D&AD Annual
The Drawbridge has been selected for inclusion in the prestigious D&AD Annual (British Design and Art Direction), which showcases the best creative work from the design and advertising industries worldwide. The Drawbridge was recognized in the newspaper and magazine category...
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Shalom Auslander
As part of nextbook.org's "Festival of Ideas", Shalom Auslander and Rebecca Goldstein talk with Sara Ivry about authority and revolt within the Jewish world, from the excommunication of Spinoza to their own Orthodox upbringings. 3.30pm, the Times Center Hall, New...
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Karen Connelly
Karen Connelly will be reading from her award-winning novel, The Lizard Cage, and joining a round-table discussion on "Invention/Intervention" at the second International Forum on the Novel in Lyon, France, on Saturday 31 May. Details here....
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Jonathan Ellery: "Constance"
Jonathan Ellery will present a performance piece, "Constance", at The Wapping Project, London, on Thursday 29 May. Booking ahead is highly recommended via marta@thewappingproject.com....
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Mark Sarvas book tour
Mark Sarvas's promotional tour for his debut novel Harry, Revised continues across America. Canongate publishes in the UK in August. Tour dates....
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Paul Davis at the LCC
Paul Davis is speaking at the symposium "Re-drawing the line: addressing contemporary issues in illustration" at the London College of Communication on Thursday 5 June. Other speakers and panellists include Rian Hughes, Si Scott and Adrian Shaughnessy. Book tickets....
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Robert Polidori
Robert Polidori's exhibition "Versailles: Etats Transitoires" continues at the Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York to 14 June....
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Night Waves: Intelligent Magazines
On tonight's Night Waves, Radio 3's flagship arts and ideas programme, Isabel Hilton, Bidisha and Peter Preston review the new-look Granta, The Drawbridge, Prospect and the forthcoming Stand Point. Listen again...
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Selena Godden
Wednesday 16 April 2008 The Enterprise, Chalk Farm, London Reading Express Excess. Friday 25 April 2008 Spirit Level of the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London Reading. www.myspace.com/wearesaltpeter...
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Polly Morgan
Thursday 3 April–Saturday 10 May 2008 The White Cube, Hoxton Square, London Polly is exhibiting her work within the group show "You Dig the Tunnel, I'll Hide the Soil", inspired by the macabre short stories of Edgar Allan Poe. www.pollymorgan.co.uk...
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Paul Shambroom
To Sunday 20 April 2008 "Paul Shambroom: Picturing Power" is still showing at Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. www.paulshambroomart.com...
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David Shrigley
Shrigley's work is included in the "Laughing in a Foreign Language: Artists Explore Humour Around The World" exhibition at The Hayward Gallery, London, until Sunday 13 April 2008. Details here....
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Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival
31 March–6 April 2008 Marcus du Sautoy "Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry" Thursday 3 April 2008 20:00 at Newman Rooms, St Aldates Patrick Cockburn "Muqtada Al-Sadr and the Fall of Iraq" Friday 4 April 2008 12:00 at McKenna...
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Vincenzo Ruggiero
Vincenzo Ruggiero's latest book Understanding Political Violence has been nominated for the prestigious Hindelang Award given by the American Society of Criminology....
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Jocelyn Bain Hogg
Thursday 27 March 2008 – ongoing "The Firm" and "Pleasure Island" are being exhibited at The Printspace, 74 Kingsland Road, London. www.jocelynbainhogg.com...
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Design Week Hot 50
The Drawbridge has been singled out as the only publication in Design Week's annual Hot 50 feature. "In this age of on-line blogs, it is refreshing to see an independent magazine that gives good copy on a mix of cultural...
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David Moore limited edition prints
The four David Moore photographs from his Planes series, featured in The Drawbridge, Issue 8, are available as limited edition prints in two sizes. Planes Unframed 'C' type print 91 x 91 cm (36 x 36 inches) Edition of 5...
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Lisa Appignanesi at the ICA
Is It Always Good to Talk? Darian Leader in conversation with Lisa Appignanesi 14 February 2008 7pm, Nash Room, ICA, London Many modern therapies, such as cognitive behavioural therapy, offer quick-fix results and predictable outcomes, but beyond the promise of...
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Toby Morison children's book
Little Louis Takes Off By Toby Morison Drawbridge regular Toby Morison has made his first foray into children's books with the story of Little Louis, a bird learning to fly. As you would expect, it's beautifully drawn and written. Published...
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Bidisha takes Venice
Venetian Masters Under the Skin of the City of Love Very few people, Italians included, get to experience the real Venice. The sinking city has been mythologized in history, art, literature and music for centuries. During two long, humid summers,...
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