Recently discovered the wonderful small press Timglaset editions from Malmö in Sweden. Lovely range of concrete poetry and other forms of experimental and visual poetry and books.

I couldn’t resist these two pieces:

Mother’s Milk by Sacha Archer

Asemic Walks, 50 templates for pataphysical inspection by Hartmut Abendschein

I love this idea; 50 transparencies of paths and routes to overlay on any map and force fresh meanderings. A sort of ‘assisted derive’. Also any book that starts with a quote from Species of Spaces by Georges Perec definitely needs to be in my library.

Lot’s more wonderful pieces at Timglaset

This weekend I went to the McSweeney's pop up kickstarter event on Valencia Street in San Francisco. I'd already backed the campaign but thought I'd swing by anyway. So glad I did! Met some great people and came home with this small haul of books.

So I've added it to my existing McSweeney goodness, including issue 13 (Comics) which is incredible and Issue 16 which is fold out and boxed, and intriguingly contains a comb.

Here's some on the new goodies...

The Wild Things by Dave Eggers

From It is right to draw their fur - Dave Eggers

Also from It is right to draw their fur - Dave Eggers

McSweeney's 42 - multiple cover

McSweeney's 42 - contents for the multiple stories

Very excited about this one.

This is what I grabbed:

Notebook of Things, which I'm hoping will help inspire me as it's blank pages with a slight suggest at the bottom like "Most of a Haiku" and "Minimalist Greeting Card Themes"
The Best of McSweeney's Internet Tendency - including the now infamous "I'm Comic Sans, Asshole"
McSweeney's 42 - "Multiples", this one appeals to the OuLiPian in me as it's '12 stories appearing in up to 6 versions', instantly reminds me of Exercices de style
The Wild Things by Dave Eggers - loosely based on the brilliance that is Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak
and It is Right to Draw Their Fur - Animal Renderings by Dave Eggers, a fabulous set of illustrations.

For all these and so much more take a look at http://www.mcsweeneys.net/books

Discovered a new small press: Timglaset Editions