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Hello friends

This week we have a review of Amelia’s Anthology of Illustration on the myspace and blog so please read it, it’s a fantastic book and we also have an interview with Amelia Gregory herself to accompany it.

Next week we will have a creative writing piece on the experience of one-timing Bioshock in anticipation of Bioshock 2.

Also we want people for the next fair still so drop us an email at:

[email protected]

Have a fun active week and watch Gary Oldman’s new film, I’ll be quizzing you next week.

Tommy and Nikki

1st New Year Bulletin

Hello

First bulletin of the new year so hope everyone’s had a good festive period and it’s good to be back getting into things.

Unfortunately we have to start with some bad news: the first fair of the year which was to take place this Sunday has had to be cancelled due to the intense weather and we are very sorry for this. The next fair will now be Sunday 7th February and we hope to see all your faces there as it will be a double cracker!

So first things first; the interview with Lisa Hassell from inkygoodness will be up by the time you are reading this, just check the blog or myspace. New content for next week will be a review of Amelia’s Anthology of Illustration featuring renewable technologies to prevent catastrophic climate change together with an interview with Amelia Gregory herself!

Finally we have word that Michael Dhillion’s nano-fiction project Marmalade Elephants is well under way and he is looking for lots and lots of illustrators to collaborate on what promises to be a very exciting project! Head on over to the web link if you are interested in reading more:

http://marmaladeelephants.wordpress.com/

and that’s all.

Tommy and Nikki

Hello People

Just want to thank everyone for coming down on Sunday to the Christmas Affair, we had a really good day and we hope you all did too! We’re still looking for people for January’s fair so give us a shout if you’ve already done it and want to again or if you’re a new face send us a couple of pictures of what you do and tell us you want in. We’ve had a change of heart too and will be staying at £5 for stalls again until February. email:

[email protected]

In other news (as I’m sure many already know) amelia’s anthology of illustration is now on sale! The launch party was last night (Tuesday 8th) at the beasty Concrete Hermit and 10 illustrators featured in the book have taken over the space until 1st January. Grab your copy from anywhere good, review will be up next week.

http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/art/amelias-antholo…

Finally we still want people for the fashion/noveau book, give us a shout:

[email protected]

So that’s all, everyone go and watch Where The Wild Things Are on Friday or be SQUARE.

Tommy and Nikki

Update 2/12/09

Hello

Sorry we’ve not been in touch for a while, but then again we’ve not really had anything to say. So, this Sunday is A Cheap Affair Christmas 12 till 5 at Islington Mill in Salford. It’s free and it’s going to be fun, 20+ stalls with lots of wares, food, clothes and more and more! The address:

James Street,
Salford
M3 5HW

and a map here:

http://www.islingtonmill.com/contact.php

In other things we should have the interview with Lisa Hassell up within the week so keep your eyes peeled!

Finally we want people for January’s fair on Sunday 10th January, this one is £7.50 a stall so give us a shout if you’re interested. Also there’s the book in the works, it will be a fashion/noveau inspired book and we want new work to be premiered in the book, email with subject header “book submission”:

[email protected]

We will speak to you next week or see you on Sunday,

Tommy and Nikki

Hello

Sorry for the late bulletin this week, we wanted the new issue out before we did it but the printer has been playing us up so it looks like a Wednesday release now but it’s a good one, if you didn’t already know the line-up is as follows:

Mario Kolaric (Part two!), B.A. Barnes, Brett Manning, Sakura, Laura Skilbeck, David Pocter, Claudio, Parentela, Ashley Fauguel, George Mitchell and the first part of a two-parter from Steve Tillotson!

So we’ve kept mentioning that Cheap zine is going to change so here is a little more info on that. Firstly the zine will not be changing as we had previously considered, it will continue to run as it has been doing as a lo-fi bi-monthly publication with some alterations, which will be announced at a later date.

What we are going to start doing is releasing books periodically and we are looking for contributors for the first one now! We want our books to be a little more than displaying new work; we have the zine and the flickr gallery for that. We are introducing themes, but quite specific ones so that the development of certain practices and critical theory can be examined and brought to wider audiences. We want creatives for each book both familiar and representative of the theme addressed as well as creatives who wouldn’t normally work a certain way or with certain themes to really expand the subject. We also want work to be made specifically to be premiered in the books to make them that bit more special. The first theme we are going to address is: Fashion, Beauty and Art Nouveau. Submissions should be A5, black and white, portrait, 300dpi (deadline to be set) and we are also looking for essays. We ask for 1-4 submissions and you can email us at:

[email protected]

If you’re an artist, designer or any other creative and are not already on Platform 58 you are missing out! It’s a great network for meeting new people, finding out about opportunities, talking and posting your shows and projects. They also have a great online magazine and printed publications, sign up for free here:

http://platform58.ning.com/

Finally our good friend Gary Daly has just announced his coming exhibition at The Firestation in Windsor: How to live and love your life. That’s running from 23rd of this month until 9th January. If you’re there pop in and you will not be disappointed! Poster will be up in our calendar in the next few days.

So, that’s all folks!

Tommy and Nikki