Copies of The Book of Cannibals and Geoffrey Tungsten's Grievesome River will be available at the PaperBase Pop Up Shop, April 9th. Paper Base, is a print-based resource center, studio and community located in Baltimore at 218 E. Preston Street.
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The #Philadelphia Art Book Fair: A two-day visual smorgasbord @PHLartbookfair
Geoffrey Tungsten Tour #brooklyn #newyork #boston #poetry
Richard Lucyshyn will be reading from Geoffrey Tungsten's Grievesome River at the following dates, copies of the book and limited edition prints will also be available for purchase:
March 30 @ 7 pm--White Square Books in Easthampton, MA with poets Greg Purcell, author of The Fundaments, and Anna C. Holmes, author of The Jitters.
April 1 @ 9 pm--Pop Allston in Boston, MA
April 2 @ 7 pm--Unnameable Books in Brooklyn, NY with poets Jack Christian, author of Family System and forthcoming Domestic Yoga, and Nomi Stone, author of Stranger's Notebook.
New #Prints from #GeoffreyTungsten Available
Visit the Print Shop for limited edition silkscreen prints of illustrations from Geoffrey Tungsten's Grievesome River by the author, R. Lucyshyn. Handprinted and signed.
The prints will also be available at the Philadelphia Art Book Fair, April 1-2.
Sybil Press @ Paper Trail SA (#SanAntonio -May 2016)
Sybil Press has been selected as a vendor at Paper Trail SA--May 13-14 @ Brick Marketplace in the Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio, TEXAS.
“The two-day event will host over 40 artists and vendors working in a variety of artistic styles, from high brow to low brow. The art market will feature affordable artwork and paper goods including hand-lettered typography, relief prints, lithographs, etchings, digital prints, stickers, zines and screen prints.”
More info soon.
Donation Update: Dobby's Care at @BmoreHumane
@BmoreHumane (Baltimore Humane Society) has just contacted us and left us with this wonderful nugget we'd like to share:
"...thanks, for honoring Sybil by donating 50% of your purchases made in the next 24 hours! As a former English major (current book- and poetry-lover), and cat companion myself, I have so much respect for the work you do, and the musing spirit that cats help their humans to nurture."
Pictured above is Dobby who is seeking a cardiac consult and heart medication. We are happy to announce that our donation (consisting of the past year's sales) plus 50% of any sales made in the next 24 hours will be routed to Dobby's care.
Thank you, #Bmore Humane for your kind words and for the wonderful, hard work you do.
Donation to the @BmoreHumane Society
On this the anniversary of the passing of our dear friend, Sybil, the press is donating a large portion of the last year's sales to the Baltimore Humane Society. #Bmore Humane, a no-kill shelter and sancturary in the #Baltimore, MD area, provides low-cost spay/neuter, and vaccination procedures, along with low-income pet care. The society also provides funeral, burial, cremation, and bereavement services.
Additionally, for the next 24-hours, 50% of any purchases made will be added to our donation totals. Please, visit our Book Store, Print Shop, and Gift Shop and consider supporting the wonderful Bmore Humane Society.
New Release: GEOFFREY TUNGSTEN'S GRIEVESOME RIVER
Sybil Press is proud to announce the release of Geoffrey Tungsten's Grievesome River by Richard Lucyshyn, featuring poetry and illustrations by the author, 2015-16. Each chapbook is hand printed and bound with thread in a limited 1st edition of 30 copies.
The book will debut at the 2nd annual PrintAustin PrintExpo, Feb. 6th, 2016 from 12-5 p.m. Or, available now, online at the Sybil Press Book Store
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“Tungsten is a difficult element. Never alone, it is found only in compounds and must be extracted. Even then it is brittle and difficult to work, but the work is worth it. This is in part because of Tungsten’s permanence – it has the highest melting point of all the elements – and in part because of its density and shine. So it is with Geoffrey Tungsten, whose voice has been extracted it seems from a great morass, only to arrive as fine and robust as carved stone. And, he comes to us from a carver who is never minimal, but who has learned to make carving symphonic. The result is that by following a trace of beauty we glimpse the magic required to make words tell us the truth, or, as Geoffrey himself puts it, to ‘say wing and hear wing.’ Please treat yourself to this small book with big designs on your clavicytherium heart.”
- Jack Christian, author of Family System
@PrintAustin 's Expo: February 6, 2016
We are pleased to announce that Sybil Press will participate in next year's PrintAustin Expo featuring artists and vendors producing hand pulled prints of any kind. PrintAustin Expo is to held outdoors at Canopy – an East Austin creative space (916 Springdale Rd, Austin, TX 78702) that is home to Big Medium, Art.Science.Gallery., and Modern Rocks Gallery.
#Baltimore #DIY Fest
We are excited to announce our participation in this year's Baltimore DIY Fest on Oct. 17th. For the first time we will have screen prints of all the illustrations from the Book of Cannibals for sale (limited runs of an edition of 10 per each illustration). We will also have special zine packs and deals on the 2nd Edition of The Book of Cannibals. Jill is also going to conduct a Japanese Stab Binding demo, and we'll be hanging out with our friends Temple Textiles of Baltimore, and Surface Handmade of Richmond, VA.
"Who cleans up after the last bone is sucked dry?" Review of The Book of Cannibals by MWS
“In the transgressive tradition of Georges Bataille (and Lev Shestov, Michael Taussig, André Breton, André Masson, Pierre Klossowski, Roger Caillois, Jules Monnerot, Jean Rollin, Jean Wahl) and drawing on Bataille’s fascination with human sacrifice and his founding of Acéphale, a secret society symbolized by a headless man, The Book of Cannibals ... offers us a smorgasbord of surreal mediations on pizza, Hell, solipsism, drones, hipsters, and (the ever-faithful) Death.”
Read more here: http://mwshealy.com
Luciferian Review of The Book of Cannibals: Vincent A. Piazza
“...it screams at you from every page of this little hand Printed book by Sybil Press. References to Heraclitus, Nietzsche, Socrates and Lucifer prettily drip from the pages. Each line evokes his philosophy that human myths, characters, archetypes, heroes and villains are all “Cannibals” that must defend their kingdom from those who would deny cannibalism...It is a perfect evening read for all of you Music lovers, Film Buffs, musicians, composers, Occultists and Artists from all branches, but I suspect you will hate and then love this book half a dozen times before you reach the end.”
Read the rest of Piazza's review here: http://vincentapiazza.tumblr.com/post/119804287873/the-book-of-cannibals-written-and-illustrated-by
Vincent Piazza is a magician, author, and occultist of the Left Hand Path. Piazza is Leader of a Luciferian Organization in New Orleans and a working member of the Temple of the Ascending Flame.
Follow Piazza @https://twitter.com/piazza_vincent