Recent travels to independent art book, comic and zine fairs (Liverpool and Dublin) has meant that our Eccentric City attendance once more delivered papers (tabloid K/3) to new found strangers and friends (swaps included!).

Harry’s recent article regarding Summer Edition 2009 was recently posted on the outsider otherside of Birmingham blog magazine BINS - so pop over and read a little about it if you have time.

The Eccentric City newspaper (k/3 - the cockeral that beareth) is continuing to be delivered across the UK and abroad. We have had recent correspondence from English Eccentric 2009 Rob Lowe as well as British Eccentric 2009 (Captain Beany) - as voted by the formal Eccentric Society based in London. We will be reporting on adventures in correspondence with these chaps soon!

The £1 Arts commission continues to inspire and delight. We have overspent and invested in the other things that are peculiar and delightful, all aimed at bringing a little smile to those that ‘discover’ and ’see’ (or taste) what eccentric makers have to offer…..100 pennies are hidden in the streets of Birmingham, whilst a sandwich board appears in a shopping centre in Manchester and lollipops are handed out to ginger haired people as a gift. We will hopefully receive 20 words of wisdom from an older eccentric in Liverpool, whilst our man in Vancouver is still making an eccentric DVD…..we shall see….. Updates as we get them and all announcements on the special 2009 announcement page click here.

Happy eccentric days to those that read this far (and don’t forget, you can still purchase paper on line as well as join our mailing list).

Ta Ta!

Summer Edition 2009, Dublin, Ireland. Meanwhile, worldwide reader Katie at Summer Edition 2009. Simon reads from The Eccentric City (K/3) and Harry intrudes into the crowds to eccentrically read at Summer Edition 2009