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If you still haven't checked out this year's edition of In the Margins, you are missing out on some incredible art, quotes from industry leaders, and commentary on topics relevant to the independent hospitality scene. Our 2024 In the Margins focused on value, belonging, representation, and transformation. What words should we highlight in 2025? Comment below! #hospitality #creative #creativeprofessionals #hotels #hotelindustry #callforsubmissions #submit #publication #indiecongress #travel #travelindustry #artist #artanddesign #writing #publication #artsubmissions #artsubmissionsopen #submitart #submitarticles #submitwriting

Great museum content sticks with you like yoghurt thrown from a turret (said nobody ever, except me right now) 🏰🥛 When I translate for museums, I am striving to reach the dizzying heights of one thing and one thing only: the Ghent Castle of the Counts audiotour I took in 2019. The English audiotour talked about castle-dwellers throwing yoghurt onto invaders from above, and the ‘little turds’ that fell straight from the second-storey latrine into the moat below. I’m not even paraphrasing, it actually said ‘little turds’. 💩 Maybe I’m alone in my penchant for scatalogical humour and silly concepts like yoghurt, but I’ve lost count of the times I’ve laughed at (machine) translated content rather than WITH it. So, in my book, if you’ve not only gone to the lengths of designing funny original content for your visitors, but you’ve also invested in a translation that produces laughs in multiple languages, you’ve won. Engaging content helps us understand. When we understand something, we remember it. When it makes us laugh, we tell people about it. ------ Hi, I'm Amy, AKA Culture Curious! 👋 I translate from French, Spanish and Italian to English for museums and cultural institutions. If you want to help your English-speaking audience connect with the history and significance of your exhibits in their own language, get in touch at amy@culturecurious.co.uk.

Cultural festivals are flexible and cost-effective in respect of providing cultural services for varied audiences and due to that, they are promoted in cultural policy. The organization of festivals, based on networked structure and offshoring, is exposed to uncertainty and instability. However, they survived the pandemic. Why and how? Read our new article to find out: Arja Haapakorpi, Jari Kolehmainen, Henna Jousmäki, Minna Leinonen and Emmi Siirtola: Institutional Hybridity in Networked Cultural Organizations through Boundary Work. https://lnkd.in/dF_7jir

🧐 Reflecting on the Yerevan BookFest 📚 While the Yerevan BookFest celebrated its seventh year with impressive attendance and numerous events, it also highlighted significant challenges within Armenian literary culture. My latest article examines the festival, focusing on issues of representation, accessibility, and the potential monopolization of literary voices. 📚 Explore the complexities of this year's event in my full analysis. Read it here!

Do you go to book festivals? You can find some small local ones, such as I’ve been going to for the last few weeks in Marietta, Dahlonega, or this week in Johns Creek. And some are huge, like the Granddaddy of book festivals coming up this weekend in Decatur, probably the largest in Georgia (which I will miss, because I’ll be out west). All of them have books, of course, tables and tables full, mostly new books. What every book festival also has is writers, and especially at the local festivals you get a focus on local writers, sitting at the table with their own books, so you can talk to them about what they’ve written, why they wrote it, or any other questions you have. As the festivals get larger, they also include sessions where the writers give presentations on various subjects, such as how they do historical research, what makes good crime writing, or what to consider if you want to self publish (to name some sessions I’ve attended). The Johns Creek Literary Fair this past weekend was held in an enormous pavilion in a park, with the usual tables of books, a special section for children’s books, and authors going to the stage to talk about their latest work, from otherworld fantasy to brutal true crime. Books are about everything. #JohnsCreekLiteraryFair

CALLING ALL WRITERS AND ARTISTS! Submit your work in the next issue of the Library Zine: Voices from Across the New York Public Library. This year’s theme is “Progress is a Process“ Nobody’s perfect. As we have seen in the past couple of months, our community and our world is still a work in progress. But that is the case with anything that requires strength and effort. We still have more work to do and that is what we are asking in our 2024 Zine Theme. What causes are important to you? What events have transpired, personally or globally, that made you take stock in what’s important to you? Did it make you grow or transform as a person? What can others gain or learn from these changes? Answer these questions and more in our 2024 Zine theme: Progress Is A Process. This theme is centered around our world being a work in progress”. Although the past few years have been challenging for many, don’t feel limited to addressing current events. The Zine Committee is looking for creative and unique takes on how the world is growing. Deadline: November 1, 2024 Visit website to check out submission guidelines: bit.ly/LibraryZine #writers #artists #zine #callforwork #submissioncall #literarymagazine

For the next month Northbridge, Perth and the surrounding cultural precinct will be a hive of activity. Fringe World is upon us. I know this because a very well-known arts colleague and friend invited me to a show she is performing in called To Whom It May Concern: Complaint Letters Live! She told me she has been busy doing to writing of her own. First up, when the people we work with or have worked with share what they are up to, we all benefit. They benefit by sharing their story and we benefit by finding out what they are working on, which is most likely aligned to our interests. We lift each other up. When I heard from this extremely talented and funny woman that she is on stage at Perth’s Fringe Festival straight away I wanted to book a ticket. I love supporting the work of local artists. The notion of supporting each other seems to be lost on some people though. Earlier in the week I was at a meeting I called to get an update from everyone about what they are up to. To some in the room it seemed that I had made an odd request. When we know what our colleagues are doing we can support their efforts. When our colleagues know what we are doing they can support our efforts. We may all go away and talk to others about what we have learned and encourage more people to get involved. Being a Secret Squirrel is not a good strategy in business, from my experience, at least. I have learned the hard way that if no one knows what I am doing or care about they can’t get involved and support my efforts. Talk to people about what you care about. That is how transformations happen. Who are you going to share with today? Today is day 338 of my 365-day writing challenge. 27 days to go. Image Credit: PNG

Given our size and capacity, change at Mekong Review tends to happen small, gradually, incrementally, iteratively. We have neither a huge budget nor a huge team (number of full-time staff = 1) so it all needs to be balanced very carefully to make sure that (1) all bases are covered and I'm not forgetting something important because I'm preoccupied with another aspect of the magazine/business and (2) I don't burn out trying to do everything all at once. Even so, sometimes (okay, more than 'sometimes') it feels like I'm in over my head—I start to get anxious about not knowing what to do, not having the answers/solutions, not delivering what readers want, not achieving at the level that I (i.e. my worst enemy) feel like I should be at. But in the moments where I sit down and tell myself to just take it one step at a time, I am reminded that, despite being a tiny publication, Mekong Review covers a huge area of a dynamic, fascinating and beautiful continent. We've already amassed a brilliant archive of work through the efforts of founding editor Minh Bui Jones and many writers, journalists, academics, artists, researchers and NGO workers who have a deep understanding and connection with the countries, contexts and issues we cover. As the current managing editor, my role is not just to keep this literary journal chugging along from issue to issue, but also to safeguard this work and get more people to recognise the brilliance, talent and insight that so many contributors have provided and continue to provide. Given how difficult, even hostile, the environment can be in many parts of Asia for writers, journalists and even everyday folk just trying to live in accordance with their own consciences, I feel a huge responsibility to hold the space that Mekong Review offers for as long as possible. This past week we made little changes again: shifted things around the website to better showcase the breadth and depth of our pieces. We used to do this weekly "free to read" thing where we'd take the paywall down for a piece for one week only, but I found that had limited traction—one week wasn't quite enough time for people to really discover the piece. We're trying something different moving forward: about 20% of every issue from now on (and I'll try to go back and pick pieces from past issues too) will be free to read on our website, on top of the ones that were already free online. We hope that it'll allow us to reach more people, encourage more existing readers to share the work, and grow awareness of the quality of our writers' wonderful work. Check out our free-to-read pieces here:

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🎉 Reflecting on a Phenomenal Week at the British Council Kampala Creative Showcase! 🎨🎶📚 Last week, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in the Creative Showcase project hosted by the British Council in Kampala. Over three vibrant days, creatives like myself showcased our work to visitors and fellow creatives, and it was nothing short of inspiring. Here’s a quick breakdown of my experience: 1️⃣ First Public Review of My Book 📘 I presented my African Professional Artist Handbook for the first time in a detailed session. The audience's reception was beyond my expectations—thought-provoking discussions around the content and ideas in the book, plus a sold-out batch of physical copies! 2️⃣ One-on-One Artist Sessions 🎸 I held consultations with 15 artists, many with unique challenges. These felt like “creative consultations”—listening, diagnosing, and prescribing actionable advice. Drawing on 5+ years of experience, research, and practice, I was able to reignite hope in these talents, and that’s always deeply fulfilling. 3️⃣ The African Christmas Festival 🌍🎄 We wrapped up the showcase with a celebration of Christmas in the African way! From drumming, poetry, painting, and plays to vibrant performances, the festival was a beautiful tribute to creativity and culture. We even hosted Lus, the poet, with his powerful political-musical play. Through this platform, we achieved more than just showcasing our work. We tested ideas, collaborated, networked, and built our portfolios. It’s a reminder that when given a platform, it’s up to us to maximize its potential. Big thanks to the British Council for this opportunity. Here's to more spaces that uplift and inspire the creative community! #CreativeShowcase #BritishCouncilKampala #ArtistDevelopment #AfricanProfessionalArtist #Networking #CulturalCelebration