events
upcoming events
more to come... stay tuned!!
past events
mnemotope issue 005 launch
at piet hein eek, eindhoven nl
on july 7th, 2024 from 19.30
join us at the wonderful piet hein eek in eindhoven to celebrate the launch of issue 005! we’ll be outside reading in the evening sun, having a drink and a great time. see you soon!
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thank you to everyone who came and made the evening into a garden party with us - we hope you loved it as much as we did!
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mnemotope issue 004 launch
at residency for the people, eindhoven nl
on april 25th, 2024 from 20.00
for the launch of issue 004 of mnemotope magazine, we’re coming back to our dearly beloved residency for the people! come read listen drink talk sit stand enjoy - we’re counting down the days
entry is free, as always. we’d so love to see you there!
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thank you to everyone at residency who made the evening so wonderful - we’re turning bars into bogs
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mnemotope issue 003 launch
at rile* books, brussels be
on march 3rd, 2024 from 17.00-19.00
bring your friends and join us for an evening of readings and celebrating another issue! we’re so excited to host our first mnemotope event in belgium, and to hear some of our wonderful contributors and readers bringing the works from this issue to life. see you there!
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thank you to everyone who came to rile* and celebrated issue 003 with us! we love brussels and books!!
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kind ground, black butter - book launch and exhibition
at ohagan design, 98a rathgar road, dublin ire
on january 6th, 2024 from 18.00
we’re so excited to announce the launch of our first book, ‘kind ground, black butter’ with lucy hodge-sellers, which we’ll be celebrating in dublin in the early days of the new year. we are lucky enough to be sharing this event with the artist martin de porres wright, whose works in turf speak meaningfully to our written words.
part anthology and part transcribed conversation, ‘kind ground, black butter’ probes at the role of poetry as a decolonial practice and as a tool for resistance in the revival of marginalised languages. it sits in the context of ireland, with poems from renowned irish poets seamus heaney, nuala ní dhomhnaill and matthew sweeney as well as archival imagery from the dúchas collection, all of which anchor winding conversation on the topic throughout the book. more focused on exploration than presenting knowledge, this publication seeks to act as a point of entry into the folds of linguistic resistance.
martin’s poignant sculptural and painterly work speaks ‘about the beauty and mystery of our ancient boglands’, highlighting their indefinable and timeless qualities, and reminding us of how much of our history and identity is held within them. to see more of his work, visit his website here.
there’ll be readings, discussion about language and poetry and peatlands, drinks and art and candlelit warmth and we absolutely cannot wait - we really hope to see you there.
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we had the most wonderful evening and couldn’t be more grateful to the friends old and new who joined us there - our first event in dublin, and very definitely not our last
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mnemotope issue 002 launch
at residency for the people, eindhoven nl
on november 7th, 2023 from 19.00
join us for an evening of readings and magazine-browsing at our favourite bar in eindhoven! we’re so looking forward to sharing the second edition of mnemotope with you, and hearing some of our wonderful contributors and readers bringing the works from this issue to life.
entry is free, and we’ll be there from 7pm - come by and have a chat with us.
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thank you to everybody who came and read and listened and joined in and made the night so wonderful
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mnemotope issue 001 launch
at lab-1, eindhoven nl
on october 24th, 2023 from 17.00-22.00
the first issue of mnemotope magazine is launching on october 24th in eindhoven, with a radio show that can be tuned into from anywhere!
mnemotope is the community magazine of bog bodies press, which exists to create and hold the expression and knowledge of that community, and act as a place in which stories from across timelines and borders can sit together and interact.
we’re so thrilled to share this first edition with you, and to celebrate its release together in eindhoven (and via the airwaves!)
the event is in collaboration with @elevatorradio, and will feature a panel discussion, readings, an open mic, music, and more - the full programme is below:
music and settling in - 17.00-18.00
introduction talk and welcome - 18.00-18.20
panel discussion on the essay ‘publics and counterpublics’ - 18.20-19.00
music break - 19.00-19.15
readings from mnemotope - 19.15-19.40
music break - 19:40-19:50
open mic readings - 19.50-20.20
closing talk - 20:20-20.30
music, dancing, browsing magazines - 20.30-22.00
entry is completely free, and there’ll be drinks and snacks available at the bar. we would absolutely love to see you there!
the event space is fully accessible, but if you have any questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at bogbodiespress@gmail.com
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thank you to everybody who came and listened in and made the night so wonderful
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