

Arrhythmia Reading Circle #1
Arrhythmia is a new series, commissioned by Book Works and edited by Katrina Palmer. The series publishes artists and writers whose work explores ideas of being out of joint with the predominant social order, whether through disrupted trajectories, physical displacement, or political dissonance. We asked for experimental work that articulates a discontinuous sense of identity, and writing, or where the combination of writing and images in which the rhythm of the text is self-consciously questioned. Four authors have been commissioned – novels, writing and sound work by Roy Claire Potter, Alice Walter, Andrew E. Colarusso and Kamwangi Njue.
Please join an online reading circle, facilitated by curator Kristy Trinier, discussing excerpts of publications from the Arrhythmia series, edited by artist Katrina Palmer, commissioned by Book Works; in partnership with Mile Zero Dance.
- There are three events. Participation is free via an online Zoom video link provided in advance of the event, each approximately 1-1.5 hr in duration.
- An excerpt of each publication will be circulated to participants prior to the event, along with access for Kamwangi Njue’s audio tracks. The texts are approximately 10 pages each.
- If you’re inspired to read the publication in full, please contact Magpie Books locally, or order the publication online: bookworks.org.uk
- Conversations will be facilitated by curator Kristy Trinier with Marjorie’s Glove, a platform for creative exchange over distance.
For any additional information please contact Kristy Trinier at hello@marjoriesglove.org
Arrhythmia Reading Circle #1: The Medium, ALICE WALTER
Sun, Feb 23, 2025 1 PM MST
Arrhythmia Reading Circle #2: Black Body Index, ANDREW E. COLARUSSO
Sun, Mar 30, 2025 1 PM MST
Arrhythmia Reading Circle #3: Through the Tinnitus, KAMWANGI NJUE and The Wastes, ROY CLAIRE POTTER
Sun, Apr 27, 2025 1 PM MST
READING CIRCLE #1
The Medium, ALICE WALTER (2024)
‘This is a story of our life, it’s about how we died and learnt to survive, by taking messages for the dead. What do they call us? Medium. The Medium.’
To read The Medium is to be submerged in a stream of consciousness populated by uninvited voices from the underworld. Animated, urgent, and brutally propulsive, this cacophony of competing narratives begins to upset the boundary between the living and the dead. The Medium is an alchemical novel, shimmering with insight from the depths of a black lake.
The Medium is published as part of Arrhythmia, a series curated for Book Works by Katrina Palmer. Alice Walter is an artist, writer and medium – living and working in the UK. She has a BA in Fine Art, Film and Video from Central Saint Martins, UAL and a MFA from The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University. Her practice combines collage, psychosexual sculpture, VHS and shamanism. Through these disciplines, Alice creates surreal and sensory spaces that open channels for the unseen.
The Medium | Walter, Alice; | Commission: Arrhythmia | Editor: Palmer, Katrina; | ISBN: 978 1 912570 21 8 | Price: £14.00 | Classifications: Artbook; Journey; Open Submission; Pop/everyday; Projected futures/pasts; | Format: Chapbook; | Extent: 128 | Edition: 1,000 copies | Dimensions: 138 x 200mm | Publisher: Book Works | Designer: Traven T. Croves; | Printer: Robstolk, Amsterdam
https://bookworks.org.uk/publishing/shop/the-medium/
EDITOR BIOGRAPHY
Katrina Palmer is an artist and writer, living in London. She is the author of The Dark Object (2010),
The Fabricators Tale (2014), End Matter (2015) and Black Slit (2023), all published by Book Works.
She has exhibited extensively, including with an Artangel Open commission (2015), at Henry Moore
Institute (2015-16), Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2018), and with Estuary and Waterfronts (2021). She
received the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists (2014).
Gratitude and thanks to all authors; Katrina Palmer, artist and editor of the Arrhythmia series of commissioned new works; Gavin Everall and team at Book Works, UK; Gerry Morita, Lexi Pendzich and Stacey Cann at Mile Zero Dance in amiskwacîwâskahikan/Edmonton, Canada.
Arrhythmia Reading Circle #1
Arrhythmia Reading Circle #1: The Medium, ALICE WALTER
Sun, Feb 23, 2025 1 PM MST
held virtually, a follow up email will be sent with access to the reading circle and PDF excerpts!