Geek Mook Launch by Vignette Press Friday 13th July #Melbourne #books #hackers #geekgirl

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Geek Mook explores the worlds of hackers, gamers, steam punk fashionistas, trekkies, neo-punk trainspotters and obsessives of all the other fixations that give us a reason to stave off death (and quite frequently sex as well). The book explores the ways the ways geek, literary and human have crashed up and mashed up in our lives and imagination. Geek Mook exposes the fleshy heart beneath the robot carapace.

Caught in the intersection of geekery and the literary, editors Aaron Mannion and Julian Novitz are Melbourne-based writers and academics. Geek Mook contributors are writers and artists revealing their hidden geekery or geeks discovering repressed writerly tendencies.

Come for the launch and stay on to attend Mr McClellands Finishing School (dance party) for free.

When: 6pm for 6.30pm start, 13 July 2012
Where: Bella Union, cnr Lygon and Victoria St, Carlton VIC (Australia)
Geeky dress (pocket protectors/Cosplay) highly appreciated.

Geek Mook launch line-up:

Geek Mook launch MC, Ben McKenzie, will begin the evening with a mini Dungeon Crawl. Dungeon Crawl, an improvisational comedy show based on the role playing game Dungeon and Dragons, is widely believed to be the greatest invention of the geek mind since X-Ray glasses or the Commodore 64. You can find out more about Ben here: labcoatman.com.au/

Following the show will be readings by four incredible Geek Mook contributors:

Nancy Mauro-Flude
Kent MacCarter
Angela Meyer
Benjamin Solah

Geek Mook will be launched by Dr Thomas Apperley, author of Gaming rhythms: Play and counterplay from the situated to the global.

Geek Mook is delighted also to be teaming up with the Freeplay Independent Games Festival www.freeplay.net.au They’ll have flyers at our launch and we’ll be attending the festival to spread the Geek Mook gospel.