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We're The Great Old Ones Now
04:48 / 23.02.09
My paperback's out - and since the whole thing is a deranged ninja/lovestory/ontological crisis with asswhupping, apocalypses and monsters, it has a certain Barbelith feel to it.

Be interested to know what y'all think.

  
 
rabideyemovement
05:18 / 23.02.09
Sounds like a really decent read! I just bought a copy on Amazon, so I'll be giving it a read.
 
 
rabideyemovement
05:25 / 23.02.09
I just recently started a new blog where I'm attempting to finish a painting per day... I've been running a little behind lately, but I still manage to post four or five a week.
I call it the RabidEyeMovement.
 
 
Spaniel
14:43 / 23.02.09
Okay, Nick, I'll buy your bloody novel...
 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
15:35 / 23.02.09
*bows*

Well, thank'ee!
 
 
grant
18:15 / 23.02.09
It's totally worth it.
 
 
unheimlich manoeuvre
18:30 / 23.02.09
Sounds good. Ordered a copy.

Is it like your Chapel Perilous?
 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
19:31 / 23.02.09
It must be like someone's or it wouldn't be any fun. However, it's not like mine - at least, I hope it isn't - because there are still around six billion people left on Earth in the world I live in. Maybe I'm a little behind the narrative curve...
 
 
Spatula Clarke
20:15 / 23.02.09
Oh! grant recommended yr book to me a while ago and I completely forgot about it. Will pick it up.
 
 
MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!
23:31 / 23.02.09
Duly ordered from Amazon and much anticipated, Nick! My only other book experience from the 'lith was Icelander, by Dusto, and it was really, really good. I expect that this will continue the streak.

For those who are wondering what the cover of a new comics adaptation of Captain Blood written by Yours Truly might look like, it might look something like this:

  
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
15:12 / 24.02.09
Eep. That's practically in 3-D. I flinched when I got to the tip of the sword...

Nice.
 
 
grant
16:07 / 24.02.09
Does he say, "WHO'S WITH ME??" ?

Because he needs to say that.
 
 
Spaniel
20:51 / 24.02.09
Cool, Matt!
 
 
This Sunday
14:33 / 26.02.09
Yay! to Captain Blood adaptations and all the other fine new projects! I will be dropping some money on these, yes.

I just want to mention that we're in the final days of collecting for FEM Volume 2, so if you want to submit something, now would be a good time (or, wait for Volume 3, but where's the fun in that?). We have a nice history of being 'lither heavy going and I'd like to keep it that way, because I know how talented so many people here are.

Of course, the first release is still available as a pdf from the site (or the linky image below).

  
 
trouble at bill
15:57 / 26.02.09
Wow, my congratulations to all you who've just birthed something. Hmm, title seems familiar Nick, I must have seen it advertised or reviewed somewhere without linking it to you. Anyway, it wouldn't be wrong of me to read it for the asswhupping bits, would it? ;>
 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
19:50 / 27.02.09
The asswhupping is a crucial and integral part of the whole artistic work. Honest, guv...
 
 
rabideyemovement
21:12 / 27.02.09
Awesome. My copy just came in the mail an hour ago.
 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
11:36 / 01.03.09
...

.......

...eep.

This is why I didn't mention it on here before. Now I'm ^%@!ing terrified.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
12:39 / 01.03.09
Don't worry, old chap. There aren't many people left on Barbelith, and it's not exactly the hotbed of literary criticism it once was.
 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
06:40 / 02.03.09
And yet...
 
 
el d.
18:55 / 11.03.09
well, hello everyone, quantum, house, ARR etc..

I´m back, starting a tour de monde, and am plugging my bloggy thingamabob. Hope to turn this into some kind of business writing / filming journalism thingy.

Cuban Greetings:
http://nueva-vista.blogspot.com

cheers,
evade
 
 
Whisky Priestess
09:46 / 24.03.09
I got a call at 9.10 this morning and am now unexpectedly doing a reading at Forest Gate library this evening, if anyone is local and fancies a drink afterwards. I don't think I've ever been there before so a native with a working knowledge of the pubs would be immensely useful.

It's a reading from Tales of the Decongested Volume 2 which starts at 6pm, probably going on until 7.30ish. My story is only one in an anthology of many and there will be four other readers (I'm on last because I have to get there from Wood Green), and I'm almost certain it's free; I can't imagine a library charging for this sort of thing.

The address of the library is 4-20 Wood Grange Road, London E7 0QH. If you do happen to mooch along and wonder which one I am, my name's Katy and my story's called Eyes on the Horizon. I will be (am) wearing a green silk sequinned top and a white angora shrug. And trousers, obviously, which are important.
 
 
Quantum
09:57 / 24.03.09
Cool, good luck! Don't forget the important trousers!
 
 
Mono
08:09 / 16.04.09
My little band is doing a gig in Stoke Newington(surprise) on Sunday 19th April. And it's free. If anyone's around, come on down!

The Three Crowns
Stoke Newington Church St.
from 8.30-11.30
 
 
Alex's Grandma
02:41 / 19.04.09
I'll be a big fan, unconditionally, of anyone who shows up to listen to 'Lavender Bunny And The Big Brother House' Tues 21st, in Proud in Camden, 7 onwards. Obviously, I'm ashamed, but Lavender Bunny is the best of me, really, and will sail us all gently into the next world.

Plus, there'll be drinks, and a few other (possibly better-written) tales - how can anyone turn this down?! It's a Tuesday, after all. Self-harm in front of the telly has it's place, of course, but why not avoid it?

Express your committment to the future by showing up - it's quite a hip venue, and you won't feel dreadful in the morning. You'll feel, you know, alive!
 
 
gingerbop
11:54 / 19.04.09
So & So Circus Theatre
present
The Hot Dots

Breathtaking acrobatics, film and physical theatre combine to tell the heartbreaking tale of romance, drama, fame and failure. Set against the backdrop of the glittering 1930s, The Hot Dots will stay with you long after the curtains have gone down.

Here are the confirmed dates of our UK tour of The Hot Dots, 2009. More to follow shortly! For a showreel, click here. To book tickets, or for more info on the venue, click on the date you are interested in.

The Hot Dots

2nd June- Bedales Olivier Theatre, Peterfield, Hampshire- 7.30pm

3rd July - The Courtyard, Hereford- 7.30pm

11th & 12th July -The Great Indoors @ Manchester International Festival- 2 shows per day, and it's free!

17th July - Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff - 7.30pm

14th September - EM Forster Theatre, Tonbridge, Kent - 7.30pm

15th September - The Maltings, Farnham, Hampshire - 7.30pm

16th September - Bradon Forest School, Purton, Wiltshire - 7.30pm

17th September - Drill Hall, Lincoln - 7.30pm

8th October - The Civic, Barnsley, Yorkshire - Show time TBC

21st October - Theatre Royal, Margate, Kent - 7.30pm

22nd October - Square Chapel Centre for the Arts, Halifax- 8pm

23rd October - The Brindley Arts Centre, Runcorn, Cheshire - 7.30pm

24th October - Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Cheshire - 8pm

26th October - Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield, Derbyshire - 7.30pm

28th October - Pavilion Theatre, Dublin - 8pm

10th- 12th November - Jacksons Lane, Highgate, London - Show at 8pm every night. Join the group by clicking here

14th November - Rhodes Arts Complex, Bishop's Stortford - 7.30pm


Other shows, cabarets etc.

4th May- No Passport Necessary, The Roundhouse, London- 4.30pm

30th May- So & So Circus Cabaret @ The Broadway, Barking, London- 7pm

19th- 24th July: Oiseau Rouge (variety show) @ St Magnus' Festival, Orkney. Evening shows.
 
 
ghadis
14:04 / 19.04.09
Looks great gingerbop. I'll be moving to Cardiff early July so i'll make sure i catch the show there.
 
 
iamus
15:06 / 19.04.09
No Scotland?
 
 
Alex's Grandma
22:58 / 19.04.09
Balls to Scotland.
 
 
iamus
13:40 / 20.04.09
Your self-loathing could be cured, but where then should the muse be found?
 
 
Tsuga
21:15 / 20.04.09
Ironically, in Scotland.
 
 
Spaniel
07:37 / 21.04.09
Not in Brighton then? We've got a festival and everything...
 
 
grant
20:03 / 21.04.09
I wish I could take my daughter to those.

She's already watched some Hot Dots video with rapt attention.
 
 
Alex's Grandma
03:21 / 22.04.09
Well, that seemed to go over okay. Interestingly, there were quite a few indie/post-emo/post-whatever-it's-called-these-days kids in the Liars' League crowd, which was a new thing. Younger, London-based board members of a literary bent, who are on the pull (this, I gather, used to be everyone, back in the salad days) could do worse than show up at the next evening, details at www.liarsleague.com!
 
 
Whisky Priestess
09:03 / 23.04.09
Ginge, I'd come to the Roundhouse thing but can't see any mention of the Hot Dots in the link. Jacksons Lane instead maybe?
 
  

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