Thank you to all who came down to the Sydney Dance Cafe on Saturday night to help celebrate the launch of our very first book. Not only did our programmed writers read with delicious panache, but the wildcards knocked everyone off their perches. The room was lined 23 posters, one for each story in the… [Read more…]
April 1, 2011
ALREADY BANNED IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, the Penguin Plays Rough Book of Short Stories is suffering a tortured upbringing. No one seems to understand her. Which is why, on Saturday, May 21, from 7 pm SHARP, we will be catapulting our book into the the loving and understanding arms of Sydney-siders, and we… [Read more…]
February 5, 2011
And this is an audio file of Pip talking about the PPR Book of Short Stories: 26.12.10 – Canvas feat Pip Smith So there you have both visual and aural evidence that there is a PPR Book of Short Stories currently growing fingers and toes in the Great Womb of Sydney. In case you can’t… [Read more…]
October 21, 2010
Hey look what the NSW Writers Centre said about PPR! We endorse everything they said, but have one quibble: Electric Dreams was definitely the sexiest thing within a 500 km radius of 4 Lackey St on Aug 16. If a picture speaks a thousand words, a pole dance speaks 10 000 words.
October 21, 2010
Penguin Plays Rough is an unpredictable machine. Sometimes it flies along, seemingly by its own accord. People come to our events even if they’re only plugged five hours before we open the doors. And then other times it feels like PPR needs the entire greater Sydney electrical grid just to jump start it into life.… [Read more…]
September 13, 2010
Stop writing and watch TV. More specifically, start watching TVS on Tuesdays at 7pm because there is a show all about books and reading and libraries and events like ours. It’s called Shelf Life. Hopefully it will have a long one.
August 11, 2010
Artesians! We are looking for artists to exploit! In exchange for your talent, hard work, and neurosis, we will pay you next to nothing! Sound like something you’re used to? Great! Here’s what we want of you: Illustrations: If you’re a picture maker (drawer, painter, screen-printer, finger painter, doodler, photographer etc etc) we’d love to… [Read more…]
August 11, 2010
July 30, 2010
Hello readers, writers and revellers, Let me dispell some rumours: 1) No we have not died/ been sued (same thing really). 2) Yes PPR is still going to happen. 3) When PPR happens it will be at our fancy new headquarters, which is in a warehouse in St Peters. 4) Yes we have been busy… [Read more…]
June 24, 2010
Hold tight readers and listeners, fret not. We have not disappeared from your monthly Monday night routine, we have simply been bunkering down, preparing a new space for the Penguin Plays Rough relaunch on (fingers crossed) July 19. We have an exciting line up in store for you… but, being the masters of suspense that… [Read more…]
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May 23, 2011
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