Created in Birmingham

• Russell Hall Design
  Russell Hall is “a freelance graphic designer based in the West Midlands, currently working for a variety of clients on mainly print based projects. Have a look at my portfolio site www.russelljhall.com to see some of my work”.  This here is his blog
• Black International Film Festival 2008 – Call for Entries
  Screen WM has info about the festival taking place 29 Oct to 2 Nov
• Likemind Coffee Morning at Saint Caffe (Friday September 19, 2008)
  “Likemind is a free-to-attend, open-to-all monthly coffee morning with no agenda other than to have a chat with people you may not otherwise meet”. It’s hosted by the lovely people at Supercool Design and Saint Caffe (St Paul’s Square). I will make it down this month, I will…

Yeah, ok, no-one likes ‘networking’.  Fine.  How about going for a drink with some good people?  Yes?

Ok, well there’s a few things coming up.

• On Friday there’s Likemind, hosted by James from Supercool and Lucie from Saint Caffe at the latter’s cafe on St Pauls Square.  Drop in any time between 8.30am and 10am to grab a coffee and have a natter.
• On Monday 23rd there’s a meet-up of a group loosely calling themselves ‘bloggers’ at the Flapper & Firkin.  Details are on the Paradise Circus blog and here’s the Facebook event.  Drop in any time after 6pm.
• Last, and certainly not least, Creative Republic are hosting an informal get-together at Concrete, just under the Big Peg in the Jewellery Quarter on Thursday 26 June from 6pm.  They promise

No pack drill… No speeches… And no cost

Which is as good a sales pitch as you’re likely to find.  Details are on the flyer here.  Please RSVP to that one so they know how many to expect.

• Likemind: Birmingham
  A monthly coffee morning that's open to all and has no agenda other than simply to get people talking. Organised by James from Supercool and Lucie from Saint Caffe. The next one is tomorrow 8.30am to 10am at Saint Caffe, St Pauls Sq.
• Another Byte Of Banality
  Midge works at Urban Village and has a new, Birmingham-based blog.
• Perform at the Birmingham Book Festival « The Asian Writers Project
  The Birmingham Book Festival and sampad are looking for writers who struggle to connect with writing communities and audiences because of a barrier of language.
• West Midlands Cultural Olympiad – Find Out More
  This is tonight. The original ticket allocation went quickly so they've taken a bigger room and have made a few more tickets available.