Saturday, 19-June-2010: Launch of Issue 1: We Lied
Having thrown off the hangdogs of Parliament with false sense, we can now announce the actual launch details for Issue 1.
Polarity Magazine London Launch
Sunday, 27 June 2010 6pm-8pm
The Slaughtered Lamb Pub
34-35 Great Sutton Street
London
To the tune of coffins opening like red briefcases, we are proud to present the first issue of Polarity: Death vs. Taxes, for all your morbid and economic needs. Solutions to the current recession, and mortality, included.
Tickets to this underworld do not exist, yet passengers are advised to arrive promptly, 6pm, to ensure they do not miss the boatman. Bring thy pennies, for the ferry has an onboard bar. Passage is free for a limited period, though the dead may expect a levy of £10 to acquire the limited edition manual to the underworld and its economy. This is of course why the birds have fallen frozen from the branches of the money tree to claim their passage. A free copy of a government proposal for a System of Taxation Upon Thoughts will be provided with your manual, subject to economic flow.
Onboard entertainment may or may not include poetry, stories, music (piped from the living, dead, and those in debt), as well as a sneak preview of material from the future musical warzone of issue 2: Arms vs. Song.
Dress code: birdmasks optional.
(Slaughtered Lambs are purely metaphorical, the underworld is strictly Pythagorean.)
Performing on the night...
Music from Peter Blegvad, singer-songwriter and cult comic strip artist.
Poet Carol Watts will be reading.
As will poet Charlotte Newman. Other guests TBC, but maybe Frank Key, and some stand-up comedy to close. And some exclusive preview material of the bonus CD coming with Issue 2: Arms vs. Song.
Polarity Magazine Coventry Launch
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 6pm-10pm
Writers' Room
Milburn House, Milburn House Road
University of Warwick
Coventry
A BYOB end of year party, with launches, guest readers and musicians, and open mic slots. Bring instruments, bring poems, flash fictions and bottles.
Performing on the night...
- Arrive prompt to catch Kit (http://www.kitmusic.co.uk/) a.k.a Amanda Hopkins, with a short set from her new album, 'The View from Here'.
- Readings from Issue 1: Michael Wilson, Jessica Vickerage, Ivan Juritz, and anyone else who turns up.
- Readings by two WWP graduates, now published poets: James Brookes (Eric Gregory Award 2009) and Simon Turner (second collection, 'Difficult Second Album, published by Nine Arches Press)
- And a showcase of work by this year's creative writing students, including the MA in Writing cohort. Open mic slots available, so bring something to share, 3-5min, any genre.
- And music from Conrad Bird as well.
Thursday, 20-May-2010: Launch of Issue 1
Polarity #1: Death vs. Taxes, will launch in London around Saturday 19th June, details TBC soon. And in Coventry on June 24th, at the Writers' Room, Milburn House, University of Warwick. All welcome, preferably dressed as feathered creatures, real or imagined. Harpies get a free copy of the magazine, on condition they don't descend upon the banquet and clear all the food before the other guests have a chance to snack.
Issue one, Death vs. Taxes (Jan/Feb 2010), includes:
And lots more weird and lovely-joyous things.
Wednesday, 19-May-2010: Gearing up to Issue 1
Like spoonless children watching icecream melt, the runcible approaches. The first issue of Polarity is almost with the printers. Delight awaits our readers, in the form of many strange things, warped and wefted into the pages.
The feedery of all things surreal begins also, soon, with a blog from Alexandra E. Szydlowska on the recent Paul Nash exhibition, at Dulwich Picture Gallery, London.