Welcome to 2010! Boy do we have loads of BIG news for you! Here’s a run-down of some MASSIVE things we think are great:
- WELL DONE Ryan Van Winkle for earning a spot on the prestigious CRASHAW PRIZE shortlist! Our fingers are crossed for you to win! (Ryan, Reader-in-Residence at the Scottish Poetry Library and Edinburgh City Libraries, is featured in the Golden Hour Book 1 & 2)
- Strong work Nick Holdstock on the Pushcart Prize nomination. Nick was also recently awarded a Scottish Arts Council professional development grant to return to China and research how his former students are getting on. Best of luck with that! (Nick’s writing features in Golden Hour Book 2 and Stolen Stories.)
- Benjamin Morris is in the new issue of Chapman. (You can read Ben’s ‘Sextina’ in our new naughty anthology, Bedtime Stories – get’em while they’re hot folks!)
- Dave Coates‘ poetry collection ‘Cover Story‘ (from the Forest Publications chapbook series) was called one of the ‘3 best poetry books published in 2009′ by Claire Askew at Onenightstanzas.com.
- Ron Butlin, current Edinburgh makar (and GH reader last November), has chosen Andrew Philip’s The Ambulance Box as one of his books of the year in the Sunday Herald, along with Tom Pow’s Dear Alice. *Come see Tom Pow at the Golden Hour next month! (We published Ron Butlin’s short story in our Stolen Stories collection, and Andrew Philip’s poems are in the new Golden Hour Book 2.)
- Magda Boreysza’s art is featured in Amelia’s Anthology of Illustration. (You’ll recognize Magda’s art from our Golden Hour book covers, and from the massive wall murals in The Forest Cafe!)
- Sandra Alland’s new photo/video/zine show at Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art was reviewed in Diva Magazine: ‘This eye-opening exhibition explores complex identities and histories of LGBTI deaf and disabled Scots. Artist Sandra Alland, in collaboration with like-minded artists, expresses true dedication to equality and human rights through the effective use of portraits, poems and film.” Be sure to check it out! The show runs until February 21st. (Sandra’s chapbook, ‘Here’s to Wang!‘, came out last April as part of the Forest Publications chapbook series.)
- Friend of ForPub, Cassandra Passarelli has short stories forthcoming in Earlyworks‘ ‘Loretta’s Parrot’ and the Cinnamon Press anthology ‘Storm at Gallesburg’. (Cassandra kindly performed at the Golden Hour two Augusts past.)
- And don’t miss the new SPL podcasts! One features Kapka Kassabova whose poems are in The Golden Hour Book Volume 2, and another has Canongate’s Francis Bickmore in conversation with Toby Mottershead of the Black Diamond Express who you heard at The Golden Hour last August.
Stay tuned for another BIG UP with a list of events we highly recommend!
*Are you a friend of ForPub? If so, email your Big Ups to forest.publications@gmail.com and we’ll tell all our friends!