Montez Press May News

May Interjection: I Hear A Noise by Tiana Reid

Tiana Reid is a writer and an assistant professor in the Department of English at York University in Toronto.
 

→ Read Tiana’s writing here

An inside look at The Ginny Suite by Stacy Skolnik 

Stacy Skolnik, co-founder and co-director of Montez Press Radio, affixes her recognisable voice to the page with debut novel The Ginny Suite – upcoming for 31st [removed];

‘Information didn’t need to be remembered; it remembered her…’

A mysterious global syndrome is affecting women, causing symptoms of submissiveness and aphasia. While the number of sufferers grows, so does our protagonist’s paranoia—of the media, her doctors, and her husband. In the age of misinformation, AI, and surveillance technology, The Ginny Suite asks how much—and who—we’re willing to sacrifice in the name of [removed];

Perversely brilliant, fearlessly inventive, The Ginny Suite beautifully illustrates the horror of being a thinking person inside of a body and culture rushing toward the graveyard. — Brad Phillips, author of Essays and Fictions

→ Read an excerpt from The Ginny Suite on Granta 
→ Read an excerpt from The Ginny Suite on LitHub  
→ Pre-order The Ginny Suite by Stacy Skolnik

Join us at The Artists’ Fair 

London, come browse our catalogue at The Artists’ Fair, an artist-led market hosted by Somerset House, on 01 June from 12:00 – 21:00. Tickets available on a pay what you can [removed];

For step free access please use the east ramp of the South Wing and continue past the Seamen’s Hall to the West [removed];

→ Book your spot here

MPR May Schedule

Wednesday 22nd May, a series of programs curated by Olivia Kan-Sperling, featuring Péter Szendy + Lana, NewJeans, Addison Rae, NYMPHET ALUMNI, Alec Mapes-Frances, Shauna Cummins, and Nicolette Polek.

Thursday 23rd May, with Sam Williams and Lauren Craig, Jiminy Luke Doe, Chaps Choir, London Performance Studios, Rina Meta, Alice Fraser, Repo Centre, Hasti, Eve Esfandiari-Denney, felix taylor, Vivienne Griffin, Manda Shutler, New Theater Hollywood, Anna Schimkat, Karl Holmqvist, and Arto Lindsay.

Friday 24th May, with TNT, Stanley Schtinter, Emmanuel Olunkwa, Johanna Zwirner, Stacy Skolnik, Naomi Falk, Nicodemus Nicoludis, Chris Molnar, Riley Mac, Montana James Thomas, Torn Hawk, Torn Hawk’s mom, Ivan Berko, and Screen Slate.

Saturday 25th May, with Fugitive Materials, Carly Sorenson, Sam Kestenbaum, Sherese Francis, Catherine Liu, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Anne Mie Van Kerckhoven, Zoë Kase, Andrew Beccone, Reanimation Library, Domenick Ammirati, and others.

Sunday 26th May with Storefront for Art and Architecture.

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With love,
MPR & Montez Press