From the Man himself....
"As a writer myself, I can tell them about writing techniques and tricks, or I can focus on how to manage yourself professionally as a writer - that is, how to get you work out there, how to approach publishers and publication opportunities, and so on. I've published poetry, short stories, and articles, so I've encountered a range of different types of publication. And I brought my first book out last year, so that could also be a useful discussion.
I can also tell them about publishing from the other side of the fence, given that I have several years of experience working as a magazine editor and particularly as a poetry editor. This could cover both the mechanics of how to approach editing someone else's work, and the broader stuff of how to manage a publication financially and administratively - so, distribution, advertising, marketing, sales, grants, etc.
Then as a performer I've done a lot of work, including some pretty big venues supporting bands and so on, and I've won various competitions. So I could give advice on how to write for performance, on how to approach performance, and how to prepare for competition. And I've worked for a couple of years as a gig convenor, so again, I could talk about the administrative, promotional, and organisational aspects of running performances."
Visit www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/libraries or call (03)96589500 for more details and to confirm a space.
citylibrarystreetpress.blogspot.com
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Harvest News
Hello harvesters
Hope you've been happy and well these past few months. Yes, apologies for the lengthy lapse in correspondence but the harvest team took some time off over the festive season, and have been paying for it ever since. Work. Life. Balance.?
Even as the awfully acronymed GFC washes over us, we're getting ready for a brand spankin' new issue and our little team has been overwhelmed by both your support and contributions. Thanks for all your great pieces. It's fantastic to read and see your wonderful work.
We're now in the middle of assessing works for issue three and hope to have a new edition ready for you mid-2009.
harvest made the commitment to provide feedback to all those who submit - as long as it was in-line with our guidelines. We believe in providing more than a single line response...so this means, we do take a wee bit more time to get back to you than we'd really like. To those that submitted to issue two and haven't yet heard from us, we're sorry, but we're getting there.
Other bits
If you're in Australia, you may have seen the recent newspaper ads for publishing interns with the APA. If not, read on:
Applications are now open for the following Internship Positions in 2009:
Australian Book Review, Melbourne — Editorial Intern
Black Dog Books, Melbourne — Editorial Intern
Oxford University Press, Melbourne — Editorial Intern, Higher Education Division
Scribe Publications, Melbourne — Editorial Intern
The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne – Publicity / Marketing Intern
Walker Books, Sydney — Book Design Intern
For position descriptions, application deadline dates and application contact details for the six internship positions being offered in 2009 please download this Word document.
For detailed information about the program and FAQ please download this Word document .
Melbourne Writers Festival
Is just around the corner. And they are looking for The Great Australian Text Message (TGATM) or Gr8 Oz Txt Msg. Send them your best TGATM. To kick-start the creative juices, MWF borrowed the Great American Text Messages below from US author, Peter Hyman.
Mo B Dik
Call me.
-Ishml
Advtrs of HckFin
DQMONT but I thnk ant pol-e wnts 2 sivilize u.
Hd fer the Trtories. Tke the rft Jim dsnt wnt it 2day.
Catch 22
Stp the bmbng!
Ysarin says thr is a ctch of sme knd
p.s. wher is my 2baco, Milo ?
Dvl Wers Prda
F U Miranda!
Got the idea? Just think what you can do with My Brilliant Career. It certainly needs TGATM make-over. Or get creative with Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Trout Opera, The Slap, Johnno, The Secret River etc.
The rules
Rule 1 - No more than 100 characters (that includes spaces and punctuation).
Rule 2 - Entries have to be received by 5pm, April 30, 2009.
Rule 3 - Text messages can be sent to 0400 3878 77 or you can email your message to louise@mwf.com.au. Don't forget to include your name and phone number (it is no good if your phone number appears as a private number).
The best messages will get prizes - the real thing, some Great Australian Novels. The winners also will be posted on the MWF website and appear in their May e-bulletin. And they will appear on-site during the festival.
If you have any events you'd like listed, please email us with all the details.
For information on further events and opportunities, check out the competitive spirit and event pages (under cultivate) on our website.
If you'd like to be removed from this list, please email us with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. We won't harvest you again.
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Hope you've been happy and well these past few months. Yes, apologies for the lengthy lapse in correspondence but the harvest team took some time off over the festive season, and have been paying for it ever since. Work. Life. Balance.?
Even as the awfully acronymed GFC washes over us, we're getting ready for a brand spankin' new issue and our little team has been overwhelmed by both your support and contributions. Thanks for all your great pieces. It's fantastic to read and see your wonderful work.
We're now in the middle of assessing works for issue three and hope to have a new edition ready for you mid-2009.
harvest made the commitment to provide feedback to all those who submit - as long as it was in-line with our guidelines. We believe in providing more than a single line response...so this means, we do take a wee bit more time to get back to you than we'd really like. To those that submitted to issue two and haven't yet heard from us, we're sorry, but we're getting there.
Other bits
If you're in Australia, you may have seen the recent newspaper ads for publishing interns with the APA. If not, read on:
Applications are now open for the following Internship Positions in 2009:
Australian Book Review, Melbourne — Editorial Intern
Black Dog Books, Melbourne — Editorial Intern
Oxford University Press, Melbourne — Editorial Intern, Higher Education Division
Scribe Publications, Melbourne — Editorial Intern
The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne – Publicity / Marketing Intern
Walker Books, Sydney — Book Design Intern
For position descriptions, application deadline dates and application contact details for the six internship positions being offered in 2009 please download this Word document.
For detailed information about the program and FAQ please download this Word document .
Melbourne Writers Festival
Is just around the corner. And they are looking for The Great Australian Text Message (TGATM) or Gr8 Oz Txt Msg. Send them your best TGATM. To kick-start the creative juices, MWF borrowed the Great American Text Messages below from US author, Peter Hyman.
Mo B Dik
Call me.
-Ishml
Advtrs of HckFin
DQMONT but I thnk ant pol-e wnts 2 sivilize u.
Hd fer the Trtories. Tke the rft Jim dsnt wnt it 2day.
Catch 22
Stp the bmbng!
Ysarin says thr is a ctch of sme knd
p.s. wher is my 2baco, Milo ?
Dvl Wers Prda
F U Miranda!
Got the idea? Just think what you can do with My Brilliant Career. It certainly needs TGATM make-over. Or get creative with Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Trout Opera, The Slap, Johnno, The Secret River etc.
The rules
Rule 1 - No more than 100 characters (that includes spaces and punctuation).
Rule 2 - Entries have to be received by 5pm, April 30, 2009.
Rule 3 - Text messages can be sent to 0400 3878 77 or you can email your message to louise@mwf.com.au. Don't forget to include your name and phone number (it is no good if your phone number appears as a private number).
The best messages will get prizes - the real thing, some Great Australian Novels. The winners also will be posted on the MWF website and appear in their May e-bulletin. And they will appear on-site during the festival.
If you have any events you'd like listed, please email us with all the details.
For information on further events and opportunities, check out the competitive spirit and event pages (under cultivate) on our website.
If you'd like to be removed from this list, please email us with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. We won't harvest you again.
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Writing oppurtunity
Hello one and all
So you've just finished writing your short story, you've either 1. filed it away with all your others never to see the light of day, 2. sent it off to NYWF for this years festival(wise) or if your lucky enough you have 3. Given it to your publisher who thinks you and your work is amazing and it gets published right away....
What are the other options you ask?
Well pay attention young squires. If there are any short fiction writers or comic artists who think their work could be adapted into a short film then it's time to get onto this bandwagon. A South Australian company The Cutting Room are looking for short fiction writers to adapt their work for film. The South Australian Short Film Corporation is looking for new work and will fund $50 00 dollars to get the films off the ground.
If you think this is something you might be interested in please email me a couple excerpts of some of your work including a short synopsis of each story you put forward.
I will then pass your details onto The Cutting Room
Please feel free to pass this onto anyone who might be keen.
Call if you have any questions
Amy
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Amy Ingram
Co Director
National Young Writers Festival
amy.nywf@gmail.com
0413006046
So you've just finished writing your short story, you've either 1. filed it away with all your others never to see the light of day, 2. sent it off to NYWF for this years festival(wise) or if your lucky enough you have 3. Given it to your publisher who thinks you and your work is amazing and it gets published right away....
What are the other options you ask?
Well pay attention young squires. If there are any short fiction writers or comic artists who think their work could be adapted into a short film then it's time to get onto this bandwagon. A South Australian company The Cutting Room are looking for short fiction writers to adapt their work for film. The South Australian Short Film Corporation is looking for new work and will fund $50 00 dollars to get the films off the ground.
If you think this is something you might be interested in please email me a couple excerpts of some of your work including a short synopsis of each story you put forward.
I will then pass your details onto The Cutting Room
Please feel free to pass this onto anyone who might be keen.
Call if you have any questions
Amy
--
Amy Ingram
Co Director
National Young Writers Festival
amy.nywf@gmail.com
0413006046
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Outpost AV Collective relaunch
Greetings OUTPOST friends,
the relaunch of OUTPOST at our new awesome venue Bar Open is almost upon us and we're making it a cracker.
Get yourselves down to 317 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy on Wednesday March 25th from 8:30pm - entry is free and beverages are very reasonably priced. For this month's event, we are thrilled to have Jean Poole and Lewis CanCut performing a warm up set for their upcoming TV-inspired ACMI Synaesthesia show.
Jean Poole, aka Sean Healy, is concerned with real time audio visual performance. A founder of Newcastle’s Electrofringe Festival, Jean Poole is regular contributor to the event’s annual program and travels Australia (and Europe) performing at major events and festivals.
Providing the music to Jean Poole’s visuals is Lewis CanCut, aka Lewis Gittus, a young DJ hailing from regional Victoria with a love of vinyl. His current work examines elements of club culture such as appropriation and repetition, bound together by dense layers of stolen sound that threaten at any moment to self implode!
Stalwart of Melbourne downtempo sweetness, Thomas Campbell (aka. Soup from MISO) is also performing a solo slot which will be sure to satisfy like a good meal.
The jams are also absolutely on so be sure to come down and bring your devices for the a/v key party.
As always, new players/projectors are most welcome so tell your friends and.
Bring your gear and have no fear!
See you Wednesday the 25th.
the Outpost Collective
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OUTPOST
part of the share.global collective
an open A/V laptop jam and performance night
last wednesday of every month @ Bar Open
317 Brunswick Street
Fitzroy
Melbourne
the relaunch of OUTPOST at our new awesome venue Bar Open is almost upon us and we're making it a cracker.
Get yourselves down to 317 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy on Wednesday March 25th from 8:30pm - entry is free and beverages are very reasonably priced. For this month's event, we are thrilled to have Jean Poole and Lewis CanCut performing a warm up set for their upcoming TV-inspired ACMI Synaesthesia show.
Jean Poole, aka Sean Healy, is concerned with real time audio visual performance. A founder of Newcastle’s Electrofringe Festival, Jean Poole is regular contributor to the event’s annual program and travels Australia (and Europe) performing at major events and festivals.
Providing the music to Jean Poole’s visuals is Lewis CanCut, aka Lewis Gittus, a young DJ hailing from regional Victoria with a love of vinyl. His current work examines elements of club culture such as appropriation and repetition, bound together by dense layers of stolen sound that threaten at any moment to self implode!
Stalwart of Melbourne downtempo sweetness, Thomas Campbell (aka. Soup from MISO) is also performing a solo slot which will be sure to satisfy like a good meal.
The jams are also absolutely on so be sure to come down and bring your devices for the a/v key party.
As always, new players/projectors are most welcome so tell your friends and.
Bring your gear and have no fear!
See you Wednesday the 25th.
the Outpost Collective
--
OUTPOST
part of the share.global collective
an open A/V laptop jam and performance night
last wednesday of every month @ Bar Open
317 Brunswick Street
Fitzroy
Melbourne
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2009 call for nominations
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2009
Call for Nominations
Writers and publishers are now invited to submit entries to the prestigious 2009 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. A total of $195,000 will be awarded to established and emerging writers across eleven categories in one of Australia's richest and most diverse writing prizes.
The 2009 guidelines and nomination form is attached to this email.
NB: Adobe Reader is required to view and print this PDF document.
Prizes Offered
The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction
The CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry
The Louis Esson Prize for Drama
The Prize for Young Adult Fiction
The Alfred Deakin Prize for an Essay Advancing Public Debate
The Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Victorian Writer*
The Grollo Ruzzene Foundation Prize for Writing about Italians in Australia
The John Curtin Prize for Journalism
The Prize for Best Music Theatre Script
The Prize for Science Writing*
(for books published between 1 May 2007 and 30 April 2009)
With the exceptions noted (*), the Awards are open to all Australians with works first published or performed between 1 May 2008 and 30 April 2009.
The Awards shortlist will be announced on Friday 7 August 2009 with the winners to be announced at a celebratory dinner at Federation Square on Tuesday 1 September 2009.
The closing date for entries is Friday 1 May 2009.
The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards are administered by the State Library of Victoria.
Further information about the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards is available from
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pla
For any enquiries please contact (03) 8664 7277 or pla@slv.vic.gov.au
Call for Nominations
Writers and publishers are now invited to submit entries to the prestigious 2009 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. A total of $195,000 will be awarded to established and emerging writers across eleven categories in one of Australia's richest and most diverse writing prizes.
The 2009 guidelines and nomination form is attached to this email.
NB: Adobe Reader is required to view and print this PDF document.
Prizes Offered
The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction
The CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry
The Louis Esson Prize for Drama
The Prize for Young Adult Fiction
The Alfred Deakin Prize for an Essay Advancing Public Debate
The Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Victorian Writer*
The Grollo Ruzzene Foundation Prize for Writing about Italians in Australia
The John Curtin Prize for Journalism
The Prize for Best Music Theatre Script
The Prize for Science Writing*
(for books published between 1 May 2007 and 30 April 2009)
With the exceptions noted (*), the Awards are open to all Australians with works first published or performed between 1 May 2008 and 30 April 2009.
The Awards shortlist will be announced on Friday 7 August 2009 with the winners to be announced at a celebratory dinner at Federation Square on Tuesday 1 September 2009.
The closing date for entries is Friday 1 May 2009.
The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards are administered by the State Library of Victoria.
Further information about the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards is available from
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pla
For any enquiries please contact (03) 8664 7277 or pla@slv.vic.gov.au
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
City Library Street Press workshop 25th March
City Library Street Press is back after a short Summer break with a new program of free workshops and a submissions call out for an exciting magazine project.
On the 25th March we have Al Cossar from The Portable Film Festival discussing their 'Film Festival in your pocket', taking video to the street and how video can be used to spread a message. Alongside Al is Jeremy Weinstein who will be discussing his 'Docummunity' project, an open source film project allowing documentary makers to call on and contribute to a pool of video clips.
On the 25th March we have Al Cossar from The Portable Film Festival discussing their 'Film Festival in your pocket', taking video to the street and how video can be used to spread a message. Alongside Al is Jeremy Weinstein who will be discussing his 'Docummunity' project, an open source film project allowing documentary makers to call on and contribute to a pool of video clips.
Monday, March 9, 2009
SYN Murial Competiiton
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PAINT THE WALLS
YOUTH ART COMPETITION
SYN is seeking young artists to submit their ideas to make our radio studios come to life!
Youth community media organisation SYN Media just turned 6 years old. We’re producing youth radio 24/7 as well as two TV programs and heaps of online content and, though we might not like to admit it, our physical spaces are looking a little rough around the edges.
It’s time for a facelift!
We’re opening the hefty task of livening up the SYN studios to our audience and members by asking them to design a mural for our radio studio wall.
Artists between the ages of 12 and 25 are encouraged to submit designs for the wall of SYN’s radio studios in Melbourne.
The competition is open from 9am February 15th to 6pm March 15th and designs will be shortlisted and then voted on by the people that count – SYN broadcasters.
All paints and supplies will be provided for the execution of the mural and the chosen designer will receive a $150 Obese Records gift voucher to spend on new paints or new tunes.
For competition regulations and the info about the dimensions of the studio wall, artists should email info@syn.org.au
For more information or promotional images, contact:
Emma Sharp
Assistant Manager
p: 03 9925 4778
e: info@syn.org.au
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Tape
Tape Projects Newsletter Thursday 05-03-2009
1.OOMONG- Zoe Scoglio and Lee Anantawat, Tape @ Frame
2.Call for expressions of interest in Next Wave Project 2010
3.Found Sound: The Experimental Instrument Project # 3
4.Jordana Maisie- The Real Thing, exhibition at TCB, opening Wed 11-03-2009
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1. OOMONG- Zoe Scoglio and Lee Anantawat, Tape @ Frame, Opening tomorrow, Friday 06-03-09, Platform- Campbell Arcade, Degrave St Subway
Building Tunnels and Pondering Infinity
A collaborative experiment made in the dark recesses of Cambells Arcade
Exhibiting throughout the month of March.
Opening this Friday 6th of March, 6-8 pm
http://tapeprojects.org/files/images/oomong_flyer.jpg
From January until July, Tape Projects are occupying Frame, a window in the Platform art space suited perfectly to the kind of noisy, flickery work we do. Set back from the main corridor of windows, in the dark, quiet nook next to the Degrave Street stairs, Frame is a platform on which to experiment with new ideas and showcase the work of a myriad of temporal artists from Melbourne and beyond.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Call for expressions of interest in Next Wave Project 2010
From Clare Rae:
“Along with Victoria Bennett, I'm currently organising a project for the 2010
Next Wave Festival, to take place in Melbourne in May, 2010.
We are proposing to create a project that directly engages with ideas around
feminism, specifically challenging the idea that we are in a ‘post-feminist’
climate thus rendering such investigations redundant. At a time when ‘post’
pre-empts feminism, feminist artists need to create complex work that
balances political themes and contemporary aesthetics. This project sets
itself apart from previous exhibitions by introducing a new young feminist
perspective to the Melbourne community, one that incorporates varied and
conflicting visual and textual strategies.
The outcome of this project will involve eight artists and eight writers,
and will take the form of an exhibition, and a catalogue/book. Our
exhibition will highlight a broad cross-section of emerging artists working
in a feminist context.
As our project is primarily concerned with emerging artists and writers, to
adhere the Next Wave guidelines we are specifically looking at artists aged
30 and under.”
To express interest in this project please contact Clare or Victoria, by early next week:
vicgbennett@gmail.com
clarerae@gmail.com
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Found Sound: The Experimental Instrument Project # 3
ROD COOPER AND ROSS MANNING
Together for the first time! Ross Manning in collaboration with Rod Cooper.
Where: Tape Projects 1/81 Bouverie St, Carlton, Melbourne
When: Wednesday March 18 2009, 7:30 - 8:30pm, $5 door
www.foundsoundproject.blogspot.com
Please join us for the third Found Sound event of 2009 - a collaborative performance by Rod Cooper and Ross Manning on sound sculptures, re-purposed objects and original instruments. All welcome!
Rod Cooper is a Melbourne-based artist who works across the fields of sound, metallurgy, painting and sculpture. Since 1998, he has been transforming traditional instrument designs into new hybrids. Each sculpture features a large range of sounds, incorporating percussion, bowing mechanisms, resonant springs and acoustic noise. Rod has collaborated extensively with musicians and artists such as Ben Harper, Sean Baxter, Anthony Magen and Ros Bandt, has performed at many events including The Make It Up Club Festival, Liquid Architecture, NowNow and UnSound and has also toured his hybrid forms to Ireland, New Zealand, America and the UK.
Ross Manning =--- light, electronics, generating sound, video, Upside down cake, instrument building, colourful noise, dinosaurs, junk assembly, re purposed old technology, sculpture, custom devices, kinetics, film, installation and love. Ross has performed and exhibited his works widely, including at Bus Gallery, Melbourne, IMA Brisbane, Australian Centre for Photography, Liquid Architecture, Brisbane Festival, www.myspace.com/rossfmanning.
Found Sound is curated by Amelia Douglas and Albert Mishriki.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Jordana Maisie- The Real Thing, exhibition at TCB, opening Wed 11-03-2009 6-8pm
The Real Thing
March 11-28
Level 1/12, Waratah Place, Melbourne
http://tapeprojects.org/files/images/E-VITE_jordanamaisie.jpg
www.tcbartinc.org.au
1.OOMONG- Zoe Scoglio and Lee Anantawat, Tape @ Frame
2.Call for expressions of interest in Next Wave Project 2010
3.Found Sound: The Experimental Instrument Project # 3
4.Jordana Maisie- The Real Thing, exhibition at TCB, opening Wed 11-03-2009
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
1. OOMONG- Zoe Scoglio and Lee Anantawat, Tape @ Frame, Opening tomorrow, Friday 06-03-09, Platform- Campbell Arcade, Degrave St Subway
Building Tunnels and Pondering Infinity
A collaborative experiment made in the dark recesses of Cambells Arcade
Exhibiting throughout the month of March.
Opening this Friday 6th of March, 6-8 pm
http://tapeprojects.org/files/images/oomong_flyer.jpg
From January until July, Tape Projects are occupying Frame, a window in the Platform art space suited perfectly to the kind of noisy, flickery work we do. Set back from the main corridor of windows, in the dark, quiet nook next to the Degrave Street stairs, Frame is a platform on which to experiment with new ideas and showcase the work of a myriad of temporal artists from Melbourne and beyond.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Call for expressions of interest in Next Wave Project 2010
From Clare Rae:
“Along with Victoria Bennett, I'm currently organising a project for the 2010
Next Wave Festival, to take place in Melbourne in May, 2010.
We are proposing to create a project that directly engages with ideas around
feminism, specifically challenging the idea that we are in a ‘post-feminist’
climate thus rendering such investigations redundant. At a time when ‘post’
pre-empts feminism, feminist artists need to create complex work that
balances political themes and contemporary aesthetics. This project sets
itself apart from previous exhibitions by introducing a new young feminist
perspective to the Melbourne community, one that incorporates varied and
conflicting visual and textual strategies.
The outcome of this project will involve eight artists and eight writers,
and will take the form of an exhibition, and a catalogue/book. Our
exhibition will highlight a broad cross-section of emerging artists working
in a feminist context.
As our project is primarily concerned with emerging artists and writers, to
adhere the Next Wave guidelines we are specifically looking at artists aged
30 and under.”
To express interest in this project please contact Clare or Victoria, by early next week:
vicgbennett@gmail.com
clarerae@gmail.com
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Found Sound: The Experimental Instrument Project # 3
ROD COOPER AND ROSS MANNING
Together for the first time! Ross Manning in collaboration with Rod Cooper.
Where: Tape Projects 1/81 Bouverie St, Carlton, Melbourne
When: Wednesday March 18 2009, 7:30 - 8:30pm, $5 door
www.foundsoundproject.blogspot.com
Please join us for the third Found Sound event of 2009 - a collaborative performance by Rod Cooper and Ross Manning on sound sculptures, re-purposed objects and original instruments. All welcome!
Rod Cooper is a Melbourne-based artist who works across the fields of sound, metallurgy, painting and sculpture. Since 1998, he has been transforming traditional instrument designs into new hybrids. Each sculpture features a large range of sounds, incorporating percussion, bowing mechanisms, resonant springs and acoustic noise. Rod has collaborated extensively with musicians and artists such as Ben Harper, Sean Baxter, Anthony Magen and Ros Bandt, has performed at many events including The Make It Up Club Festival, Liquid Architecture, NowNow and UnSound and has also toured his hybrid forms to Ireland, New Zealand, America and the UK.
Ross Manning =--- light, electronics, generating sound, video, Upside down cake, instrument building, colourful noise, dinosaurs, junk assembly, re purposed old technology, sculpture, custom devices, kinetics, film, installation and love. Ross has performed and exhibited his works widely, including at Bus Gallery, Melbourne, IMA Brisbane, Australian Centre for Photography, Liquid Architecture, Brisbane Festival, www.myspace.com/rossfmanning.
Found Sound is curated by Amelia Douglas and Albert Mishriki.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Jordana Maisie- The Real Thing, exhibition at TCB, opening Wed 11-03-2009 6-8pm
The Real Thing
March 11-28
Level 1/12, Waratah Place, Melbourne
http://tapeprojects.org/files/images/E-VITE_jordanamaisie.jpg
www.tcbartinc.org.au
Saturday, February 28, 2009
AV Technician needed for Hitlerhoff
Buzzcuts Adelaide, daily reviews of Adelaide Fringe shows are up and running at http://www.expressmedia.org.au/buzzcuts.php
Have a click. And in related Adelaide Fringe news ...
Young and Restless Productions are seeking an AV technician to work on the provocative theatre show Hitlerhoff, at the 2009 Adelaide Fringe festival. The show opens on Tuesday 10 march (bump-in: 2.30 - 6.30pm), and closes on Sunday 22 March (bump-out 10.30pm - 12.30pm).
Hitlerhoff runs from 9.15pm - 10.25pm; there will be time to see shows before and after this every night. They will fly the person up from Melbourne on Friday 6 March, and return on Monday 23 March.
The AV technician will be required to operate Grid, a Mac program for video and audio clips. This is not rocket science, but they need someone reliable, sharp with cues - and not scared of technology!
Flights and accommodation with be covered for someone coming from Melbourne; for someone based in Adelaide, they can offer a small payment equivalent to this amount (approx $400).
This is a great opportunity to work on a popular and critically-acclaimed show, schmooze around with your Artiste Pass, and make contacts at the world's second-largest Fringe Festival. Snap it up!
Please contact Tom Doig on 0416 497 311 ASAP if you are interested in this opportunity!
And check out our FaceBook page or website for more info about the show.
Have a click. And in related Adelaide Fringe news ...
Young and Restless Productions are seeking an AV technician to work on the provocative theatre show Hitlerhoff,
Hitlerhoff runs from 9.15pm - 10.25pm; there will be time to see shows before and after this every night. They will fly the person up from Melbourne on Friday 6 March, and return on Monday 23 March.
The AV technician will be required to operate Grid, a Mac program for video and audio clips. This is not rocket science, but they need someone reliable, sharp with cues - and not scared of technology!
Flights and accommodation with be covered for someone coming from Melbourne; for someone based in Adelaide, they can offer a small payment equivalent to this amount (approx $400).
This is a great opportunity to work on a popular and critically-acclaimed show, schmooze around with your Artiste Pass, and make contacts at the world's second-largest Fringe Festival. Snap it up!
Please contact Tom Doig on 0416 497 311 ASAP if you are interested in this opportunity!
And check out our FaceBook
Broken Pencil Indie Marketplace
Broken Pencil Indie Marketplace
The low cost solution to reaching free thinking DIY culture lovers!
http://www.brokenpencil.com/indiemarketplace/
Spots on sale now for only $25 per issue.
Attention artists, musicians, zine creators, writers, publishers, crafties, illustrators and more! From now until March 1st, we're offering an amazing discount on remaining spots in the Indie Marketplace.
The Indie Marketplace is a special advertising feature of Broken Pencil magazine that appears in print and online. IMP is the place for you. Join fellow free thinkers like Get Bent Records, Vehicule Press, and Lickety Split Zine in a special advertising section devoted to those who are actively engaged in the DIY arts scene and want to reach BP's thousands of readers.
The IMP page gives you a low cost space roughly the size of a business card (2.5" x 2.7") to hawk your wares, promote your website or blog, or just simply make yourself known.
The regular fee for an ad in the Indie Marketplace is $40 an issue. If you book an ad by March 1st you can advertise for one full year - four issues of BP - for only $100. That's just $25 an issue! Book your IMP print ad NOW and you will get a free full-colour listing on our IMP webpage!
Check it out at http://www.brokenpencil.com/indiemarketplace/
Don't delay! There are a limited number of spots. Contact us by March 1st to reserve your space before all the spots are gone!
To book your spot, contact:
Tara Gordon Flint
ads@brokenpencil.com
416-204-1700
Contacting Us
Founded in 1995 and based in Toronto, Canada, Broken Pencil is a website and a print magazine published three times a year. It is one of the few magazines in the world devoted exclusively to underground culture and the independent arts. We are a great resource and a lively read! A cross between the Utne Reader, an underground Reader's Digest, and the now defunct Factsheet5, Broken Pencil reviews the best zines, books, websites, videos, and artworks from the underground and reprints the best articles from the alternative press. Also, ground breaking interviews, original fiction, and commentary on all aspects of the independent arts. From the hilarious to the perverse, Broken Pencil challenges conformity and demands attention.
Hey, want to say something about our magazine, let us know about an upcoming event, send in a zine or website or CD for review or maybe do a piece for the mag? Don't be shy! We want to hear from you. Send us an email at editor@brokenpencil.com, or a letter at PO Box 203, Station P, Toronto, On, M5S 2S7 Canada, or call us at 416-204-1700.
The low cost solution to reaching free thinking DIY culture lovers!
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Spots on sale now for only $25 per issue.
Attention artists, musicians, zine creators, writers, publishers, crafties, illustrators and more! From now until March 1st, we're offering an amazing discount on remaining spots in the Indie Marketplace.
The Indie Marketplace is a special advertising feature of Broken Pencil magazine that appears in print and online. IMP is the place for you. Join fellow free thinkers like Get Bent Records, Vehicule Press, and Lickety Split Zine in a special advertising section devoted to those who are actively engaged in the DIY arts scene and want to reach BP's thousands of readers.
The IMP page gives you a low cost space roughly the size of a business card (2.5" x 2.7") to hawk your wares, promote your website or blog, or just simply make yourself known.
The regular fee for an ad in the Indie Marketplace is $40 an issue. If you book an ad by March 1st you can advertise for one full year - four issues of BP - for only $100. That's just $25 an issue! Book your IMP print ad NOW and you will get a free full-colour listing on our IMP webpage!
Check it out at http://www.brokenpencil.com/indiemarketplace/
Don't delay! There are a limited number of spots. Contact us by March 1st to reserve your space before all the spots are gone!
To book your spot, contact:
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ads@brokenpencil.com
416-204-1700
Contacting Us
Founded in 1995 and based in Toronto, Canada, Broken Pencil is a website and a print magazine published three times a year. It is one of the few magazines in the world devoted exclusively to underground culture and the independent arts. We are a great resource and a lively read! A cross between the Utne Reader, an underground Reader's Digest, and the now defunct Factsheet5, Broken Pencil reviews the best zines, books, websites, videos, and artworks from the underground and reprints the best articles from the alternative press. Also, ground breaking interviews, original fiction, and commentary on all aspects of the independent arts. From the hilarious to the perverse, Broken Pencil challenges conformity and demands attention.
Hey, want to say something about our magazine, let us know about an upcoming event, send in a zine or website or CD for review or maybe do a piece for the mag? Don't be shy! We want to hear from you. Send us an email at editor@brokenpencil.com, or a letter at PO Box 203, Station P, Toronto, On, M5S 2S7 Canada, or call us at 416-204-1700.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Emerging Writers Festival news
Thanks to all who put their hands up for the Panellist callout, as always we were stunned by the amount of interesting writers reading our newsletter, delighted with how many people were keen to be part of EWF 2009 and a little surprised by the amount of people who didn’t read the brief.
From here it’s a giant jigsaw puzzle of who would work well for which panel balancing the demands of each panel with the need to have writers of different styles and forms and genres on each panel. Don’t despair if you haven’t heard from us yet, we will be umming and erring for another month yet and as some of last years panellist call out people found out today, we have long memories.
Three quick notes to finish off with this week.
*/_(The event formerly known as)_/**_ Scrabble_*
Long time Emerging Writers’ Festival fans will know we do a performance event called Scrabble. Last year we did the works of Paul Kelly in a night of radical word based reinterpretations. This year we are…well let’s not give everything away.
Anyway the issue is we are changing the name. Not due to any multinationals telling us to do so but just because it confuses some people who come to the event and are annoyed they can’t see a triple word score anywhere.
What shall we call it? Well…surprisingly for such an innovative festival we are stumped. Thus we turn to you our loyal e-newsletter list.
We are looking for suggestions for the new name for the /(The event formerly known as) /Scrabble. It needs to be snappy, short, maybe linked to the fact we perform lyrics and of course original.
The winning entry gets a double pass to /(The event formerly known as)/ Scrabble on Thursday the 28^th of May at BMW Edge
Competition closes Friday the 20th of February. Email it to director@emergingwritersfestival.org.au with the heading ‘I’ve got a much better idea’
*_Program Booklet_*
Each year for the festival we print a wonderful little A6 booklet which details the whole festival, has wonderfully creative bios and occasionally even a vaguely inspirational message from the me. We see it as the passport to the festival and with this years festival being ten days with over twelve different events its going to be the must have item to plan your festival.
Unfortunately this wonderful tome rarely ends up in the hands of those who want it. We don’t know why but the 3000 or so we print disappear, with people who come to the festival thinking our two page download _is_ the program.
This year we have had enough and have put aside a little money for direct mailing. So if you would like the program mailed to you, arriving the day the ticket sales go online on April the 27^th , please email your name and postal address (with postcode) in the body of your email to info@emergingwritersfestival.org.au. Please title your email Program. (Also don’t reply directly to this e-newsletter. It doesn’t go anywhere useful when you do).
Also we will not be posting internationally.
*_Twitter_*
For those wanting to keep up with us as things happen, come join us on twitter at http://twitter.com/EmergingWriters.
And we are also on Facebook if you really want to go social media crazy http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=534231192&ref=name#/pages/Emerging-Writers-Festival/22221031271?ref=s
--
David Ryding
Director
Emerging Writers' Festival
Friday 22nd - Sunday 31st May 2009
www.emergingwritersfestival.org.au
From here it’s a giant jigsaw puzzle of who would work well for which panel balancing the demands of each panel with the need to have writers of different styles and forms and genres on each panel. Don’t despair if you haven’t heard from us yet, we will be umming and erring for another month yet and as some of last years panellist call out people found out today, we have long memories.
Three quick notes to finish off with this week.
*/_(The event formerly known as)_/**_ Scrabble_*
Long time Emerging Writers’ Festival fans will know we do a performance event called Scrabble. Last year we did the works of Paul Kelly in a night of radical word based reinterpretations. This year we are…well let’s not give everything away.
Anyway the issue is we are changing the name. Not due to any multinationals telling us to do so but just because it confuses some people who come to the event and are annoyed they can’t see a triple word score anywhere.
What shall we call it? Well…surprisingly for such an innovative festival we are stumped. Thus we turn to you our loyal e-newsletter list.
We are looking for suggestions for the new name for the /(The event formerly known as) /Scrabble. It needs to be snappy, short, maybe linked to the fact we perform lyrics and of course original.
The winning entry gets a double pass to /(The event formerly known as)/ Scrabble on Thursday the 28^th of May at BMW Edge
Competition closes Friday the 20th of February. Email it to director@emergingwritersfestival.org.au
*_Program Booklet_*
Each year for the festival we print a wonderful little A6 booklet which details the whole festival, has wonderfully creative bios and occasionally even a vaguely inspirational message from the me. We see it as the passport to the festival and with this years festival being ten days with over twelve different events its going to be the must have item to plan your festival.
Unfortunately this wonderful tome rarely ends up in the hands of those who want it. We don’t know why but the 3000 or so we print disappear, with people who come to the festival thinking our two page download _is_ the program.
This year we have had enough and have put aside a little money for direct mailing. So if you would like the program mailed to you, arriving the day the ticket sales go online on April the 27^th , please email your name and postal address (with postcode) in the body of your email to info@emergingwritersfestival.org.au
Also we will not be posting internationally.
*_Twitter_*
For those wanting to keep up with us as things happen, come join us on twitter at http://twitter.com/EmergingWriters.
And we are also on Facebook if you really want to go social media crazy http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=534231192&ref=name#/pages/Emerging-Writers-Festival/22221031271?ref=s
--
David Ryding
Director
Emerging Writers' Festival
Friday 22nd - Sunday 31st May 2009
www.emergingwritersfestival.org.au
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Project Next and Left Right think Tank
Hi everyone,
Two new opportunities for young media creators and young thinkers. Read on or go straight to http://www.projectnext.net.au/ or http://www.leftright.org.au/
Bel
ABC TV and Zapruder’s other films, the people who brought the Chaser team to TV, and the creative force behind The Gruen Transfer, and ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton, are looking for creative young people who are original thinkers with a view about what’s happening in Australia and the world, to work on Project NEXT.
Project NEXT, is the working title of a new topical 10 x 30min program which will be on your screens later this year - on ABC1, ABC2, the web, mobile phones and on-line.
‘We want to open the door to the next generation of thinkers and performers, to find people who will abandon the usual definitions and who can look at the world in a different way.
We are looking for original communicators, people who know in their hearts that there’s more to the news cycle than we are being fed each week.
It’s not just on-air talent we’re after. This is a great opportunity for a new and talented team, across several disciplines, to build a TV and web program from the ground up.’
Project NEXT is seeking applications from creative people between the ages of 18 and 30 to work as reporters, producers, camera/directors, editors, graphic artists, researchers and web content producers.
Applications to work Project NEXT close at 5pm Monday 16 March 2009.
If you want to apply or find out more information go to: http://www.projectnext.net.au/
--
Also, Due for public launch in early 2009, Left Right is Australia’s first independent and non-partisan think-tank of young minds. They are currently looking for new part time volunteer staff in Victoria and NSW.
http://www.leftright.org.au/
Two new opportunities for young media creators and young thinkers. Read on or go straight to http://www.projectnext.net.au/ or http://www.leftright.org.au/
Bel
ABC TV and Zapruder’s other films, the people who brought the Chaser team to TV, and the creative force behind The Gruen Transfer, and ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton, are looking for creative young people who are original thinkers with a view about what’s happening in Australia and the world, to work on Project NEXT.
Project NEXT, is the working title of a new topical 10 x 30min program which will be on your screens later this year - on ABC1, ABC2, the web, mobile phones and on-line.
‘We want to open the door to the next generation of thinkers and performers, to find people who will abandon the usual definitions and who can look at the world in a different way.
We are looking for original communicators, people who know in their hearts that there’s more to the news cycle than we are being fed each week.
It’s not just on-air talent we’re after. This is a great opportunity for a new and talented team, across several disciplines, to build a TV and web program from the ground up.’
Project NEXT is seeking applications from creative people between the ages of 18 and 30 to work as reporters, producers, camera/directors, editors, graphic artists, researchers and web content producers.
Applications to work Project NEXT close at 5pm Monday 16 March 2009.
If you want to apply or find out more information go to: http://www.projectnext.net.au/
--
Also, Due for public launch in early 2009, Left Right is Australia’s first independent and non-partisan think-tank of young minds. They are currently looking for new part time volunteer staff in Victoria and NSW.
http://www.leftright.org.au/
Broken Pencil news
Broken Pencil Newsletter - January 2009
Broken Pencil Magazine Announces the Commencement of the
2nd Annual Indie Writers Deathmatch Short Story Contest
NOW LIVE ONLINE:
www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch
The trash talk, the vitriol, the voting, the viral videos and...oh yeah...the stories!
It's all happening right now as Broken Pencil sets 8 stories against each other, a literary cage match from which only one author will emerge, the bruised battered champion of indie lit!
Last year's Deathmatch drew hundreds of thousands of hits to our Online Arena. Fans from all across the planet voted for their favourite story in the culture's bloodiest fiction contest. This year's battle should prove to be just as violent!
"This is definitely not a contest for sensitive writer types. If you can't handle the thought of your short story being smacked down by online voters, then you'll want to stay well clear of this one. Think Literary Survivor. On an island. Surrounded by a sea of sharks." - Jennifer Moss, The Vancouver Sun, Dec 28, 2008
The Line Up:
Round 1, January 26: "Girlfriend" by Sherwin Tjia vs "There are Two 'i''s is Wii" by Natalie Pendergast
Tija's crossdressing adolescent angst vs. Pendergast's boy-boy incest video game soap opera
Round 2, February 2: "Night Work" by McKinley M. Hellenes vs "All Tarted Up" by Kirsten McKenzie
Hellenes gives us West Coast trailer trash. McKenzine counters with small town Scottish slags.
Round 3, February 9: "Imagine Us With Belly Button Rings" by Kathleen Phillips vs "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by Jessica Grosman
Phillips goes deep into the sad lives of adolescent girls and Grosman's sad adolescent girl stalks the subway in search of a new mom.
Round 4, February 16: "The Invisible Man Takes a Shit" by Jeffrey Gandell vs "Isn't He Fantastic" by Chris Illuminati
Gandell's invisible man has a stomach ache but Illuminati's Mr. Fantastic has bigger, super hero size problems.
Complete bios of authors as well as more information about their stories available upon request.
Also: Follow the battle blow by blog on twitter: http://twitter.com/brokenpencilmag
Contacting Us
Founded in 1995 and based in Toronto, Canada, Broken Pencil is a website and a print magazine published three times a year. It is one of the few magazines in the world devoted exclusively to underground culture and the independent arts. We are a great resource and a lively read! A cross between the Utne Reader, an underground Reader's Digest, and the now defunct Factsheet5, Broken Pencil reviews the best zines, books, websites, videos, and artworks from the underground and reprints the best articles from the alternative press. Also, ground breaking interviews, original fiction, and commentary on all aspects of the independent arts. From the hilarious to the perverse, Broken Pencil challenges conformity and demands attention.
Hey, want to say something about our magazine, let us know about an upcoming event, send in a zine or website or CD for review or maybe do a piece for the mag? Don't be shy! We want to hear from you. Send us an email at editor@brokenpencil.com, or a letter at PO Box 203, Station P, Toronto, On, M5S 2S7 Canada, or call us at 416-204-1700.
Broken Pencil Magazine Announces the Commencement of the
2nd Annual Indie Writers Deathmatch Short Story Contest
NOW LIVE ONLINE:
www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch
The trash talk, the vitriol, the voting, the viral videos and...oh yeah...the stories!
It's all happening right now as Broken Pencil sets 8 stories against each other, a literary cage match from which only one author will emerge, the bruised battered champion of indie lit!
Last year's Deathmatch drew hundreds of thousands of hits to our Online Arena. Fans from all across the planet voted for their favourite story in the culture's bloodiest fiction contest. This year's battle should prove to be just as violent!
"This is definitely not a contest for sensitive writer types. If you can't handle the thought of your short story being smacked down by online voters, then you'll want to stay well clear of this one. Think Literary Survivor. On an island. Surrounded by a sea of sharks." - Jennifer Moss, The Vancouver Sun, Dec 28, 2008
The Line Up:
Round 1, January 26: "Girlfriend" by Sherwin Tjia vs "There are Two 'i''s is Wii" by Natalie Pendergast
Tija's crossdressing adolescent angst vs. Pendergast's boy-boy incest video game soap opera
Round 2, February 2: "Night Work" by McKinley M. Hellenes vs "All Tarted Up" by Kirsten McKenzie
Hellenes gives us West Coast trailer trash. McKenzine counters with small town Scottish slags.
Round 3, February 9: "Imagine Us With Belly Button Rings" by Kathleen Phillips vs "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by Jessica Grosman
Phillips goes deep into the sad lives of adolescent girls and Grosman's sad adolescent girl stalks the subway in search of a new mom.
Round 4, February 16: "The Invisible Man Takes a Shit" by Jeffrey Gandell vs "Isn't He Fantastic" by Chris Illuminati
Gandell's invisible man has a stomach ache but Illuminati's Mr. Fantastic has bigger, super hero size problems.
Complete bios of authors as well as more information about their stories available upon request.
Also: Follow the battle blow by blog on twitter: http://twitter.com/brokenpencilmag
Contacting Us
Founded in 1995 and based in Toronto, Canada, Broken Pencil is a website and a print magazine published three times a year. It is one of the few magazines in the world devoted exclusively to underground culture and the independent arts. We are a great resource and a lively read! A cross between the Utne Reader, an underground Reader's Digest, and the now defunct Factsheet5, Broken Pencil reviews the best zines, books, websites, videos, and artworks from the underground and reprints the best articles from the alternative press. Also, ground breaking interviews, original fiction, and commentary on all aspects of the independent arts. From the hilarious to the perverse, Broken Pencil challenges conformity and demands attention.
Hey, want to say something about our magazine, let us know about an upcoming event, send in a zine or website or CD for review or maybe do a piece for the mag? Don't be shy! We want to hear from you. Send us an email at editor@brokenpencil.com, or a letter at PO Box 203, Station P, Toronto, On, M5S 2S7 Canada, or call us at 416-204-1700.
Comic Books
Dear comics savvy person,
this email is a pointer to the blog, 'An Island Art'
www.anislandart.blogspot.com
where the two latest posts concern
1. comics broadcasting
and
2. 'Target 144': a chance to make some comics yourself.
Please drop by if you have a minute.
Or two.
Yours,
Bernard
Bernard Caleo
Proprietor
Cardigan Comics
www.cardigancomics.com
this email is a pointer to the blog, 'An Island Art'
www.anislandart.blogspot.com
where the two latest posts concern
1. comics broadcasting
and
2. 'Target 144': a chance to make some comics yourself.
Please drop by if you have a minute.
Or two.
Yours,
Bernard
Bernard Caleo
Proprietor
Cardigan Comics
www.cardigancomics.com
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