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SUMMARY:TRAVELS OVER FEELING - Richard King in conversation with Abigail 
 Ward
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DESCRIPTION:We're delighted to be welcoming Richard King to Manchester fo
 r the launch of his new book TRAVELS OVER FEELING - a landmark publicati
 on celebrating the life and work of American musician and composer Arthu
 r Russell\, the man the Guardian called 'One of the 20th century's true 
 musical visionaries'. Richard will be in conversation with Abigail Ward.
 \n\nDoors: 6.30\, starts: 6.45\n\nTickets are £3.00 or free when orderin
 g a copy of the book. TRAVELS OVER FEELING will also be available to pur
 chase on the night and Richard will be signing copies after the talk. If
  you would like a signed copy but cannot make the event\, please contact
  us on 0161 274 3331 or manchester@blackwell.co.uk and we can arrange th
 is for you.\n\nThis event is presented in partnership with the Creative 
 Manchester research platform at The University of Manchester.\n\nAbout t
 he book:\n\nThe music of Arthur Russell defies classification. Across a 
 twenty-year career he created a body of work which ranged from his pione
 ering compositions as part of the New York avant-garde alongside artists
  including Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg\, to his genre-expanding disc
 o and art pop productions\, to his posthumously released folk songs.\n\n
 Travels Over Feeling is the result of extensive research by author Richa
 rd King\, curating the ephemera and documentation found in both Arthur's
  and other private archives\, and consists of hand-written scores\, lyri
 cs\, photos\, letters and drawings. Throughout\, King has conducted wide
 -ranging original interviews with Arthur's collaborators\, contemporarie
 s\, family and friends. The resulting book reveals a true picture of one
  of the most distinctive artists of the last fifty years.\n\nAbout the a
 uthor:\n\nRichard King is the author of Original Rockers (shortlisted fo
 r the Gordon Burn Prize and a Rough Trade\, The Times and Uncut Book of 
 the Year)\, How Soon Is Now? (the Sunday Times Music Book of the Year) a
 nd The Lark Ascending (a Rough Trade\, Mojo and Evening Standard Book of
  the Year)\, all published by Faber & Faber. He was born into a bilingua
 l family in South Wales and for the last twenty years has lived in the r
 ural county of Powys\, Mid Wales\n\nAbigail Ward is a DJ\, music produce
 r\, broadcaster and curator.She makes music under the name Ghoßt Assembl
 y [ghostassembly.bandcamp.com]. Her debut release\, ‘I Miss Your Love’ -
  a raw and soulful homage to Chicago house - garnered swoons from Optimo
 \, Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy\, Bradley Zero and Mary Anne Hobbs\, plus seve
 ral plays on BBC 6 Music. As a DJ Abigail thrives on creating absorbing 
 multi-genre road trips that are guaranteed to elicit an emotional respon
 se\, be that on a dancefloor\, at an art gallery or in your headphones.\
 n\nIn 2008 Abigail edited and co-designed '1 Top Class Manager - The Not
 ebooks of Joy Division's Manager 1978-1980 [pleasuresofpasttimes.com]'\,
  which condenses twenty of Rob Gretton's working notebooks into one volu
 me\, alongside posters\, letters\, invoices\, diaries and studio notes f
 rom Joy Division's all-to-brief career. Abigail Ward is also a co-founde
 r of Manchester Digital Music Archive [mdmarchive.co.uk]\, an online cro
 wd-sourced archive of ephemera relating to Greater Manchester music from
  the 17th century to the present day.
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LOCATION:Blackwells Manchester \, 146 Oxford Road\, University Green\, Ma
 nchester\, M13 9GP
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