Q:Hey, I was surfing through various links on this tumblr and the project sounds really rad! I noticed you pointed out that there's several months unavailable for 2012 registration. Does that mean you can register for a specific month a while ahead of time (say registration in june for the november 2012 session)?
Yes you can apply for November. However, since we have had some issues with writers who apply in advance we’ve started charging a $25 reservation fee—meaning if you are accepted you will have to send us 25 bucks, which we will return when you come for your residency.
-thanks for the question. I hope to hear from you soon.
Congratulations Jamie!
Big congratulations to former visiting writer Jamie Ross on the publication of his second book, Fallow La Friche: Unsettling Eastern Ontario.
CITY OF ASYLUM/PITTSBURGH PRESENTS “REA
DING THE WORLD 2012.” 5 unique events, 10 authors, 9 musicians
City of Asylum/Pittsburgh is the only regular presenter of international authors in Pittsburgh. City of Asylum/Pittsburgh also is known for presenting multi-disciplinary collaborations between authors and musicians. Reading the World 2012 is a series of readings, concerts, and collaborations featuring authors and musicians from around the world. The events take place between April 17 and May 5 at locations throughout the Central Northside.
On May 5 at 8 pm, to conclude the series, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh will be presenting a FREE ELECTRONIC BAND CONCERT. The Concert takes place under a tent at 318 Sampsonia Way, Northside, and will feature:
THE CASUALTY PROCESS is an Iranian electronic band in exile. Its members were forced to leave Iran due to governmental constraints on political and artistic expression; and they hope to provoke discussion about the region’s social issues through their music. They explode with aggressive noises, meaty bass and guitars and industrial beats influenced by electro and rock. Natch Nadjafi is a songwriter, guitar/bass/keyboard player. Shayan Amini, guitar/ bassplayer, is also a multi-project artist. http://thecasualtyprocess.com/pages/news.html
TM EYE’s music is wholly danceable. But song titles like “Pollution” and “Deepwater Horizon” suggest the local electronics-and-vocals duo is up to something more than just kicking out party jams. Its aesthetic is steeped in cultural references; even the name compounds pun upon pun — especially when rendered, as it sometimes is, “™Eye.”The music is a marriage between the song-based writing of Phil Boyd, best known as the singer and guitarist in Modey Lemon, and the electronic music of Preslav Lefterov, one of the proprietors of Machine Age Studios. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5etUXR7hTo
Visiting Writer Reading @ CLP Northside Branch
Visiting Writer James Payne releases his chapbook he completed during his stay, and Tya (Columbus writer and Skylab resident) will be reading a part of her book-in-progress about Tunisia.
Gunna be good.
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Monday 4/30 - 4:30am until 7:30am
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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Allegheny Regonal (meeting room), 1230 Federal Street, Pittburgh PA
AND!!! To get you in the mood here is a video of our featured readers talking about a book while drunk!
A Film About Billy: For Us By Us Juvenile Fiction
We’re doing layout work for A Film About Billy right now, and it’s taking me back a bit.
I’ve hardly put this project down my entire adult life. I started the story when I was a teenager, and on the 6th of next month I’ll be 25. It’s hard not to feel crazy when I think about it—about how I…
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Source: afilmaboutbilly
Bernard Eärendil, our newest and youngest resident. And yes, he’s named after a writer and a Tolkien character.
Margaret Killjoy Returns
The Cyberpunk Apocalypse’s first visiting writer is back in town reading the book he completed durring his month in Pittsburgh!
What Lies Beneath the Clock Tower: Being An Adventure Of Your Own Choosing
This Saturday APRIL 21st, 5pm @ the BIG IDEA BOOK STORE
Margaret’s first reading of this story was one of the most fun readings I’ve attended (the audience decided what would happen). You should definitely check it out.
But don’t take my word for it—take the word of people that you know less well but are way more famous:
“If you make your way through to the end, you’ll discover that Killjoy’s not just spinning a shaggy-dog story—there’s a surprising amount of heart and adventure to be had if you’re bold enough to choose the path of heroism.”
—Cory Doctorow, author of For The Win
“In What Lies Beneath the Clock Tower, the estimable Margaret Killjoy takes a story-form usually associated with younger readers and infuses it with decadence and absinthe along with delirious and dissolute fantasy. If you’re choosing your own adventure, I strongly recommend you make it this one.”
—Alan Moore, author of Watchmen/i>
Wrote A Pop City article about Cyberpunk's move
It’s a short article about the move. It is nice to keep putting out little things.
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Gonna be giving a talk at Carnegie Mellon University in a few weeks.
Source: edpiskor
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