Feature in the Independent 19th March 2010
You can read an article by Nancy Groves here about us in the independent about the Chip Shop project for the London Word Festival or see a scan of the print version through the thumbnail below:
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Chip Shop 2 Photos + Keep Printing & Carry On Flyer!
Here’s some photos from Chip Shop’s second outing at the Red Art Cafe, in Dalston. That was the last day for word submissions for the official London Word Festival 2010 Poem, which will be unleashed by Ian McMillan at the Art of Storytelling Event on 31st March. (More about that later) Next up is Keep
Guardian Books Blog 12.3.10
The Guardian books blog has written a round-up of the London Word Festival, joining the words ‘Family’, ‘Press’ and ‘Henningham’ to the word ‘Fantastic’. You can read it here A blog called the first pint has also written up a report of the Chip Shop at Dalston’s Red Art Cafe here
Chip Shop 1 Photos up!
Chip Shop’s appearance at Toynbee Studio Arts & Café Bar, our 1st official outing was a roaring success – from the minute we opened to the moment we ran out of chips to sell (by popular demand, closing time was delayed by half an hour) we were rushed off our feet! Here’s some photos from
Grazia Magazine 8.3.10
Lauren Laverne has been championing the London Word Festival on BBC6 Music, one of our favourite stations, especially making mention of the Chip Shop. She also writes for Grazia magazine and here we are again: your local family press mentioned between Sandra Bullock and Drew Barrymore? Apparently.
The Guide 6.3.10
The Guide has featured the London Word Festival, particularly drawing attention to the Keep Printing Show at STK, describing our creative process in detail:
Chip Shop @ 2 Cafes including a NEW DATE
We now have TWO confirmed café dates for the Chip Shop. Both events are FREE, drop-in events where you can order individual words to be printed on chip board. No formal performance, just a cheerful chippy in a friendly cafe, so a great one to stop-by with kids and/or a sunday paper. All prints will
Chip Shop Photos from London Word Festival Launch Party
I was going to put up some pics from the Chip Shop‘s first outing at the London Word Festival Launch Party on Wednesday night, but the LWF team beat me to it! So here’s a taster shot: And if you want to see some more pics, click here.
Ich habe vergessen; by Eddie Farrell
ankuendigen – to announce achten – to respect anblicken – to look at aufarbeiten – to reappraise – to look at again……………………………………………….. Over the last few months I have been keeping a word book; noting down all the new German words I come across. Before the book, which is really 3 notebooks joined together to
About a Word
Names, smells or tastes that we remember from childhood and have since kept locked away somewhere in the vast storehouse of memories sometimes appear suddenly, like people who we take to be strangers before we slowly begin to recognize them. Coming across a name or a smell is the perfect recipe for a Proustian madeleine