A Finger in the Fishes Mouth launch events at Burley Fisher Books and the Garden Cinema, tonight, and Glitterbug screening, Saturday 30 November

Details of the launch tonight and the screening later in the month: 

A Finger in the Fishes Mouth launch events at Burley Fisher Books & The Garden Cinema     To celebrate the reissue of Derek Jarman’s only collection of poetry, A Finger in the Fishes Mouth, we are hosting two launch events in London, with some very special guests, and a rare screening of the film Glitterbug.  There are still a few tickets left for our first event tonight at Burley Fisher Books. Joining publisher Jess Chandler and editor Gareth Evans to talk about Jarman’s poetry, life, legacy and ever-growing influence will be So Mayer, who was instrumental in bringing the reissue to life and wrote a foreword to the book, and poet and sexual health therapist Peter Scalpello, who will also be reading from the collection, and their own work. And then on Saturday 30 November we will be joined by poet and writer CAConrad and Jarman scholar Declan Wiffen, to introduce a screening of Glitterbug, a stunning collage of ecstatic Super-8 fragments assembled by friends from Jarman’s prolific filming of everyday events and his experimental investigations of the format. Set to a mesmerizing score by Brian Eno, Glitterbug forms a hopeful counterpoint to Jarman’s remarkable final film Blue and commemorates both his exemplary life as a gay icon and his unique artistic vision. Both events are ticketed and capacity is limited; click on the links below to book.     Burley Fisher Books launch   The Garden Cinema screening       Derek Jarman (1942–1994) is one of the most influential figures in 20th century British culture. Best known as an iconoclastic filmmaker and polemical gay activist who channeled unparalleled energy into painting, writing, gardening and all manner of cultural activity, he was one of the primary catalysts for a generation of artists and filmmakers whose work is only now being fully recognised for its dark, subversive imagination and fluidity across media. Amongst his films, Jarman is particularly recognised for Jubilee (1977), arguably the first punk movie, Caravaggio (1986), and Blue (1993), a moving memoir about his degeneration from AIDS.           Order the book here     HOUSE SPARROW PRESS House Sparrow Press seeks to publish creatively committed, collaborative works both at a time that is relevant and for reasons that feel compelling. It is drawn to manuscripts of hybridity, titles that might elude conventional publication over concerns of form or scale. It also believes in a modesty of style (but never of ambition) and a fecundity of ideas. Previous publications are ​A Sparrow’s Journey: John Berger reads Andrey Platonov, ​Infinite Gradation ​by Anne Michaels, Doorways: Women, Homelessness, Trauma and Resistance and Dialogue with a Somnambulist: Stories, Essays & a Portrait Gallery by Chloe Aridjis. House Sparrow Press comprises Jess Chandler (Publisher and Editor) and Gareth Evans (Editor).       Share Tweet Forward   (p)      ( prototype ) (p)      ( prototype ) Creating new possibilities in the publishing of fiction and poetry through a flexible, interdisciplinary approach and the production of unique and beautiful books.     Copyright © 2024 Prototype Publishing, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Prototype Publishing 71 Oriel Road London, E9 5SG United Kingdom