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Three new poetry books for sale!
Yes, three new books! I had a wonderful time at Poetry at the Pub Monday night. It was the launch of the book Notes for the Translators, the work of 142 Australian and New Zealand poets, and a lot of excellent poetry … Continue reading
Posted in Gathering books to sell, Sanctuary for writers and historians
Tagged a beginning, artists, books, co-operative, Collecting Cobwebs by Janette Hoppe, donating time, facilitating, finding books to sell, finding volunteers, helpers, poetry books for sale, starting small, The Lyrebird and other poems by Mark Tredinnick, With One Brush by Jan Dean
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Open for Business with a new book!
At the moment Starving in a Garret is working out of Suspension Cafe, 3 Beaumont Street Islington, or wherever I find good coffee and a place to write. I hope though to team up with Sarah Birch of Inner Vista … Continue reading
Posted in Gathering books to sell, Living a creative life, Setting up a workspace
Tagged artists, artspace, books, collaborative, donating time, facilitating, finding books to sell, finding volunteers, Fragile Diamonds by Mark Liston, Grossmann House, selling your books, Starving in a Garret, Travelling Film Festival
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My aims and what I’m working towards!
Hello everybody! Just doing a quick post to outline my aims for the Starving in a Garret workspace and sanctuary. They are baby steps at the moment until I round up more volunteers but here they are: 1. to eventually … Continue reading
Posted in Finding volunteers, Sanctuary for writers and historians, Setting up a workspace
Tagged artists, bibliography, books, collaborative, donating time, facilitating, fiction, finding volunteers, helpers, history, non-fiction, oral history, planning stages, sanctuary, selling your books, staffing, volunteers, workspace
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Five is the magic number!
This evening I will be making my first pitch for volunteers. It will be at Poetry in the Pub (hopefully) for poets to drop in their chapbooks to the co-operative. After much deliberation I’ve decided five is the magic number. … Continue reading
Posted in Finding volunteers, Sanctuary for writers and historians, Setting up a workspace
Tagged artists, books, calls, co-operative, collaborative, collaborative workspace, drinks night, early days, getting together, helpers, lithographs, photographs, planning stages, plans, sanctuary, selling on commission, selling your books, Starving in a Garret, volunteers, workspace
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A Beginning
This is the very first post for Starving in A Garret. This project is only in planning stages and needs a location for a workspace and sanctuary but excitingly there are a number of options open. Hoping to speak to … Continue reading
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