wellington launch: three words

Many thanks to Meow for hosting the Wellington launch of Three Words on Saturday. Sarah and Indira gave great speeches along with Robyn Kenealy, Beatnik were there, too, and Rae signed lots of books and chatted to contributors.  Three Words is now officially launched!

auckland launch: three words

 

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Audio Foundation last night (Saturday) and made the Auckland launch of Three Words AMAZING.

Special thanks to Miriam Harris and Linda Lew for their tremendous opening speeches.

Huge thank yous to the performers: Andra, Raewyn Alexander, Rachel Shearer, Vila, Ducklingmonster, Jess Ica and Ary.

Ginormous thank yous to our Audio Foundation hosts Sam and Pat.

Mighty thanks to our publisher, Beatnik Press.

Thanks to all the book contributors who came.

Thanks to everyone who brought refreshments.

And thank you to everyone who bought a copy of Three Words. It was EPIC!

If you haven't bought the book yet, come to the Wellington launch on Saturday 12 March, Meow on Edward Street, 3pm, or order direct from Beatnik here.

 

Miriam Harris gave a wonderful speech to set the scene for Three Words and start the proceedings!

 

 

 

Linda Lew's terrific speech included the fact that Three Words was the first publication to pay her for her creative work.

 

 

Then the performances began!

 

 

Rachel Shearer started off the performances with some meditative and evocative noise.

 

 

 

 

Rae Joyce read "Immaculate" and "Exhumed From Earth's End".

 

 

 

 

The Audio Foundation provided us with a fantastic venue where people could mingle in various zones, including the aquarium-like performance room, the books, binge and blather room, and all manner of nooks and crannies where people could lurk about taking pictures, look at slides of the book and generally rave about Three Words!

 

 

Indira Neville talks comics with Neal Curtis.

 

Team Beatnik were on hand to sell copies of our beautiful book.

Robert Sullivan, Beatnik's Sally Greer, Sarah Laing and Three Words contributor Erin Fae chat animatedly.

There was a lot of movement between the variously lit zones!

 

Three Words contributor Raewyn Alexander gave a terrific poetry performance.

 

 

Sarah Laing travelled up from Wellington to join in with the celebrations.

 

Sam Orchard, clearly overwhelmed by the performances!

 

 

 

 

 The Audio Foundation fish featured in a number of performances! 

 

 

 

 

Three Words editors shufty-up for a photo or two.

 

Or three...

 

Or four...

 

Or five! (Ideas for more anthologies?)

 

It was an evening to celebrate a book of firsts. And no one seemed to want it to end.

 

All photos credit to Isobel Hillman © 2016

 

in her own (three) words: the wireless

Massive thanks to Ellen Falconer at The Wireless for interviewing Indira Neville and Rae Joyce about Three Words and the NZ Comics scene:

"We are often asked this and generally each of us gives a completely different answer." - Indira Neville.

auckland zinefest

Saturday was Auckland Zinefest.

 

Erin Fae 

Some Three Worders were there.

They were easier to spot as they were setting up.

 

Sarah Laing & Melissa Laing

 

 

Some faces were very familiar to the Three Words team.

  

Toby Morris

 Some familiar faces included Three Words supporters.

 Other familiar comics creators were present in less obvious forms.

 

Angeline Chirnside

Zine archivist and chair of the recent Three Words Auckland City Library Comics, Zines and Feminism panel discussion, Angeline Chirnside, was busy organising.

 

 Tara Black, Richard Fairgray, & Theo Macdonald

And then the tables were stocked and the doors opened.

 Customers were a mix of comic familiars...

 

Tim Danko 

...some of whom had tables themselves.....

 ...while others were simply drawn by the crowd, to discover.....

 ...to meet artists and learn about zines.

 

Indira Neville 

It was a great opportunity to catch up with peers.

 And everyone had a wonderful time.

Many thanks to Auckland Zinefest organisers, including but not limited to, Linda Lew, Simrin Ahmed, Sophie Watson, Jess Fu, Hamish Noonan, & Ya-Wen Ho, and everyone else who helped in myriad ways to make a very successful zinefest 2015.