along with many other interesting projects. FAKE aim to promote local talent and independent businesses. FAKE isn’t what fake is. There’s lots of good stuff on … [Read more…]
This is on tomorrow night at the MAC. Fatima Al Matar, Jodi Ann Bickley and Matt Windle all presenting new work. More info via Apples and Snakes.
Books, the bookish, the book; there’s never been a better time to talk about them. Not sitting here there hasn’t, anyway. Indicators are everywhere: books are in flux. Turnover in book publishing is growing slowly, but exports are accounting for a bigger share of the market. Micro-publishers are flourishing yet so are Ebooks. A decline … [Read more…]
The Spring Thing is a short festival hosted by Birmingham Book Festival, on 9 & 10 April with workshops, performances and readings going on throughout both days. There is crime (and cake!) with Sophie Hannah, performance poetry with Nine Arches Press, the Birmingham Poet Laureate and guests, John Hegley, workshops, pigeons, personae, city gardening with … [Read more…]
It reeks of tired group halls full of the bingo playing near dead, bad murals by neutered ex-graffiti artists who have swapped credibility and self respect for a rainbow on the wall with ‘diversity’ written across it, and of sickly orange Reef and the juices of bored teenage girls letting themselves be fingered at the … [Read more…]