flipped eye publishing

Thursday October 15, 2009
6pm – 8pm

The f8 in-Depth series featuring Jacob Sam-La Rose and Aoife Mannix
Venue: Westminster Reference Library, 35 St. Martin’s Street, London WC2H 7HP
Entry: FREE
Info: books [at] flippedeye [dot] net


Jacob Sam-La Rose, a poet of Guyanese heritage concerned with the evolution of culture and tr...adition in memorialising losses and celebrating gains, as well as the notion and power of transformation and synthesis in art and everyday life reads alongside Aoife Mannix, an Irish poet and novelist interested in storytelling, memory, place and identity. They discuss their readings of each other’s work and how their leanings affect their work.

About the in-Depth Series:
As part of the f8 tour season to mark eight years of flipped eye publishing, the company is collaborating with Westminster Libraries to present the in-Depth series – a FREE reading and conversation series to be recorded for podcast. Prose and poetry writers come together for a series of three readings and conversations on the work that they write; their motivations, successes and goals. The series is hosted by the historic Westminster Reference Library at 35 St. Martin’s Street, London.

About the authors:
Jacob Sam-La Rose studied drama, performing arts and dance before becoming a writer, and has since gained international recognition for his performance and teaching. The former poet in residence for BBC broadcast show, London Live, his wide-ranging appeal and versatility have seen him appear; as a ‘distinguished attendee’ at the 2005 Gwendolyn Brooks Writers’ Conference in Chicago; as a British Council sponsored writer within Europe and in South Asia; as a featured poet on a Gilles Peterson Worldwide Poetry Special (BBC Radio 1); as well as at conferences on teaching poetry in schools and communities. Jacob’s work appears in magazines such as Sable Litmag, X Magazine and Trespass and he has facilitated workshops and extended projects through institutions such as the National Theatre, the British Council, the Arvon Foundation, Spread the Word, the Roundhouse, the Barbican, the Learning Trust, Glyndebourne, the University of Botswana, Raffles Institute (Singapore), and the University of Chicago. He placed second in the London Poetry Society’s Poetry Slam in 1999 and won the PBS Pamphlet choice award for his debut publication, Communion, in 2006.

Latest Book: Communion (2006)
Accolades: Poetry Society’s Poetry Slam (Runner Up, 1999) PBS Pamphlet Choice Award (Winner, 2006)
Performances at: The Roundhouse (London), Mylos Theatre (Greece), Barbican (London), Raffles Institute (Singapore), Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art (Finland)
Festivals: Folkestone Literature Festival, Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, Portobello Festival (London), The Singapore Writers’ Festival, URB Festival (Helsinki), Bay Lit Festival (Cardiff), Bath Literature Festival

Aoife Mannix was born in Stockholm of Irish parents, grew up in Dublin, Ottawa and New York. A former editor for the BBC drama series Holby City, she has published four books; The Trick of Foreign Words (2002), The Elephant in the Corner (2005), Growing Up an Alien (2007) and the recent Turn the Clocks Upside Down – all with the tall-lighthouse press. She has also written two drama documentaries for BBC Radio 4. Aoife’s short stories appear in the anthologies, Tell Tales Volume 3 (2006), Small Voices, Big Confessions (2006) and Westside Stories (2003), and her TV sitcom Since Dad Left was short listed for the BBC’s Two Timing competition in 2004.

Latest Book: Heritage of Secrets (2008)
Accolades: Greenwich Peninsula Writer-In-Residence (2008), BBC Two Timing Competition (Shortlist, 2004)
Performances at: Royal Festival Hall, Poetry Café (London), Contact Theatre (Manchester), Battersea Arts Centre (London), Patravadi Theatre (Thailand)
Festivals: Ledbury Festival, Folkestone Literature Festival, Edinburgh FestivalRead More

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This year, our guerrilla reading at the Brooklyn Book Festival goes blue. At 2pm 'Come Sunday' September 13 2009, our well-loved poets TRUTH THOMAS and AINSLEY BURROWS will be performing as you've never seen them before - with their voices pitched to the frequency of magic and blues pouring from their souls. W...ith special music guest ROY NATHANSON.

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As flipped eye publishing's eighth anniversary approaches, a few stakeholders in the literary journey of the award-winning small press based in Manchester, UK speak about the growth, reputation, the challenges and the road ahead for flipped eye. Appearing in this video are, Niall O'Sullivan (author & editor), Sarah San...ders (former Arts Council England Literature Officer) and Nii Ayikwei Parkes (founder and senior editor of flipped eye publishing). Produced by Heavy Entertainment for flipped eye publishing.Read More