Today new Penned author Gemma Seltzer released five copies of her brilliant debut short fiction book Speak to Strangers into the wild at locations all over London. Here she is handing out ‘promotional scrolls’ (each containing a unique hundred-word story) to strangers at Spitalfields Market. And here it is – Speak to Strangers, weather-proofed, tagged, [...]
Filed on July 1, 2011 under News - Comments (0)

Eagle-eyed readers will have spotted that we recently ran a series of London poems on the marvellous megablog Londonist.com. Here they are in their entirety. From City State: New London Poetry: Shoreditch Serenade by Siddhartha Bose Spread and Division by Barnaby Tidman Hypoversion by Kirsten Irving The Horsey Mail by Heather Phillipson Plus – an [...]
Filed on December 10, 2010 under News - Comments (0)
Our new production, Kalagora by Siddhartha Bose, premieres at London’s Richmix on October 21st and then tours (Booking). A hybrid of theatre, poetry, film and music, it’s set to be the live literature show of 2010! Tour dates: 21 October LONDON Richmix 23 October DURHAM Book Festival 6 November BERLIN Poetry Hearings 25 November SALISBURY Arts [...]
Filed on October 8, 2010 under News - Comments (0)
Yes, that’s right – London’s only alternative literate-arts festival is back. A hot lineup boasts the likes of Iain Sinclair, Bishi, Robin Ince and Phill Jupitus, as well as nights devoted to all things Web 2.0 and what Shakespeare would write if he lived in Shoreditch today (God forbid). The Festival runs from 7 to 25 March in nine East End [...]
Filed on February 20, 2009 under News - Comments (0)
Austerities: Listen back to Sam Riviere
Dark Secrets of the Universe by Steve Spence
Every Rendition on a Broken Machine
Gemma Seltzer’s New Year’s Resolutions
25% off all books in our Christmas Sale!
Riot Acts – reviews of a night of riot response at Rich Mix
Richmix and Penned in the Margins present four new works written in response to the August riots
Beware Greeks bearing discounted poetry
A few words with Siddhartha Bose
Monkey brains, giant boulders and tomb-raiding Nazis