Author Archives: ampersandchook

Infuriating wait on distribution

We are super sorry but for some mysterious reason the delivery of Issue 5 has been delayed. They were sent out last week, but just haven’t shown up. Hopefully they will tomorrow.

In the meantime, our apologies, particularly to subscribers whose copies are in the same mail out.

An absolutely infuriating turn of events.

Eleventh Hour – the movie

Out Feb 13th. Pre-order here.

Issue 5 in stores 13th Feb – that’s next Monday by my calculations

Christallmighty!

Issue 5 is an absolute beauty – we are immensely proud of it.

Pre-order here and have delivered to your porch or perhaps your common mailbox area for you inner-city apartment dwellers – either way the lazy and intelligent option for any contemporary thinker.


Featuring Dan Kelly, John Birmingham, Sebastian Meyer, Thomas Henning, Eric Hanson, soda_jerk, Toby Schmitz, Michael Bracewell, Ralph Myers, Jenny Kee, Lillian O’Neil, Amelia Stein, Prudence Murphy, James Harney, Bonny Cassidy, Ben Ezra, Jess Cook, Rosita Holmes, Camilla Tadich, Øivin Horvei, Joseph Bowman, Deborah May Birch, Camilla Palmer, Mark Sutton and Hugh Nichols.

Oh lord – the draft covers of issue 1 (2008)

The covers that look professional were designed by Eirian Chapman.

The artwork is Civilians United by Tom Civil.

Ah the good old days.

Buy a sub for a pal this Yuletide

C L I C K   T O   G E T   I N V O L V E D  

Indie publishing in Brooklyn

Care of hyperallergic.com.

Read the rest of the article here.

Ampersand nominated for a SMAC Award

Every year, FBi Radio conducts the SMAC Awards – Sydney’s truly interesting annual awards, given to the artists, musos, venues, promoters, creators and culture makers who keep the city’s creative heart beating. The SMACs exist to award originality, creativity and innovation: to celebrate the leaders, thinkers and doers of Sydney.

We are very chuffed to be nominated in the Best Collective category.

And we need your vote! Click here to wield your democratic power and give a shout on our behalf.

Many thanks to you, and to FBi.

Response to ‘Perth, Australia’ (issue 4)

By Gemma Weston at OK Gallery, Perth.

Eleventh Hour

Photo by Sebastian Meyer

Incredible night of balladeering at Fbi Social

This is such a brilliant idea. There will be more of these.

More pictures here.