LIVEWORDS hosts the CAROUSEL 27 Toronto Launch Party

Thu Apr 07, 2011/ 7:30pm @ The Black Swan 154 Danforth Ave Toronto, ON The evening will feature readings by contributors: Laurie D Graham / Julie Cameron Gray / Jim Johnstone / Christine Walde / Natalie Zina Walschots / Liz Worth + surprise guests! SPECIAL EVENT OFFER — please note that since we did not have a public launch of CAROUSEL #26, we hope you’ll support us by picking up both 26 and 27 together

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The Never Weres by FIONA SMYTH

Congratulations to Toronto-based artist Fiona Smyth (who we profiled/interviewed back in CAROUSEL 25) — she has just released her first graphic novel, The Never Weres, a youth-oriented science fiction tale where three teens become humanity’s only hope for survival. The Never Weres is a 6.75″ x 9.25″ book, 256 pages, b/w interior, and is being released by Annick Press in both softcover and hardcover editions. On Sunday, March 13,  2 – 5:30pm, The Never Weres

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CAROUSEL 26!

CAROUSEL 26 (Winter 2010 issue) OUT NOW! This latest issue of CAROUSEL MAGAZINE features work from the following  writers and artists: Xavier Barrade • Jason Botkin / EN MASSE • Julie Cameron Gray • Michael DeForge • Daniel Everett • Sarah Feldbloom • Jaime Forsythe • Christopher Hutsul • Kasia Jaronczyk • Melinda Josie • KOYAMA PRESS • a.m. kozak • Drazen Kozjan • Mark Laliberte • Greg Lamarche • Ginette Lapalme • Aaron Leighton

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DANIEL BARROW – No One Helped Me

A lush new Daniel Barrow book! Montreal-based artist David Barrow (featured way back in CAROUSEL #17) recently released a major publication documenting his performance Everytime I See Your Picture I Cry and related illustrations and drawings. This 65-page full-colour, hardcover publication displays a variety of his recent drawings, a READ & LISTEN story complete with a 7” record (voice by Daniel Barrow, music by Amy Linton of The Aislers Set; B-side by NYC-based band, The

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MICHAEL DEFORGE NOMINATED FOR DOUG WRIGHT AWARD

Author of Lose #1 nominated! The Doug Wright Awards,  established in 2004 to honour the legacy of Canadian cartoonist Doug Wright, have nominated Michael DeForge as a “Best Emerging Talent” finalist. His recent comic book, Lose #1 (published by the fiesty Koyama Press), is a grotesque and quirky adventure through hell by “guardian elf” Nesbit Lemon. The Awards ceremony is an annual featured event at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, and will coincide with the

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JIM JOHNSTONE – Patternicity

Jim Johnstone’s new book of poetry out in April! Toronto-based editor and poet Jim Johnstone‘s second collection of poetry from Nightwood Editions is now available for pre-ordering through Amazon Books. Patternicity clocks in at 80 pages and includes a selection of poems for which Johnstone received a 2009 CBC Literary Award. The collection follows the author’s debut collection, The Velocity of Escape (Guernica Editions, 2008). Tip: use a QR Code Reader to scan the QR

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CAROUSEL 25!

CAROUSEL 25 (Fall-Winter 2009 issue) OUT NOW! This latest issue of CAROUSEL MAGAZINE features work from the following  writers and artists: Hollie Adams, Katie Bethune-Leamen, Michael DeForge, Nicholas Di Genova, Leah Jane Esau, Diane Elizabeth Hill, Kristan Horton, Jim Johnstone, Evgeny Kiselev, Drazen Kozjan, Liisa Ladouceur, Mark Laliberte, Aaron Linton, Angela Long, Tor Lundvall, gustave morin, Patrick M. Pilarski, Sandy Pool, Ethan Rilly, Dan Siney, K. V. Skene, Fiona Smyth and Ann Walters. >>> Preview

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SEQUENTIAL DESIRE: Exhibition + Catalogue Launch

This touring exhibition brings together a group of artists who are expanding the notion of cartooning and “sequential art” in a gallery context. It features animations, drawings and video projections by quite a few artists who have appeared in CAROUSEL over the years; it was co-curated by our Managing Editor, Mark Laliberte, who also designed the 40 page catalogue (the book officially launches on March 11/10). You can order copies now at our superstore!

MISUNDERSTANDINGS MAGAZINE 13

MM13 launch party Feb 4! Cactus Press will be releasing the 13th issue of Misunderstandings Magazine, a Toronto-based quarterly, on February 4. If you’re in the Toronto area, join editor Jim Johnstone (whose work is featured in the soon-to-be-released CAROUSEL #25) at the Black Swan Tavern for the much anticipated launch. Readers will include Liz Howard, Matt Leslie, Michael Lista, Andrew McEwan, Nyla Matuk and Robin Richardson. As well, Blair Trewartha will be launching his

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NICHOLAS DI GENOVA – Wunderkammer No. 1

Nicholas di Genova has a new illustration book — published by Koyama Press Toronto-based artist Nicholas di Genova (whose artwork appears in the forthcoming CAROUSEL #25 — Spring-Summer 2010 issue) has a new publication out now! Wunderkammer Nº 1 (5.75″ x 7.75″, 24 pages, black & white) is the first in a series of books published by Koyama Press depicting Nicholas’s pen and ink drawings on paper; this collection showcases some of his works created

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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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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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RYAN HESHKA – Profiled in ION

Ion Magazine #60 on streets now. Vancouver-based illustrator and painter Ryan Heshka was prominently featured in the most recent issue of CAROUSEL #24, which is out now. Harking back to comic book days of yesteryear, Heshka’s wholesome illustrations are in gallery shows around North America. His artwork has appeared in issue 18 of BLAB magazine. 2010 will mark the year of the Heshka’s second publication, a kid’s book Monstertown. Read the new issue of CAROUSEL

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CAROUSEL 24!

Welcome to Carousel Recommends… CAROUSEL 24 (Fall-Winter 2009 issue) features work from the following amazing writers and artists: Holly R. Appling, John Wall Barger, Ahima Timoteo Bodrán, Lydia Conklin, FASTWÜRMS, Nicole Fong, Jennifer Footman, Fred Gaysek, Julian Gobert, Ariel Gordon, Gillian Harding-Russell, Kate Hargreaves, Jesse Harris, Kathryn Henion, Ryan Heshka, Claire Horsnell, Drazen Kozjan, Mark Laliberte, Alicia Nauta, Marc Ngui, ORLAN, Timothy Ormond, Kaitlin Tremblay, Vanessa Vaughan, Julie Marie Wade and Elana Wolff >>> Preview

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