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BUSHWICK OPEN PAGES 2011
CELEBRATES INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING IN BROOKLYN

June 4th-June 5th, 2011, Brooklyn, NY–For a decade now, Brooklyn has been a fulcrum of both DIY ethos and literary exploration. To celebrate this tradition, Arts in Bushwick and Slice magazine present the second annual Bushwick Open Pages, June 4th and 5th, from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The festival aims to present a non-hierarchical cross-section of independent publishing.
Organizations across strata and media have been invited to participate, including literary journals, online publications, zines, individual letterpress publishers, brick-and-mortar booksellers, and more. Confirmed participants include BOMB, n+1, Red Lemonade, Gigantic, A Public Space, Birdsong, Slice, Lungfull!, W+G News and Arts, Fiction Circus and Hyperallergic.com.

In addition to booths dedicated to independent publishing organizations, panels on Saturday and Sunday will explore aspects of building a strong DIY publishing ethos. The panels are:

Saturday, June 4th at 3 p.m.
PUBLISHING AND LITERARY COMMUNITY
Richard Nash (Cursor/Red Lemonade); Saba Afshar (Slice magazine/Brooklyn Writers’ Conference); Tobias Carroll (Volume 1 Brooklyn/The Scowl)

Sunday, June 5th at 3 p.m.
ARTS WRITING IN NEW MEDIA: WHAT WE DO—CAN DO—SHOULD DO
Paddy Johnson (Art Fag City); Hrag Vartanian (Hyperallergic); Marina Galperina (AnimalNY)

The festival is hosted by duckduck, at 161 Montrose Ave. (near Graham Ave.), off the Montrose Ave. L; this is also the Montrose hub for Bushwick Open Studios. Discounts on Jameson whiskey will also be offered on Saturday evening.

For more information, please contact organizer C.A.B. Fredericks at cab.fredericks@slicemagazine.org.

Facebook event listing: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=221549684541785

Slice magazine and Arts in Bushwick present
BUSHWICK OPEN PAGES 2011
Part of Bushwick Open Studios
Saturday 6/4 and Sunday 6/5, 1 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
duckduck, 161 Montrose Ave. nr. Graham Ave.