blankpages Issue 43
Wednesday 1st Feb 2012
Welcome! What can we say? It’s hit the 43 issues mark and we’re at the beginning of another year and it’s time for blankpages to go bi-monthly. This announcement comes after much discussion – it’s time for us to focus on really taking blankpages up to the next level and to do this we need to dedicate some serious time and effort. If you can be patient with us it will be well worth it.
But worry not! February’s blankpages is enough to keep you going for two months until April. Becky Allen‘s mesmerising fractal-esque geometric works will draw you in and keep you there. But if you can drag your eyes away you’ll experience AJ Kirby‘s tender yet unsettling tale of transference in a ‘fertility forest’, the refreshing simplicity of Ross Phillips’ illustrations and an instantly engaged and accessible single piece of longer poetry from Tutku Barbaros.
And deftly bugstepping from storyteller to music journalist is David Hartley, who presents this month’s mp3 from Salford electronica duo Bug and Leaf.
Ever roaming the cultural landscape for its wonders is our Features Editor Sarah Handyside, and this time she’s bringing us Kaffeeklatsch – an unassuming, clever bunch of poets and critics whose manifesto alone is worth perusing; riding that tricky line between poking fun and actually saying something meaningful and worthwhile.
And the pastry underneath our blogging-pin this month is ANBAD, doing all the hard work of finding a new (decent!) band EVERY DAY for your good selves.
How will you possibly get through it all in 2 little months?
See you again in April!
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