Posts Tagged ‘books’

Ahoy there Amelia’s Magazine! What’s your fave Christmas song?

After yesterday's post on fabulous Christmas songs, here Helen Martin asks contributors of Amelia's Magazine: What's your favourite Christmas song and why?

Illustration by Lorraine Nam
Back with post two on Christmas music. I hope post one was enlightening. Now let’s see what the chaps at Amelia’s Magazine love to listen to at …

R. D. Franks – R.I.P?

Is it really the end of London's famous fashion bookstore?

Illustration by Paul Shinn
R. D. Franks has, since 1877, been a hub for fashion students and journalists alike. The store, which recently relocated to Winsley Street, stocked everything a fashion …

Lazy Gramophone Press: The Book of Apertures

The Book of Apertures is the new release from arts collective Lazy Gramophone. Hannah Osborne attended the launch night.

All images courtesy of Lazy Gramophone Press

Two years in production, The Book of Apertures is the fourth publication by Lazy Gramophone Press; an arts collective whose emphasis lies embedded …

Duke Press Launch – One of a Kind

New collective Duke Press puts the creative back into independent publishing. Contributor Alex Lee Katz attended the launch night.

Unfinished Town courtesy of Jess Wilson
Ever thought about starting your own publishing house? Talk about pipe dreams…Well look and learn from the boys and girls at Duke Press. It can …

Becky Barnicoat- Come In, Everyone is Here Already! Part 2

Last month, art editor Valerie Pezeron interviewed fellow comic book artist Becky Barnicoat. This is part 2 of the meeting between two link-minded lovers of graphic novels. Who said comics were not for chicks?

Image courtesy Becky Barnicoat
Valerie Pezeron: You mentioned previously that you did a project as a comic book at school. Do you think that if kids did that now, they would …

Black Dog Books Haunt Black Rat’s latest Projects

Unique exhibits inhabit haunted bookshop with personality

Loaded © Sweet Tooth
The invite for Black Dog Books was intriguing and slightly misleading… a number of nice surprises beckon when I arrive at the venue to meet with …

Arts Editor’s pick: Christmas Gift Guide

It's that time of the year again! And boy, don't we have a truckload of Christmas goodies for your appreciation!

At Amelia, we thought you should know about these before you go out and brave the cold for that all important shopping trip! From limited edition prints to games and …

Becky Barnicoat- Come In, Everyone is Here Already!

Comic book artist Becky Barnicoat chats to art editor Valerie Pezeron about her calling to become a comics wiz

© Becky Barnicoat
Becky Barnicoat works as the commissioning editor on the Guardian Weekend magazine, but is also a cartoonist and currently works on a new comic about a musical bear …

‘Local Food’: Rob Hopkins returns

Transition gets tasty!

Arts listings October 5-11

All around London Town and in your mind

Turner Prize
Enrico David, Roger Hiorns, Lucy Skaer and Richard Wright are the lucky shortlisted ones on the Turner Prize’s notepad this year and it’s been noted that the Prize has …

‘The Year of the Flood’, Margaret Atwood

An uneasy and enthralling read that might not be fiction for much longer.

It could be a sequestered, slimy corner of any 21st century metropolis, the “small square yard where the trash bins were kept – the ones for the carbon garboil trash …

The School of Life open day

Become happier while eating cake

The School of Life describes itself as dealing with the grand problem of “how to live wisely and well.” All the little itches that modern life brings can lead to …

Growing Stuff: An Alternative Guide To Gardening

Books

The spirit is there, but where are the green fingers? When I was little I used to love watching my mum tending to the garden. I remember the pride and …