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Books for Amnesty, Brighton

Books for Amnesty Bookshop Brighton



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Member Since5/16/2007
Band Websitewww.amnesty.org.uk
Band MembersWe're always looking for new volunteers, if you are interested in volunteering in the bookshop just pop in for a chat.
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People who have done cool stuff for the shop:

Internationally renound children's book illustrators Nick Sharratt and Chris Riddell (perhaps best known for the Tracy Beaker and Edge Chronicles books respectively) have done a brilliant joint illustration on our wall. A unique collaborative artwork and worth popping down to see!

Photos: Caroline Ellis

Our shop launch back in April included great musical performances from the following fantastic local bands: The Trucks, Django Spears, Los Piratas, Carly Bryant and Hullabaloo Community Choir. Catch a gig if you can or check them out on Myspace. We're hoping to have some of them performing to raise money for Amnesty again soon

As part of the Brighton Fringe Festival for two weeks in May our window became an art instalation created by local artists group 'First Group Meeting'. Comprising 'what the buttler saw' type light boxes and entitled 'Save the World, Yeah!' their creation intrigued and bemused volunteers and customers alike!
Sounds LikeThe Second Hand Marching Band are our first 'signing' to the Tracks for Amnesty online label! You can listen to and download their EP 'A Dance to Half Death' here:
Dance to Half Death






The full amount of the donation you make if you download "Dance to Half Death" goes to Amnesty. The second hand marching band www.myspace.com/thesecondhandmarchingband are a group of 16-22 musicians who play mainly in Scotland. They play folk music which a mixture of dance, pop and post-rock influence. The SHMB started performing in December 2007 and have in the last year been up and down Scotland playing venues, tea houses, parks, festivals and fields.

We are looking for musicians, poets and bands who would like to donate a track to our music for download at the 'Tracks for Amnesty' website. The track you donate will be downloadable for a donation and your music will be helping to raise money for Amnesty's campaign work. If you would like to donate a track please contact us on thebiggigforamnesty(at)yahoo.co.uk.
You can check out the draft website at www.amnestybrighton.bandcamp.mu

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   About Books for Amnesty, Brighton

The little pink bookshop in the North Laine, we're at 15 Sydney Street, open every day selling lovely things from 10 until 6 and on Sundays from 11 until 5.

01273 688983 thebiggigforamnesty(at)yahoo.co.uk

We have regular events at the shop, bands playing, book readings, poetry, art installations, exhibitions, cake eating, things like that. Here's what's coming up and what's gone before

****UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE BOOKSHOP****

HAUNTED STEREO ARE 'TRACK OF THE DAY' ON Q MUSIC!

September 7th 2009. Haunted Stereo are Q Music's 'Track of the Day' with their single 'Cross the Sea'. Cross the Sea on Q Music. Haunted Stereo have released their single Cross the Sea on the Tracks for Amnesty label. All proceeds from downloads of Cross the Sea are going directly to Amnesty to support their human rights work. You can listen to and download Cross the Sea here: Cross the Sea by Haunted Stereo Thanks very much to Haunted Stereo for donating their music to Tracks for Amnesty!

HAUNTED STEREO SINGLE RELEASE ON TRACKS FOR AMNESTY

We are very excited to announce the first release on the Tracks for Amnesty label. You can download 'Cross the Sea' by Haunted Stereo at HAUNTED STEREO CROSS THE SEA ON TRACKS FOR AMNESTY


Here is a wee bit of Haunted Stereo's press release: Southampton’s alternative-folk six-piece Haunted Stereo have decided to release their new single “Cross the Sea” exclusively through Tracks for Amnesty. All proceeds will go directly to Amnesty International. The collaboration was inspired by a performance in Brighton’s vibrant Amnesty Book Shop. “We enjoyed our performance so much”, says singer Andy Harris. “The manager, Mark Hannington, is so enthusiastic about the shop and its potential in becoming a platform for musicians who are keen to raise money for charity.” The band have already made their first EP release “In Bars” available for download on Tracks for Amnesty. Following this up with an exclusive single release was a logical conclusion for the band. “We fully support Amnesty International, and if we can raise awareness for the charity through our music, that is fantastic,” says singer and accordionist Anja McCloskey.

****PREVIOUS EVENTS AT THE BOOKSHOP****

*AUGUST 8th HAUNTED STEREO PLAY LIVE AT THE SHOP
Protect the Human Party night with live performance from 6 piece Southampton alt.folk band Haunted Stereo.
Saturday August 8th 6:30 till 9:30 FREE

Performances from:
Haunted Stereo,
Jo Burke
and Marcus Hessenberg

Haunted Stereo
www.myspace.com/hauntedstereomusic
are an alt-folk/ indie/ experimental six-piece line-up from Southampton. Originally founded in late 2007, the band plays over 15 instruments between them. Creating intricate layers of sound with an array of melodic instruments – including banjo, mandolin, accordion, piano, violin, recorder, electric guitar, melodica and percussion - , “Pop it in your stereo to count the instruments/ confuse your neighbours/ accrue kudos for your eclecticism. Or just listen and enjoy.” (The Fly, Review of In Bars EP) “A quirky mix of alt-folk, country and indie.” (Tom Robinson, BBC6)

Jo Burke
www.myspace.com/joburkemusic
performs English folk singing in a style which brings comparisons to Sandy Denny and Anne Briggs. Jo, who will also be playing piano and fiddle, has been singing and playing fiddle with Mary Hampton for a number of years.

Marcus Hessenberg,
www.myspace.com/tulips
performing tonight in the duo 'Sorry', is a Brighton hidden gem who's performance brings comparisons to few other performers which is a compliment and a recommendation!







*TICKETS FOR BEACHDOWN FESTIVAL
Tickets for Beachdown on sale at the shop now. £5 from each tickets sale goes to Amnesty when you buy your ticket at the shop!






*THE BOYS FROM BAGHDAD HIGH
Friday 19th June at 7:30pm

A film screening at the Salis Benney Theatre organised by the Brighton and Hove Amnesty group Tickets are available at the bookshop. £5/£3 concession.



The Boys from Baghdad High Film screening hosted by Brighton and Hove Amnesty Group Friday 19th June at 7:30pm Sallis Benney Theatre 58-67 Grand Parade An award winning documentary (2007) Filmed by four school friends in Baghdad. Living amid sectarian violence their families face the dilemma of staying or fleeing the danger. Following the film will be Q&A with the producer and one of the “Baghdad Boys”
Window Display Illustration Project

Friday the 15th of May 2009 at the bookshop. From 10:00am FREE
See the finished installation here

This week we are pleased to be hosting an illustration installation designed and created by a group of talented illustration students from Brighton University. www.illustratorselbow.com.
The piece will be installed in the shop's window throughout the day of Friday 15th of May with an animation being created at the same time using the installation as source material. The piece will be on view until the end of May. This is our late addition to / unofficial part of Brighton Festival 2009 (think fringe of the Fringe!)

Feel free to pop to the shop to see the artists at work on the 15th.

Find out about the illustrators here






Evening of Irish Story Telling and Music

Thursday 30th April 2009 at the bookshop. From 6:30pm FREE
Books for Amnesty in Brighton and County Brighton Irish Society present a heart warming, toe tapping evening of Irish storytelling and traditional music on Thursday April 30 Local author Bridget Whelan will read from ‘A Good Confession’, a story about the friendship that grows between a young widow and a Catholic priest in 1960s London. Health guru Miriam Stoppard described the novel as “an unputdownable, compelling love story about the conflict between passion and duty” Bridget will be joined by other Brightonians who write with a distinctive Irish voice including Ty Galvin, chair of the Brighton Irish Society and prize winning short story writer Carmel Walsh. They will be accompanied by the lilting sounds of The Celtic Ti-grrs, an elegant uplifting Brighton based trio who have been delighting audiences with their youthful energetic take on Celtic music for the last three years. Free Entry. Donations welcome.





County Brighton Irish Society
www.brightonirish.co.uk



Little Gig for Amnesty

Saturday 28th February 2009 at the bookshop
Protect the Human Party Music and Poetry night with solo vocal looping from BUNTY, soulful singing from FAYE HOUSTON, performance poetry from JUKE BOX POETS and Free Cake from 6:30pm. Free Entry. Donations welcome.


Juke Box Poets
www.myspace.com/jukeboxpoets
Bunty: Solo vocal loops
www.myspace.com/buntyface
Faye Houston: Soulful singer.
www.myspace.com/fayehouston




SANCTUARY IS A HUMAN RIGHT

*The bookshop will be having a book stall at the "Sanctuary is a Human Right" event on Saturday December 6th at the Brighton Unitarian Church (across from the Mash Tun pub). Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the event is an afternoon of poetry, prose, theatre and photography, mulled wine and mince pies organised by the Sussex University Amnesty group. Come and say hi from 11:30am!

1pm Guinnah Hussain: Slam poetry

2pm Aydin Mehmet Ali: Prose and Poetry

3pm Tha Asylum Monologues performed by Actors for Human Rights

Music from Rudi Schmidt, Michael Mclinn, Bunty and Katie Malco

*SKOOLZ ART 2008 CHILDREN'S ART TRAIL

13 September to 31st October 2008. The Bookshop will be displaying artwork in the window as part of the Skoolz Art Children's Art Trail.

More about SKOOLZ ART Art Trail

*PROTECT THE HUMAN PARTY Friday October 17th 6pm to 8:30pm

Celebrating ‘Protect the Human Week’ we're keeping the shop open in the evening and having a little party. Come and enjoy some music and drinks and help Amnesty stand up for Human Rights

INSTRUMENT AMNESTY NIGHT Saturday September 20th 6:30pm

Come and join us at the bookshop for some music and FREE CAKE! and donate your old bass drum, fiddles, triangles and trombones! Maybe you have bought a new guitar and your old one is looking lonesome? Maybe your loft has a drum kit from your teenage punk rock days? From September 20th the Books for Amnesty bookshop will be selling second hand musical instruments. If you have an instrument that you don’t play why not donate it to Amnesty? Pass it on to another aspiring musician, while helping raise funds for Amnesty’s Human Rights work.

*BOOK STALL AT BODHI GARDEN FAIR

The Amnesty Bookshop will be having a stall at the Bodhi Garden Fair

Saturday 13th September 10am - 4.30pm

Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton A one-day festival of fun & food, art & music, health & healing... And a fund-raiser day for the charity. Live, inspirational and eclectic music; Buddhist cinema from around the world; A taste of Buddhist meditation for complete beginners; Talks from experts from the different traditions of Buddhism; Vegetarian and vegan café serving delicious home-cooked & cakes; Therapies & Workshops: Art therapy, massage, hypnotic meditation, mindful stress management, yoga for kids etc; Stalls selling ethnic, fair-trade, ethical goods, handicrafts, clothing, jewellery, and Tibetan art. Free entry. Come and enjoy

More Information about BODHI GARDEN

*BOOK SIGNING AND PERFORMANCE

A selection of authors read from their own work from 'Salt and Vinegar' published by Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project

www.bucfp.org

"Dive into stories that span the world, sting the eyes and grip the memory...phrases that will make you laugh and anecdotes that will force a smile of recognition. Salt and Vinegar is real life: straight from the heart to the page."

At the bookshop

Thursday 29th May 2008 6:30pm

*SPRING RAFFLE. A lucky customer won a SIGNED copy of Jacqueline Wilson's new book; 'My Sister Jodie'! (illustrated by Nick Sharrat).



*DONATE A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TO RAISE MONEY FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL!



Donations accepted whenever the book shop is open, pick up for larger instruments may be available please contact for more detail.



BOOKS FOR AMNESTY ONLINE: Books for Amnesty Brighton selling to the world! (kicking and screaming into the 21st century) we have just started to SELL BOOKS ONLINE on the ABEbooks website You can check out our online stock here: Amnesty Brighton online sales


EVENTS AT THE BOOKSHOP (Music, poetry, art, book readings and signings and other cool stuff. Once a month at least we try and do something fun in the shop) :


Our October 2007 Event: Protect the Human Party. Weds 17th October at the Gladstone pub on Lewes Road. 6:00pm to 11:30pm. In association with the Grand Launch of the University of Brighton Student Amnesty Group. Dave from Lennie (Carnival Pop), Resonators (Reggae / Dub) and the Trucks (Country) will be playing. Plus DJ. Books and Tshirts for sale too!

www.myspace.com/resonatorsmusic

www.myspace.com/thetrucksbrighton

www.myspace.com/newbrightonband



Our 'For Cake and Country' event on September 29th became the "FREE CAKE!!! Protect the Human" party. Loads of free cake eaten and loads of signatures on our giant campaing letter: The Right to Free Protest in Burma. We missed the Trucks but we can see them in October at the Amnesty gig at the Gladstone! :



Our event in June was the Amnesty Swapshop:



JUNE 30th (Saturday): 'The great Big Amnesty Swap Shop'

MAY: 'Save the World, Yeah' Art installation as part of Brighton Festival Fringe

APRIL 21st (Saturday): Launch Gig with THE TRUCKS, LOS PIRATAS, CARLY BRYANT, DJANGO SPEARS and HULLABALLOO CHOIR

Books for Amnesty sell second hand books, vinyl, cd's, dvd's and comics.

We have two floors of the best second hand books and new books at second hand prices and we're very excited about our new RECORD SHOP at the back of the ground floor!

As well as second hand books etc. we also sell Amnesty International Tshirts, badges and fair trade chocolate!
All the money we raise goes to Amnesty International (UK) to support work defending human rights in the UK and worldwide. All our stock comes from donations and all our staff are volunteers.
If you would like to donate some books / records etc just bring them down (or give us a call if its a big donation!).

WE LOVE VINYL DONATIONS! Got records you haven't listened to for years? Don't put them in the attic, bring them down to the shop and put them to work helping Amnesty stand up for human rights.

We're always looking for new volunteers, if you are interested in volunteering just pop in for a chat.

We have a regular calender of events happening in the shop. Check out our events list for cool stuff coming up! See our blog page for reviews of events we've already had.

15 Sydney Street

(North Laine)

Brighton

BN14EN

Opening Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10 am - 6 Sunday 11 - 5pm
Telephone: 01273 688983


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E. Stephen

E. Stephen



Sep 30 2009 11:57 AM

All the best to you.

-E
The Hornblower Brothers

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Sep 30 2009 10:30 AM

Hello,
How are you doing?
If you're free on Saturday why not come along and help us celebrate our EP release. It would be good to see you!
HBBs
x
Coachwerks

Coachwerks



Sep 20 2009 7:21 PM



SoundCurious #1:  listen & look : look & listen
A weekend of enthralling activities in sound and moving image: Live scoring and zoetroping, puppets, OHP animation and more and more.

Performances from:

Hamilton Yarns
Robert Stillman
Bunty
Weirding Vessel
Collectress
Sons of Noel and Adrian
Charlie Henry
The Grubby Mitts
Vitamin B12
Same Actor
Bela Emerson
Viv

Oct 10th & 11th Workshops 1000 - 1200. Shows 1800 - late. Weekend £14, Day £8
Coachwerks. 19 Hollingdean Terrace, Brighton.
More info at www.soundcurious.org.uk
Shoes With Rockets

Paul Ewen



Sep 14 2009 9:09 AM

I raise a glass, pour it over my eyes, down my trousers...
Heavy Load

Heavy Load



Sep 10 2009 8:10 PM

Thanks for being our friend
Do you love George Michael?
Love Heavy Load
(To find out about the movie about us please see www.heavyloadthemovie.com) 
70s Cop

70s Cop



Sep 9 2009 9:42 AM

No worries guys, same to you. What's the deal with the tracksforamnesty thing then?
Karmadillo

Karmadillo



Sep 7 2009 1:51 AM



Will be in touch to sort out the song donation.
The Little Big Band

The Little Big Band



Sep 4 2009 10:24 AM

Thanks for the add Books for Amnesty! LBB x





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Sep 3 2009 5:05 PM

Hey! Thanks again for being our friend. Make sure you have a little listen to our album Songs For Abandoned Buildings. If you like it, please follow the link on the player to buy it from itunes so we can play a town near you! Don't forget to give us a review on itunes when you buy it :)
The Fretful Federation Mandolin Orchestra

The Fretful Federation Mandolin Orchestra



Aug 31 2009 5:05 PM

My the temperature, of your shop, never rise to Fahrenheit 451.
That Legendary Wooden Lion

That Legendary Wooden Lion



Aug 31 2009 12:37 PM

Thanks for adding us. Are you loooking for more tracks?
baby button eyes

baby button eyes



Aug 26 2009 3:03 PM

Hey Brighton Family! You may like this event....


This Saturday 29th August, we have.....

The Pictish Trail 

Rozi Plain

OLO Worms
 

@ The Sanctuary in Brighton.

   

FLASH BANG BAND- TRUMPET / KEYS PLAYER REQUIRED

FLASH BANG BAND- TRUMPET / KEYS PLAYER REQUIRED
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Aug 21 2009 9:52 PM

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we headline Jam @ brighton used to be water margin: 

TUESDAY 25TH AUGUST 2000NINE @ 10 O CLOCK 

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please come down to see us we have some sick new sound coming out of our stuffs ...
REC-LIVE-UK

REC-LIVE-UK



Aug 9 2009 11:53 AM

Hello !!
Dont Forget that during august, any booking made will recive a 20% discount of our already amazing rates.
Get in touch


Rec Live UK
Haunted Stereo

Haunted Stereo



Aug 9 2009 10:59 AM

Hello Mark and team! Just wanted to say thank you for hosting us last night. We really enjoyed the gig. What a lovely audience you had as well... We're very much up for working with you again. Just give us a shout :-) xx Anja/ Haunted Stereo
Elemental: REBEL WITHOUT APPLAUSE

Elemental: REBEL WITHOUT APPLAUSE



Aug 7 2009 9:49 AM

hello you pretty little pixies- just to let you know that if you want a rap act/ spoken word/ mad professor to come along and perform at any of your events- then you need only say the word.
Alll the best!
Professor Elemental
REC-LIVE-UK

REC-LIVE-UK



Aug 5 2009 7:33 PM

Hello !!
Dont Forget that during august, any booking made will recive a 20% discount of our already amazing rates.
Get in touch


Rec Live UK
Music AutOmatiK

Music AutOmatiK



Jul 28 2009 6:03 PM

Thanks

Nice to meet you !

Good Work !

Studio Frequencia

Studio Frequencia



Jul 26 2009 1:16 PM

Salut,
merci de nous avoir ajouté, il y a quelques chansons de projets enregistrés au studio, n hésite pas à donner ton avis, et parler de nous si ca te plait.

Bonne Journée !

Power Out

Power Out



Jul 26 2009 1:09 PM

Hey! Make sure you head down to Power Out this Friday, some awesome bands are playing and we'd love to see you there :)



Click the poster for tickets!

xx
33REVOLUTIONS

33REVOLUTIONS



Jul 21 2009 9:21 AM

Hey,

Yer all is well with us. Hope all is well with you. Love the shop!!

33revolutions
REC-LIVE-UK

REC-LIVE-UK



Jul 7 2009 10:37 PM

Hi there!
First of all we would like to introduce ourselves
We are REC LIVE UK, a professional Mobile recording studio.

We offer bands the chance to record their live performances on the highest quality available, without compromising the budget.

We also offer the following services. (Click on the picture to go direct you to our website)



To hear some samples of our live recordings you can check our Myspace by clicking on the picture below

>Rec Live UK -Record your live music-



Thanks for your time, and looking forward to work with you on your new project.


Manu Villasante
Rec Live UK
Loop Festival: Brighton

Loop Brighton



Jun 22 2009 9:32 PM

Loop is back with our best ever lineup here's a quick taster



See www.loopbrighton.com for tickets and info
Burn The Evidence

Burn The Evidence



Jun 14 2009 1:22 PM

Hey thanks for the friendship.

Keep up the good work, all the best.

BTE

My Tour of Duty

My Tour of Duty



Jun 11 2009 11:06 AM

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