{"id":10450,"date":"2015-12-16T14:46:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T14:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/?p=10450"},"modified":"2018-01-02T17:09:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T17:09:53","slug":"20-best-moments-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/12\/20-best-moments-of-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Best Moments of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>It&#8217;s been quite a year for Penned in the Margins.<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>8 new publications, 3 prize shortlistings (including 1 win), and over 35 live shows from Mumbai to Manchester, and from Bournemouth to Brazil.<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>With the end of the year approaching, we take a quick break to look back at the 20 best moments of 2015&#8230;<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_<\/span><\/h3>\n<h2>1. Associate Artist Ross Sutherland is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsfoundation.co.uk\/winners-and-shortlist\/2015\">shortlisted<\/a> for the Arts Foundation Award in Spoken Word (pipped to the post by Hollie McNish)<\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/54ecfd84e4b0a3ebc2d1fe05\/54ed0bf1e4b0c01a6f3b4261\/54ed0bf9e4b0c01a6f3b42a0\/1424992364493\/Ross+Sutherland.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>2. Speculatrix by Chris McCabe becomes our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/10\/speculatrix\/\">best reviewed title ever<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/classic\/cover-images\/speculatrix_cover_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>3. We give away smelling salts with copies of Naomi Booth&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/02\/the-lost-art-of-sinking\/\">The Lost Art of Sinking<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/classic\/revivingsalts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>4. We pass 3,000 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PennedintheMargins\">Facebook<\/a> likes and 6,000 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/PennedintheM\">Twitter<\/a> followers<\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.exacttarget.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/social_icons_6_on_mobile_smartphone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>5. Our 2015 programme comes back from the printer<\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/classic\/2015programmespread.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>6. We sign <a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2015\/04\/01\/beyonce-releasing-her-first-book-of-poems-simply-titled-poems-5130173\/\">Beyonc\u00e9 Knowles<\/a> (on April 1st)<\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/ionehellobeautiful.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/beyonce-reads-letter-to-first-lady.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>7. James Trevelyan joins the company as Sales &amp; Marketing Co-ordinator<\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/675649351226626048\/1xV88ZwC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>8. Voted Most Innovative Publisher in Sabotage Awards (for the second time!)<\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/8878b5_30d76451f5f146b4bd8587b0df5abba9.jpg\/v1\/fit\/w_670,h_948,q_75,usm_0.50_1.20_0.00\/8878b5_30d76451f5f146b4bd8587b0df5abba9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>9. Launch a book of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/01\/sunspots\/\">astronomical poems<\/a> in the Royal Observatory Greenwich<\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/selondonfilmclubs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/royal-observatory-greenwich2.jpg?w=812&amp;h=540\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>10. Luke Wright wins a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukewright.co.uk\/award-winner\/\">Fringe First<\/a> at Edinburgh for What I Learned from Johnny Bevan (published by Penned in the Margins in February)<\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-xfa1\/v\/t1.0-9\/11904006_765351726906644_8936727405875958110_n.jpg?oh=17ded292f86704f7e3ba0fcdc5eb7762&amp;oe=56DFD501\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>11. Hannah Silva <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/schlock-3\/\">goes international<\/a> with performances of Schlock! in India and Brazil<\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-xfp1\/t31.0-8\/11834837_754218184686665_5894771160503538595_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>12. Our first full-length novel, Honor Gavin&#8217;s Midland, is shortlisted for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2015\/aug\/18\/honor-gavin-writing-from-the-citys-perspective\">Gordon Burn Prize<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/135054196?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>13. We throw an East End knees-up for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/09\/everything-crash\/\">Tim Wells<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/09\/the-story-of-no\/\">Emma Hammond<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/COF2_2pXAAA6dck.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>14. We sign Next Generation Poet Luke Kennard for his latest collection, Cain (June 2016)<\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/canalrivertrust.org.uk\/refresh\/media\/original\/25019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>15. Simon Barraclough <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/01\/sunspots-2\/\">premiers his multimedia poetry show<\/a> Sunspots at the Southbank Centre<\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/classic\/sunspots_redman_600w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>16. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/08\/dagestan\/\">Nobody is seriously hurt<\/a> (in a play about violence)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-xaf1\/t31.0-8\/10943739_787060658069084_8473665764583052544_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>17. Ryan Van Winkle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/11\/ryan-van-winkle-wins-saltire-society-poetry-book-of-the-year\/\">wins<\/a> the Saltire Prize for his collection The Good Dark<\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/classic\/ryansaltireweb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>18. Poets and journalists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/10\/futures-poetry-of-the-greek-crisis\/\">debate the Greek crisis<\/a> at the launch of Futures<\/h2>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-xtp1\/v\/t1.0-9\/12119049_788377431270740_4001801863639284996_n.jpg?oh=9aeae41f768f9298f932a1134af14eee&amp;oe=56C78FAC\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>19. We sell out the basement of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electronicvoicephenomena.net\/index.php\/shoreditch-town-hall-london\/\">Shoreditch Town Hall<\/a> for a jam-packed EVP Sessions<\/h2>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-xlp1\/t31.0-8\/12309995_930479020372817_4015134284631495422_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>20. Our Christmas sale video <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/146184219\">goes viral<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/146184219?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Leave us a comment and let us know <em>your<\/em> favourite Penned moment of 2015!<\/p>\n<p>Have a great Christmas and see you in January.<\/p>\n<p>Tom &amp; James<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been quite a year for Penned in the Margins. Eight new publications, three prize shortlistings (and one win!), and over 35 live shows from Mumbai to Manchester, and from Bournemouth to Brazil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25,174,151,159,81,129,171,3,11,169,20,194,176],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10450"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10450"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10454,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10450\/revisions\/10454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}