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This Weekend Only: Narrow Books Flash Sale on Fab.com

Taleen — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:51:45 +0000

Narrow Books is excited to have partnered with the esteemed design sale site FAB.com to present the best of contemporary West Coast indie publishing.

The Narrow Books-curated sale will go live tomorrow morning, and features a variety of Narrow Books titles as well as books from fellow publishers Titmouse, Tom Neely, The Newer York, and Paper Museum Press.

Catch a sneak peek of our offerings on FAB.com, and don’t forget to check back when the sale goes live in less than 24 hours!

Slate announced for The Rattling Wall Issue 4

Taleen — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:33:22 +0000

Narrow Books is proud to present the slate for The Rattling Wall, Issue 4, which includes new work by Anne-Marie Kinney, Arielle Bernstein, Ben Loory, Ben Pack, Brady Hammes, Bruce Weigl, Corey Campbell, Dana Johnson, David Francis, Erika Schickel, George Ducker, Heather Simons, Hunter Liguore, James Ragan, Jeremy Radin, Joe Kelly, Laura Bogart, LeahGriesmann, Martin Pousson, Megan Falley, Mehnaz Sahibzada, Michael Tolkin, Minh Pham, Nathalie Handal, Ron Gutierrez, Ruth Nolan, Susan Straight, T. Duncan Anderson Jr., and Wendy Xu.

The artist for The Rattling Wall, Issue 4, will be announced in the coming weeks, as will the release date for the book and details regarding The Rattling Wall, Issue 4: Reading & Release. Previous launches have been held at the Hammer Museum, The Standard Hotel (Hollywood), and Hollywood Forever.

BEN TEGEL: The Art of The Rattling Wall!

Taleen — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:53:39 +0000

Please join PEN Center USA and Narrow Books for the premiere of The Art of the Rattling Wall, featuring Issue 3 artist Ben Tegel.

Opening Reception: Feb. 23, 2013 / 7-10pm

Synchronicity Gallery
713 N. Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90029

Illustrator Ben Tegel was born and raised in St. Louis. He studied painting at Washington University and, following graduation, left for Los Angeles to start a rock n’ roll band. Currently he illustrates for books and magazines (Flaunt, Beautiful/Decay), for music venues (House of Blues, Viper Room), for T-shirts (Vans, Hello Minor, B/D Apparel, Das Monk), and for himself. He lives in the Brookside area of L.A. with his wife, infant daughter, and two small dogs.

For the third issue of The Rattling Wall, Tegel created eighteen new illustrations using India ink and watercolor washes of Payne’s gray. The journal’s inside covers feature preliminary drawings and reference sketches. The outside cover artwork is an original watercolor piece.

Opening night reception! New artwork, book signing, readings,
and Mai Tai ice cream from Scoops!

RSVP not required, but you may check in with our Facebook invite. Street parking is available; please take note of signs.

The show will run from February 23 – March 24, 2013.

More info:
www.therattlingwall.com, www.narrowbooks.com

The Rattling Wall at Skylight Books

Taleen — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:37:16 +0000

Next stop on The Rattling Wall, Issue 3, Book Tour? Skylight Books!

Join Narrow Books for readings by Benj Hewitt, Rhoda Huffey, Mandy Kahn, Amelia Morris, and Rachel Reynolds.

BOOK SIGNING + DRINKS to follow!

RSVP here for this FREE event. We’d love to see you there.

The Rattling Wall at BOOK SOUP

Taleen — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:32:32 +0000

Next stop on The Rattling Wall, Issue 3, Book Tour? Book Soup!

Join Narrow Books in celebrating readings from The Rattling Wall, featuring contributors Amy Wallen, Brian Rooney, Panio Gianopoulos, Joseph Lapin, Kate Reeves, and Suzanne Lummis.

HOLIDAY COCKTAILS + BOOK SIGNING to follow!

RSVP here for this FREE event. We’d love to see you there.

Announcing Narrow Books Holiday Discounts!

Taleen — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:07:18 +0000

‘Tis the season for Narrow Books Holiday discounts!

Until January 1st, you’ll receive 15% off all book orders when you enter “HOLIDAY” during checkout. Visit our shop to look through our titles!

*Discount excludes subscriptions, which are already at super-low charter subscriber rates!

Narrow Books stops at The Pop-Hop!

Taleen — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:42:48 +0000

For the first leg of the The Rattling Wall, Issue 3 book tour, we’ll be stopping by The Pop-Hop in Highland Park on November 28, at 7pm. This event will feature a presentation and Q&A with Featured Artist Ben Tegel and Narrow Books Art Director, Mark Dischler.

They will discuss the making of the artwork and design of the book in The Pop-Hop salon, followed by readings from Issue 3 contributors Trinie Dalton, Ben Epstein, Marytza K. Rubio, and Kim Young. A book signing and drinks to follow after the reading. RSVP on Facebook!

NAME THIS PLACE: The Making of a Literary Journal

Taleen — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:51:46 +0000

Directed by Danny Corey & Heather Simons, the short film NAME THIS PLACE chronicles the making of The Rattling Wall‘s 3rd issue. Originally screened at the journal’s reading and release event at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on November 10th, NAME THIS PLACE features interviews with editor Michelle Meyering, Narrow Books co-founder and art director Mark Dischler, and issue 3 featured artist Benjamin Tegel, as well as writer-contributors Panio Gianopoulos, David Ulin, Kate Reeves, Marytza K. Rubio, Casey Curry, and Joyce Carol Oates! If you couldn’t make it to the release event, you should check this out immediately!

NAME THIS PLACE: The Making of a Literary Journal on Vimeo.

THE RATTLING WALL, Issue 3: Reading & Release

christopher — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:06:41 +0000

Sat. November 10, 8pm – Continuing its collaborative reading series, PEN Center USA will present The Rattling Wall, Issue 3, at Hollywood Forever‘s Masonic Lodge on November 10, 2012, at 8pm, featuring readings by L.A. Times book critic David L. Ulin, James Meetze, Jillian Lauren , Angel Nafis, Sean Carswell, and Joshua Mohr. Prior to the reading a short film by Danny Corey and Heather Simons, which details the making of the issue, will be screened, as well as artwork projected by Issue 3 featured artist, Ben Tegel. The event will finish with a book signing.

Tickets for the event are $10, and will only be sold online prior to the event by visiting: http://hollywoodforever.ticketfly.com/.

Lyndsey Lesh Process Blog

christopher — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:52:18 +0000

Lyndsey Lesh’s process blog Off Thee Wall updates - This writing and drawing process blog began as a collaboration between illustrator Lyndsey Lesh and Michelle Meyering, editor of The Rattling Wall. Using passages from The Rattling Wall Issue 2 as inspiration, Lyndsey’s writing thirty-five flash fiction stories and pairing each with an original illustration. New updates since the Synchronicity show! Check it out!