Mention the name Paul Auster around these parts and it will be met with a hushed reverence. Well, last night I saw a film called Blue in the Face, which Auster wrote and co-directed. True to form, it was excellent. Constructed as a series of vignettes set around a cigar shop in Brooklyn, it was [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2007
On the Other Side of the Questions…
April 25, 2007 – 5:54 pm
I am used to asking the questions when it comes to interviews, but a couple of weeks ago I talked to Nottingham’s Leftlion magazine. I was asked about our experiences setting up Transmission, and why we do it.
To read my half-mad ramblings, click here
Ben Musgrave’s Blog
April 19, 2007 – 5:40 pm
In the last issue we ran an article about the Royal Exchange Theatre’s playwrighting competition. Well, we have recently discovered that the winner, Ben Musgrave, is detailing his experiences bringing his play to the stage in a new blog! To see what he’s up to, click here
Ben’s play, Pretend You Have Big Buildings, is being [...]
David Gaffney Sawn-off Tales book signing
April 19, 2007 – 11:41 am
Another plug for regular Transmission contributor David Gaffney. This Saturday 21st April, the author will be signing copies of his excellent collection of short stories, Sawn-off Tales, from 1.00pm at Waterstones in Bury, North Manchester.
Only a short stretch from Manchester city centre on the Metrolink (about 25 mins) at £3.50 off-peak return, so if you [...]
Report from the Basement
April 16, 2007 – 10:30 am
Well, the mini-market at the Basement Cafe was a little slow and being the first really hot day of spring it isn’t really hard to see why folk didn’t fancy disappearing into a cellar to look at magazines! It was also this weather that made it very difficult to lug a small, but extremely heavy [...]