News: February

1.1 Congratulations to our cover designer, Niall McCormack, Silver Medalist at Society of Illustrators, Illustrators 56.
1.2 Listen to Niall talking about vintage Irish book and pamphlet design on RTE’s The Book Show (at the 12.45 mark).

2. Matt Jakubowski’s collaboration with sculptor Geoff Thompson is currently on show in Gigantic Sequin‘s Impossible Books exhibition in Philadelphia.

3.1 Joanna Walsh launches launched her short story collection, Fractals (3:AM Press), in Shakespeare & Co. on Monday 24th February at 7pm. [Pictured above.]
3.2 Joanna’s algorithmic appreciation of experimental writer Christine Brooke-Rose.

4. John Holten’s Broken Dimanche Press have just published artist’s book, how a mosquito operates by Mahony.

5.1 Annexe Magazine present a double launch of S.J. Fowler’s Vikings: The Whale Hunters with Tom Chivers’ Flood Drain, at Candid Arts Trust, Wednesday 26th February at 7.00pm.
5.2 Poet As Boxer [YouTube]

6.1 Darran Anderson’s chapbook, A Hubristic Flea (3:AM Press), is available for pre-order through the Galley Beggars shop.
6.2 ‘Through the Zeitgeist Darkly,’ PopMatters review Darran’s 33 1/3 book, Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson.