READ + CARRUTHERS – The Becoming

The Becoming Nov 25 – Dec 06, 2009 @ Board of Directors (1080 Queen St. W., Toronto) Toronto-based artists, Tanya Read and Scott Carruthers (whose works previously appeared in CAROUSEL #17 and #20, respectively) have a new collaborative exhibit at Board of Directors Gallery, Toronto. Both Tanya and Scott have a history of collaboration, working with artists collectively and organizing various projects together; both transcend the typical comic medium with their own styles of cartoon

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SANDY POOL – Exploding into Night

Sandy Pool‘s Exploding into Night is now available! Toronto-based writer and artist Sandy Pool (whose work will appear in the forthcoming CAROUSEL #25 — Spring-Summer 2010 issue) has just released a new book of poetry, Exploding into Night. This collection is an initiative of Guernica Editions‘ First Poets Series, which focuses on previously unpublished writers under the age of thirty-five; other First Poets Series authors include past CAROUSEL contributors Clara Blackwood, Desi Di Nardo and

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ECHOLOCATION Journal … Lives!

echolocation #8 out now + Nov 28 fundraising party! CAROUSEL would like to commend the new echolocation editors for taking on the exciting challenge of renewing a long-standing publication that had been on indefinite hiatus. echolocation is a compilation of poetry, writing, photography, artwork and review essays; issue #8 is recently available! For those in the Toronto area, note that echolocation is also holding a fundraising party (to raise funds that will help them to

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FASTWÜRMS – riDYKEulouse Hits Bottom (Group Show, NYC)

RiDYKEulouse Hits Bottom Nov 20– Dec 23, 2009 @ Leo Koenig Projekte (545 West 23rd St,  New York) Toronto/Creemore-based collective FASTWÜRMS (whose work graces the cover of our latest CAROUSEL #24 — with interview and portfolio inside) is now participating in a Manhattan art show. The exhibition, curated by RIDYKEULOUS, features the following artists: A.K. Burns, Aaron Johnson, Anna Sew Hoy, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Cody Critcheloe/Ssion, Cyrus Saint Amand Poliakoff, Dana Schutz Dawn Frasch, Dawn Kasper,

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MICHAEL DEFORGE – Lose

Michael DeForge’s new comic book Lose is now available! 24 pages of illustrated goodness for only $5 (CAN) + shipping/handling Toronto artist Michael DeForge (whose illustrations will grace the cover of our upcoming CAROUSEL #25 — Spring-Summer 2010 issue) has a new publication out now! Lose, DeForge’s first full length comic, is a comedy about Nesbit Lemon’s trip to hell, and all the familiar faces he meets there. It’s a 24 page saddle-stitch comic book,

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KEMENY BABINEAU – A6ON

Kemeny Babineau’s new book, After the 6ix O’Clock News, released through BookThug. Mt. Pleasant, ON poet Kemeny Babineau (whose work has been featured in CAROUSEL #7 (in 1991) and #12 (in 1998))  has a new publication out now! “After the 6ix O’Clock News is poetry for inside and out of the eyeball. It is not a declaration of wart or a treaty of verse eyes, it is bigger than that. This is poetry that has

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JASON McLEAN – 9-5 Print

Jason McLean’s limited edition screenprint on sale now at MOCCA. Toronto-based artist Jason McLean (whose work recently appeared in CAROUSEL #23) creates in a range of media, from drawing and sculpture to sound performance and mail art. His new project, 9-5 (2009) is a 30” x 22″ four-colour screenprint on archival paper printed at Open Studio, Toronto. Price: $800.00 (unframed), with all proceeds from the sales going to support programming initiatives at the Museum of

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