Tag archives for Printed Matter Bookshop
HIP POETRY NEWS
From the heart of the revolution: Rojava poet to perform in Hastings By Lee Humphries Next Thursday 21 July, award-winning partisan poet Matt Broomfield will visit Hastings’ St Mary in…
Reading the Runes
Ben Cornwell visits Hastings’ independent bookshops to see how they have fared during the pandemic years. There’s nothing quite like that feeling of stepping into a bookshop. As a child…
HIP LIT LOCAL NEWS
New poetry from Brian Docherty Local poet Brian Docherty, who has been a regular presence at events in Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton and further afield for several years now, and is…
Arts Diary
Glitterbug A fundraiser screening of Derek Jarman’s Glitterbug – a lovingly compiled montage of Jarman’s Super 8 footage fused with a multitextured Brian Eno score, posthumously assembled by his friends.…
Who Owns England?
By Julia Hilton Hastings Green Party and Printed Matter Bookshop are co-hosting author Guy Shrubsole talking about his book Who Owns England? on Monday 23rd March at pm at St…
HIP READ
The British State: A WarningBy Chris Nineham Review by Anna Arnone Parliament, the State, and the PeopleWe are certainly living in very interesting times the recent election result, having delivered…
Book Signing by R H Young
Local author Robin Young has seen encouraging sales and reviews for his debut novel Dhanmondi Road which was published last September under his pen name R H Young. Set in…
HIP READ: Murmur
By Will Eaves Published by CB Editions, 2018 Review by Howard Colyer “One day ladies will take their computers for walks in the park and tell each other, My little computer…
Debut Novel at 71
Local writer Robin Young has just had his first novel published at the age of 71. Writing under the pen name R H Young, the author from Crowhurst has been…
Letter To My Father By Franz Kafka
(Translated by Howard Colyer) Introduction by HIP Literature Editor Pete Donohue Kafka’s Letter to my Father is a century old this autumn. A few years ago local writer and HIP…
Bookbuster Book Review
Fully Automated Luxury CommunismBy Aaron BastaniVerso hardcover in stock at Bookbuster & Printed Matter Bookshop, £ REVIEW BY P. NOTHER According to Theresa May, those of us who are against Brexit…
An immersive experience, The House of Marcelle
A. Vasudevan reviews The House of Marcelle at Explore the Arch The arts are littered with beautiful works based on lost love letters. The House of Marcelle, the latest offering…
Enchanting Summer Theatre – Celebrating a Remarkable Forgotten Female Artist
Following on from their acclaimed Windrush production, ExploreTheArch, Sussex’s experiential and most unconventional theatre company, are back with a hauntingly beautiful inter-European migration story. The House of Marcelle is inspired…
Really Independent Bookshop Week
Hastings & St Leonards. 15th June – 22nd June Four booksellers have clubbed together to run a special bookshop week, with a series of events! We are all local independent…
Really Independent Bookshop Week
Hastings & St Leonards ‘Really Independent Bookshop Week’, 2019 is running from Saturday June 15th to Saturday June 22nd. Literary events will be run across the week at four venues…
Basic Income
By Anna Arnone The idea of a basic income for all, adults and children alike, sometimes referred to as a “universal basic income” or “basic income guarantee”, has been gaining…
BOOKS TO PRISONERS
Local bookshop owner’s charity wins prize by Anna Arnone Lee Humphries, owner of Printed Matter Bookshop in Queen’s Road, recently attended a ceremony in London to collect the top 2018…
Eleven is the Number – Explorations of #Armistice100
Poppies, silence, rows of still people clutching orders of service – the country is preparing for #Armistice100, drawing to a close four years of events to mark the centenary of…
Literary Hastings – A Unique Expression
Hastings and St Leonard’s has inspired poets and authors for centuries, some mainstream but most alternative. Today’s local literary creatives offer impassioned insights into our town, together with national and…