Regarding commenting on this site, it was brought to my attention that the system was requiring you to register before letting you speak. This is obviously unacceptable and I have had words with the system. You can now comment freely. My deepest apologies for this tedious infringement on your liberty. Comment away! (I suspect this … [Read more…]
Tindal Street Press are having a launch for Mick Scully’s new crime novel Little Moscow next Tuesday 12th June from 7.30pm onwards at the Bond Company, 180–182 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, B5 5SE. The event will feature author Mick Scully reading from Little Moscow and discussing his fiction with Nicola Monaghan, creative writing fellow at Birmingham’s … [Read more…]
Artpeeps is a new group portfolio site for West Midlands illustrators and cartoonists who’ve come out of the Hi8us workshops. Fifteen artists are featured so far and you can track new additions to the site with this RSS feed. Here’s a piece by Amera Mussa, a Finnish illustrator based currently in Birmingham.
Interesting looking spoken word piece coming up at The Drum on June 15th. If you though you understood Africa in relation to your own life in the West, even just a little, think again… Africa attacks all the senses – an unparalleled cacophony of sounds, smells, colours and feelings from a continent with a rich, … [Read more…]
Possibly the biggest indictment of the new Olympics logo is that 48 hours after the launch it’s already a tired cliche to moan about how bloody awful it is, but as I watched the ripples of disgust spread across the interwebs one thing struck me again and again. This logo is representing Britain. It’s telling … [Read more…]
The Birminghamusic.com studio, previously blogged about in Feb is up and running. This space is free to use for any musicians who are registered with Birminghamusic . Contact admin@birminghamusic.com for details. Here’s the news item (which doubles up as a profile of Mike Levell), but hurry. I’ve discovered they delete their news after a short … [Read more…]
Perfectly Formed, the Spring / Summer anthology from Birmingham Words is available to download from their site. The criteria for this issue was stories (no poetry) under 300 words and features the work of Ann Alexander, Robert Ronsson, Frances Gapper, Emily Eatwell, Tina Freeth and John Welch. You can download all their issues from here. … [Read more…]
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