- Long feature on artist Kate Pemberton in Fused.
- Radio 4 has been trailing it’s series of Poetry Slams a lot lately. The Birmingham connection? The host is Dreadlockalien, our Poet Laureate last year. The first show is tomorrow at 11pm.
- More buzz about Catherine O’Flynn’s novel What Was Lost – it’s been longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.
- Oh happy day – it’s the return of Russ L’s Lots Of Things To See And Do In The West Midlands for September with his usual mix of music, arts and, um, boxing.
- The Birmingham Comics Show, taking place at Millennium Point on October 13-14th, has it’s launch party on the 12th at the Cotton Club.
- Issue 7 of Ten4 magazine, produced in Birmingham and distributed everywhere, is out. You can buy it at Borders / Virgin or pick it up for free at hip and cool places.
