Dear Geekgirl,
The Australian book launch for new novel Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat is all sewn up for Wednesday August 10th @ the Miss Libertine gallery For Walls in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD: http://www.misslibertine.com.au/
The event will take place from 7:00pm to 10:00pm, and I’ll be coming down from Tokyo to do a reading, Q&A session and book signing. We’ll also be showing visuals and playing audio influences from the novel – including noir and classic cinema stuff.
Backtracking a bit to fill you in, my name is Andrez Bergen and I’m an expat Aussie journalist/musician (from Melbourne) who’s been ensconced in Tokyo these past 10 years.
My novel Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat was just published as a paperback, and I’ve attached a copy of the Kindle & iPad digital media promo files for you in case you’re interested in a peek.
So what’s the book all about, in a tightly-wound nutshell?
Think sci-fi/noir/post-apocalyptic tones set in Melbourne, Australia as the last city in the world. Melbourne, after all, is my home town. But it’s also heavily influenced by Japan, a country I’ve lived in for the past 10 years, and the novel also owes about 60% of its content to classic noir cinema.
We’ve been getting fantastic feedback from people at The Age, Vice magazine, Impact, Lip mag, Farrago, ABC Radio National, etc – you can check out the praise here: http://tobaccostainedmountaingoat.weebly.com/praise.html
It’s also the July Book-Of-The-Month at the Chuck Palahniuk website The Cult.
The novel is now available direct from Another Sky Press in America or via Amazon, and has been distributed to independent (physical) bookstores.
Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat
All the best,
Andrez Bergen
POETRY IN FILM FESTIVAL
Entries Close: September 9
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The Poetry in Film Festival (PIFF) aims to raise awareness and appreciation of poetry in popular culture while showcasing the talents of up-and-coming Australian independent filmmakers. This year, PIFF held a national competition for writers to create a poem on the theme
“communication”. Out of 150 entries the winning poem is “Four Letters, Three Words.” by Belinda Hilton.
Filmmakers are asked to interpret the winning poem into a four to seven minute short film. The PIFF Screening and Awards Night will be held at the Palace Cinema Como in Melbourne. The best films will be shown at the Screening and Awards Night on Sunday October 9 at Palace Cinema Como.
Entries Close: July 1
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The Environmental Film Festival, Melbourne (EFFM) is looking for films focusing on environmental issues to be part of the 2011 line up. If you’ve got a film to submit, they’d love to see it. EFFM aims to increase awareness of key environmental issues by bringing together film-makers, experts, policy makers, politicians and the wider community in an open conversation about the world we live in. The festival will take place in September.
The 11:11:11 UpStage Festival needs your support!
The 11:11:11 UpStage Festival will take place on 11th November 2011 (with a bit on the 10th and 12th, depending on where you are in the world).
This is the 5th annual festival of cyberformance in UpStage
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UpStage is a web-based platform for live, collaborative performance, presenting an annual international festival of cyberformance by artists from around the world. The platform is free and open source, and it’s free for you to attend the festival – online, wherever you are. UpStage is currently unfunded, with everything done by dedicated volunteers.
We are now working towards the 11:11:11 UpStage Festival, and we warmly invite you to contribute to our donations campaign. This is to enable us to provide appropriate technical, artistic and organisational support to the wonderful artists whose work has been selected for the festival (for more information about the festival and the artists, visit http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=2350).
If everyone who reads this email contributes just 11 [insert your local currency here] we will easily reach our target of NZ$10,000 (that’s about €5000). Whatever amount you are able to donate will make a difference – whether it’s 11, or 111, or more, all donations are gratefully received.
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Thanking you in anticipation, on behalf of the UpStage community,
Helen Varley Jamieson & Vicki Smith
