News from Lazy GRamophone

Hedgespoken is a travelling off-grid theatre project based in Devon, UK. 

Help the brilliant Tom Hirons and Rima Staines turn a beautiful old Bedford RL truck into a spectacular venue for starlit storytellings, vagabond puppet circus and far more. 

Full details can be found on their Hedgespoken crowdfunder page. But don't hang around, they only have 12 days of fundraising left!

If you are as excited about this project as we are, then please do pass on their film  link to anyone who you think would appreciate it.: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hedgespoken 

Rima and Tom need to raise an estimated £25,000 in total to make this vision become a reality, and they cannot do it alone. This is where you get to play a part in their unfolding story by pledging what you can to make this dream happen, and by sharing this campaign far and wide! It is very exciting to think about the possibilities of a project like this being funded by the people to whom it will mean the most - the true grass-roots pledgers! 

This dream is being made out of lots of small donations from lots of people who believe in this magic as much as we do!

In fact, the wondrous Amelias Mag have even featured an interview with Tom and Rima. Follow this interview link to hear them speak about the inspirations and influences behind their project.

London's Litro Magazine Reviews Time:
'An ambitious collection of short fiction, poetry and art, Lazy Gramophone's Time dresses up genre-bending experimentalism in cinemascope, projecting it backwards and upside-down.'
Read the full piece here.

"Time is a fascinating collection littered with not only wonderful literature but also fabulous illustrations that ultimately make it a credit to any book-lover's shelves."

Sabotage Magazine have written a wonderful review of our latest publication Time. Read the full article here.

Annexe Magazine is a group of not so like-minded people, all with a love of story telling. They hope to create a place, both online and in print, in publication and in performance, where writing can thrive


"Lazy Gramophone's anthology Time lives up to the high bar it sets for itself."


."Most books try to create a story within a world. Time has attempted, and succeeded in, crafting an entire world around a story. No small feat!"

Musa Okwonga interviews Sam Rawlings about our latest publication, Time. 

Mat Lloyd talks to Rooms Magazine about spoken word, music, influences, Lazy Gramophone and Time.

We are very happy to announce that the ever brilliant Rooms Magazine have written a feature on our upcoming book, Time:

'Time is a treasure box brimming with creativity and fresh talent.' ~ Rooms Magazine.

You can read the full article here

Rima Staines talks Time in her extraordinary blog, The Hermitage.

Fabric Magazine have written a wonderful review of our latest publication, Time:

'...we'll bet you've never seen time as it's portrayed in this stunning new publication.' ~ Fabric Magazine.

You can read the full review here  (p.39)
The Time book launch is set to take place in The Drink Shop & Do, 9 Caledonian Road, London, N1 9DX, on Sunday 26th May 2013 from 15:30 - 23:00

The Time book launch is to be held at London's The Drink Shop and Do on Sunday 26th May from 15:30 to 23:00. The Event is to be Free Entry. There will be a Gallery Display of images & text from the book, while the Lazy Gramophone Stall will be selling First Edition Copies of Time as well as various other works produced by our writers and artists. If you choose to stay with us all day then you will be treated to a number of Performances By the Book's Contributors (see timings below); though should you find yourself otherwise engaged, do feel free to drop by at any point during the day - even if only to have say hi, catch a performance and share a quick drink.

Thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing you all soon!


About the Time Project.

Time is a vast collaborative book project containing short stories, poems and artwork by fifty-five contributors. Since the project's inception, the idea has been to create an environment where independent writers and artists could come together in order to share their work. The result of this endeavour is a collection of stories, images and poems based around the theme of time, its pages placing particular focus upon the relationship between words and pictures. By sharing in this way we hope to inspire each other as well as those around us, to draw a diverse audience and so help to illuminate the work of alternative artists and writers everywhere.

Kirsty Allison blogs about our Time project.

Time now available for pre-order! Orders will be dispatched on 28th May.

Check in on the Lazy Gramophone clock, its hands diligently counting down to the release of our latest collaborative project: Time.

A big thank you to Curious Makers for their recent article about the Time Project.

The Article can be read here.

Curious Makers was set up to showcase the work of a makeshift collective of creative bods through various events, exhibitions and workshops.

Celebrate your love with serious style this valentines day. Our valentines cards are letter pressed in a mottled ox-blood red ink using a vintage 72pt wooden U, then blind pressed (no ink) with 24pt Garamond metal type and then a neat little heart is dry embossed into the bottom right corner. Not as sleek and perfect as anything you'd find in Clintons, but absolutely gorgeous, tactile and unique!

Time: our latest collaborative publication. Book synopsis and teaser images. Due to be launched/published April 2013. More details to follow soon.

Our new 2012 Christmas cards on sale now from our online shop.

Lazy Gramophone Poet Eliza Gregory talks about our up and coming Time Project and reads some of her work. She also discusses the vocals she recorded with Necro Deathmort of  Distraction Records. You can tune into Eliza by skipping to 38 minutes, after the Bo Ningen Interview. But by all means listen to the whole show, it's a real corker.

DITCH #8, is an Arts & Culture Radio show produced and presented by Nia, Tom du Croz & Pearl Wise, with guests Ana Xavier & Nico. This week features an interview with play-write Nadia Latif who has her current play on at the Arcola Theatre, Nico catches the band Bo Ningen at Rough Trade, poet Eliza Gregory joins us in the studio and reads some of her work and Paul Drury tells us about Movemeber and The Jewish Film Festival.

A small but oh so significant feature in the globally recognised Reading Chronicle.

A new project from the The Royal Philharmonic Society

As part of the Notes into Letters programme, creative-writing students (including Lazy Gramophone Writer Eliza Gregory) were asked to attend some concerts and then write a piece of creative writing based on their experiences.

Follow the news link to find out more...

Come and see us and loads of other great small presses and artists at the Bookface event in Reading.

Missed the book launch of "Will Conway Tastes of Ink"? Want to be lulled to... somewhere by Will's voice, then listen here. Kindly recorded by Laurence Conway

A short trailer showing some of the illustrations, and the intro of the centre story.

"After five years as 'London's premier spoken word night' Poejazzi relaunches with a new website, a series of apps and exciting visual collaborations."

Old friend of LG Josh Idehen hosting possibly the best spoken word/live music events in London town.

"To celebrate, we are returning to C.A.M.P with one of its finest lineups ever: WahWah45′s own Adam Scrimshire will be performing a full live band rendition of his critically acclaimed 2011 album 'The Hollow.' He is joined by Shakka- possibly the most exciting UK artist in recent years, and Cinematic Orchestra's Heidi Vogel. On the Spoken Word front, we're bringing you the quick witted, sharp eyed and humorous Alex Gwyther, and the Poetic Soundsystem brilliance that is The Insomniax."

Poetry, stories and noise at This IS DIY
Featuring:
- Lazy Gramophone Poets Eliza Gregory, Adam Green, and Will Conway
- AF Harrold
- Snack Family

Where and When:
Thursday 21st June, 19:00 - 22:30
This is DIY at The Biscuit Factory, Drummond Road, Bermondsey, SE16 4DG
Piss Factory Facebook Page

It's about "time"   #TimeProject

Lazy Gramophone writer and artist Zoe Catherine Kendall has several events and projects in the pipeline. The first of these will be the Fabelist Stand and performances happening at the Other Art Fair in May.

For More information click the links below:

Launch Event (in which Zoe will be perfoming spoken word to musical accompanyment).

The Main Event

The Other Art Fair Website