Forest Publications

Origin Stories: An Anthology of Beginnings
Call for Submissions

Origin Stories is a new anthology from Forest Publications examining creations and beginnings.
We're looking for new writing on these themes, perhaps involving a personal genesis story, the beginning of a universe, or the start of a business, job, or relationship.
We’re interested in any moment that changed the course of things.

Forest Publications is excited to see how writers will approach and interpret this topic.
We are accepting prose and poetry submissions.

Contributors for this collection do not need to reside in the UK.
The anthology will be distributed throughout the UK and promoted & marketed through Forest’s wide networks. Upon publication, Forest will organize online and/or in person launches in Edinburgh and beyond.

Forest is a recognised arts charity. All profits will go to supporting artistic projects. Forest is eager to support emerging artists, group shows, experimental work, multi-media and performance art as well as fine art. As such, contributors will not be paid. They will receive a copy of the book.

Thank you for your interest in this project! We look forward to reading your work.

Olivia Thomakos & Vidisha Ghosh (co-editors)

– SUBMISSION GUIDELINES –

Poetry submissions can consist of up to 3 poems, totalling no more than 5 pages.
In the case of multiple poems, please send them within a single text document starting a new page for each poem.

Prose submissions can run to 1,500 words, but no more. Please only send one prose submission.

Work should be submitted as a .docx file accompanied by a PDF for more experimental layouts.

Sticking to Standard Manuscript Format isn’t essential, but please format your work in 12 point Times New Roman font unless using a different size or font style is integral to the piece(s) submitted.

Submit your work using the file name format of: firstname_surname_[nature of the work].
For example, olivia_thomakos_poetry.
Writers may submit both prose and poetry if they wish.

All work must be previously unpublished both in print and online. Work may be published later in collections or in publications that accept previously published work as long as Forest receives acknowledgement for the original publication. We will respond to you within 3 months of the deadline.

Send your submissions to [email protected] with the subject “Origin Stories Submission,” by 11:59 pm on 31st January 2022. In the email, please let us know what kind of work you are submitting and include an artist bio not exceeding 150 words.

Please share with your contacts. Thank you!

Hello all,

It’s been 2 years since we closed the doors of our cafe in Sept 2020. Since then, we’ve been working on a number of art projects including zines, compilation albums, and artist studio residencies. The Forest is still here - but now we are looking for community members (new and old) to bring their ideas, energy and expertise to help create the next iteration of the Forest.

We would really love to hear from you if:
- You would like to get involved
- You have any interesting ideas what the Forest could do next
- You are part of any Edinburgh community / arts projects the Forest could collaborate with

Please write to: [email protected] with your ideas - also please share this message with anyone you think might be interested. We look forward to hearing from you and seeing what happens next!

Best wishes,
The Forest

Forest is offering artists a free studio space at Sett Studios in Leith - read more here...

Forest Arts is offering artists a free studio space at Sett Studios () in Leith

Residencies will be project-based and are open to all types of artists at any stage in their career.

You will receive:

- A shared studio space for a period of up to 2 months
- A materials and transport budget of £100

You will also have free access to Sett Studios’ communal:

- Project Space for larger projects / workshops / community based events
- Messy Room for projects which require splashing out
- Exhibition Space for showcasing your work
- Kitchen for kitchen-y things

How to apply:

- Write a short project proposal which should include why you need this space and how long you need it for. (500 words)
- Links to or images of past work
- A short biography (100 words)

We welcome proposals from all people no matter their age, race, gender, s*x, s*xual orientation, religion or belief, class, cultural background, disability, marital status, pregnancy or maternity status.

Send applications to [email protected]

Residencies will begin in September 2022 and proposals will be appraised on a rolling basis so there is no deadline, simply send your proposal in when you feel ready.

Hello! We have a table at Edi Zine Fest! So come and see us on Saturday 15 May and sample some of our finest zines from over the years.

Hey! Check out this YouTube playlist featuring all the videos from Golden Hour Productions "Where Do You See Yourself?" event... includes a number of spoken word/musical/video collaborations, live performances from PocketsUke and Sam Shackleton, and a Psycho Rat setting a piano on fire - hot stuff!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM0rT9pTm3l9aI_0_25LbFFgSlA_dOp_Q

Where Do You See Yourself? These videos are the remnants of The Golden Hour "Where Do You See Yourself?" event celebrating 20 years of The Forest: Edinburgh's DIY Arts & Events Space. ...

Words and music go together like fungible and tokens...

Our new spoken word album 'Fungible Tokens' features collaborations between musicians from Forest Records 'Pep & Turmoil' double albums and new writing from Forest Publications chapbook, 'Where Do You See Yourself In Five Years?'.

Get your copy (name your price) or stream for free on the Forest Records bandcamp page:

https://forestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fungible-tokens

Fungible Tokens, by Forest Records 8 track album

Where Do You See Yourself? GOLDEN HOUR - LIVE TONIGHT!

Join us tonight - Forest Publications Forest Records and Golden Hour Productions - for a special book/album release event and 20th anniversary show. Show starts at 8pm BST featuring a host of spoken word, music, visuals and DJs! Join us early from 7pm for Virtual DJ Slot with DJ Esotericka. Tune in on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsSTANu-TyY

Golden Hour - Live

ONLINE EVENT THIS WEDNESDAY....

The Golden Hour returns to The Forest Arts Collective to celebrate 20 years of Pep & Turmoil! In this live digital event we'll launch The Forest's new anthology of contemporary writing & double-sided album with a good ol' fashioned literary cabaret in the classic chaotic Forest style.

Expect live readings & music.
Expect videos & visual bric-a-brac.
Expect surprises & technical difficulties.

As always, we're BYOB.
Virtual Doors & DJ at 7pm BST, 2PM EST, 11 PST
Gig Starts at 8pm.

Something's going on here & we don't know what it is. Do we, mr jones?

The Golden Hour presents: Bone Digger -- 30 October, Summerhall -- in which we assemble a poetic haunted house with poems, music & installations featuring over 30 artists. Tickets:
http://www.summerhall.co.uk/2016/the-golden-hour-presents-bone-digger/

The gang is getting back together before collectively sighing and saying, 'man, we're too old for this s**t.' 30 October, Summerhall. Tickets: http://www.summerhall.co.uk/2016/the-golden-hour-presents-bone-digger/

The Golden Hour presents: Bone Digger -- 30 October, Summerhall -- in which we assemble a poetic haunted house with poems, music & installations featuring over 30 artists. Tickets:
http://www.summerhall.co.uk/2016/the-golden-hour-presents-bone-digger/

The old daze.

2009 - Golden Hour - Brothers in Beards. (photo Ericka Duffy)

Did the The Golden Hour presents change much since you last saw us?

The Golden Hour: White

Many of you will know that starting back in 2006, we ran a 'literary cabaret' out of The Forest Arts Collective with a bunch of friends. We called it 'The Golden Hour'.

It was a live event and we enjoyed making it happen every month until we didn't enjoy making it happen any more. Then, a little while after that, we hung up our hats. If you weren't there, well, you missed it and that's that. Let's not dwell on the past.

We never thought we'd 'bring back' The Golden Hour & we never wanted to. We thought what was done was done. We'd made an event we loved and we rode it till the wheels fell off.

But then, a few months ago, we started to wonder what our 'literary cabaret' might be able to mature into. We didn't want to bring people together just to do something we remembered fondly. So, we're finding a way to make things new.

We had a vision of white. We saw a big hall full of white sculpture. People wearing white boiler suits.

And so it will be: 24 September, 2016. Leith Theatre. 7pm.

We'd very much like you to join us. If you enjoyed what we did in the past, we're pretty sure you're going to like what we're up to.

Yes, there will be music, poems, films, drinks, snacks and surprises. Yes, the show starts at 8. Yes, you should bring your friends. Dress comfortable. Wear sensible shoes.

You can get tickets here.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2596700

More Details below.

We hope to see you soon,

Ryan Van Winkle, Hailey Beavis & friends

The Golden Hour presents... WHITE
When: 24 September, 2016, 7pm
Where: Leith Theatre, Doors 7pm, 8pm start
With: 2Man(l)yDJs, Jo Clifford, Ericka Duffy, ESBAT Collective, FAR YELLA, Vicki Feaver, James Iremonger, Lake Montgomery, Screen Bandita, Suited & Booted, Jennifer Lynn Williams, Withered Hand.
How Much: 7 (adv) / 9 doors / 25 for group of 5 (adv)

The Golden Hour presents ... WHITE in which we make a fresh start

830 doors at Casa del Popolo!

Setting up for the Montreal show at Casa de Popolo. Vive le Heure D'Or!

We'd like to congratulate ForPub friend and Golden Hour Family member Billy Liar on releasing his 3rd EP, "The Ghosts of Punk Rock". Should you check it out? You should check it out!

The Ghosts Of Punk Rock, by Billy Liar 4 track album

ForPub alum Jane Flett featured in The Best British Poetry 2012 - aw, yeah.

The Best British Poetry The home of The Best British Poetry series — an annual anthology celebrating the best poems published in the previous year, selected from UK print and online magazines.

Our excellent book writing pal, cultural hero, and good friend of The Golden Hour has a book nominated for a Not the Booker! Pretty great news for him and his supurlative work. Forest Publishing is, of course, grateful to the support he's offered us over the years so supporting his would be appreciated and not a bad victory for the family -- If you have read his book (and you should) follow these simple (though severely convoluted steps) and Vote For His Book. I did it, so can you! Good luck, Ewan and thanks for doing silly things with us. x

HOW TO VOTE FOR EWAN MORRISON's TALES FROM THE MALL FOR WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN’S NOT THE BOOKER PRIZE

Deadline October 14th
IN 7 EASY STEPS (it might seem complicated but only takes 10 minutes!!!):

1. Go to the Guardian not the booker voting page - the active link is at bottom of page ( or if hard to find so use this link):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/05/not-booker-2012-vote-winner

2. Then click on the following second link within the page from author shortlist:
Tales from Mall: by Ewan Morrison:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/data/book/fiction/9781908885012/tales-from-the-mall

3. If you have written a review previously (thank you very much), find your previous review and click “Share” in the top right corner of your review box. Now go to Step 4.
If you have not written a review previously, here’s your chance! 100 words minimum is really a tiny paragraph, easy, saying what you thought of the book. Then click “Share” in the top right corner of your review box.
If you are not even a Guardian registered user, then you can log in using your Facebook or Twitter and post your review – easy!

4. After you hit ‘share’, a link box will come up – ‘copy’ the URL - link

5. Then return to the original Guardian page (as per Step 1):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/05/not-booker-2012-vote-winner

6. Scroll down to the bottom of the comments and write: “I vote for Ewan Morrison’s Tales From the Mall. Here is my review.”

7. Then paste the link to your review (that you copied in step 4).
You can either highlight “Here is my review” and click the picture of the chain above the box to create your link that way (ie, embedded within text) or just paste it below the words “Here is my review:”.

NOTE: Apparently some servers don’t support the active links on the Guardian page, which previously caused untold trouble for some people. Safari does work. If you are having trouble with your links, then just go to the Guardian page link (see Step 1 above), scroll down to the comments section and write: “I vote for Ewan Morrison’s Tales from the Mall. Here is my review” and then copy and paste the entire content of your review straight into the comments section.
Thank you very much.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/05/not-booker-2012-vote-winner

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/05/not-booker-2012-vote-winner?commentpage=last -of-comments

Not the Booker 2012: vote for the winner So here we are then: a clutch of Christian converts, two abandoned brothers and a faux-70s glam rock band. But there's got to be a winner. Who will be in a whole new world of tea-sipping come 15 October, asks Sam Jordison

Hailey Beavis is a hit machine - the fun never stops - video from the Golden Hour in Stirling's The Junk Rooms! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBsftsSXfYU&list=UUAX4cf0hmM_E_H3H6s6HJYg&index=1&feature=plpp_video

The very essential sounds of taperecorder live at Casa Del Popolo / Sala Rossa, Montreal. At the Golden Hour in July. Catch the vibes.

Taperecorder live at The Golden Hour, Montreal Recorded July 2, 2012: Taperecorder returns to The Golden Hour with a blistering set. Here's a hot sample.

The real Hailey Rebecca Beavisis has a gorgeous new video out. You can watch it here on the internets. And then you'll want to go buy the album. Because it is that good. Or just listen again and again. Enjoy.

Sinking Sunset by Hailey Beavis The new release from Hailey Beavis, produced at Colorsound Studios by Bobby Heatlie. Video shot & Edited by Colin Usher of Coffee With A Lid

Tessa Kautzman plays Casa Del Popolo / Sala Rossa in Montreal as part of the Golden Hour. We were so happy to have her. Go buy one of her cassettes. Yes, we said cassettes. She's 80s like that.

Tessa Kautzman at the Montreal Golden Hour, July 2, 2012 Tessa Kautzman plays Casa Del Popolo with The Golden Hour. July 2, 2012.

Here's another from Gavin of The Wooden Sky. In insanely lovely song with a little bit of that soothing sound of traffic passing in the background. Like that Jackson Browne album.

Gavin Gardiner with Violin - June 28, 2012 - Toronto, Golden Hour Gavin Gardiner of Wooden Sky plays at the Toronto Golden Hour in Placebo Space.

The great Gavin Gardiner from The Wooden Sky at our gig in Toronto! An amazing barefoot performance. You weren't there but you can listen to this and tell your grand kids that you were.

Gavin Gardiner - June 28, 2012 - Golden Hour Gavin Gardiner from Wooden Sky plays live at the Toronto Golden Hour.

A highlight from Toronto's Golden Hour with JF Robitaille. Live Placebo Space, Toronto. Check it.

JF Robitaille -- Modern Love Modern Love by JF @ Golden Hour, Placebo Space, Toronto

A little glimpse of Ben Caplan from the Toronto Golden Hour in January. More videos coming soon. Canada, this was the start of a beautiful friendship.

Ben Caplan - 'Drift Apart' - The Golden Hour, Toronto, 14 January 2012 Ben Caplan: a beautiful man. Enjoy everything he does on: http://bencaplan.ca/

Ryan just flew in from Montreal - and boy are his arms tired!

A treat from the Golden Hour Toronto featuring Chloe Charles: http://youtu.be/mhwhUefMidE

Chloe Charles - The Golden Hour, Toronto, January 14, 2012 Chloe Charles at The Golden Hour Toronto (www.forpub.com). Check out her tour dates and more at www.chloecharles.com.

Today we're at the Scottish Poetry Library book fair! 11 to 6 so drop by Crichton's close off canongate xForPub

Hey Guys! Everyone geared up for the West Port Book Festival - starting today? We've heard there's some great events on, so hopefully we'll see you down there... xForPub

For some reason, this isn't getting much into the news feed. :( BUT - *Share This Post* to get a chance at landing a *free* printed copy of "I Chose To Listen", a book put together by ForPub, Reel Festivals, Scottish Poetry Library and more, plus other goodies. The download's also free! xForPub

I Chose to Listen. | Forest Publications Behold our new, free ebook! Published in association with Reel Festivals, I Chose to Listen features brand new English and Arabic poetry translations from

OK, so Facebook now hides comments in the news feed. THANKS FACEBOOK. To reiterate, *Share This Post* to get a chance at landing a *free* printed copy of "I Chose To Listen", a book put together by ForPub, Reel Festivals, Scottish Poetry Library and more, plus other goodies. The download's also free. Wahey!

I Chose to Listen. | Forest Publications Behold our new, free ebook! Published in association with Reel Festivals, I Chose to Listen features brand new English and Arabic poetry translations from

Hallo Everyone out in Facebook Land! We've finally stopped crying over the final Golden Hour and realised we co-published a book in the meantime! Funny what sorrow does to you. It's with the fine folks from Reel Festivals, it's half-Arabic and half-English, and it's absolutely free to download. I think we got our swagger back... xForPub

I Chose to Listen. | Forest Publications Behold our new, free ebook! Published in association with Reel Festivals, I Chose to Listen features brand new English and Arabic poetry translations from

Any thoughts on this, book fans?

Amazon.com Says Kindle E-Book Sales Surpass Printed Books for First Time Amazon.com Inc. , the largest online retailer, said sales of electronic books have overtaken those of printed versions for the first time, a sign of the growing dominance of its Kindle digital reader.

can you feel it coming in the air tonight? the GOLDEN HOUR that is! Tonight, The Forest, 8pm. FEEL IT! xForPub

My book got a really nice write up in The Glasgow Review http://t.co/6S0irNd Better than a kick in the teeth, right?

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Man, we can't even trust the fake MLK anymore. But does it matter if the quote is a fake? http://t.co/Ivs8hMq

Some kind words for the penultimate (Yes, We Love That Word) chapbook of Series 2! xForPub

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