The Thicket magazine blog is announcing that all 25,00 copies of their first issue
have been delivered and I’m diging the page layout of the posted samples.
According to their site, the new Southern based magazine can be found locally, they are in Books-A-Million (Alabaster, Birmingham, Homewood, Hoover, Trussville, & Tuscaloosa), Barnes & Noble (Birmingham & Mountain Brook), Western, Bruno’s, Piggly Wiggly and Publix.
I just found out that tonight’s planned reception, celebrating The Birmingham Arts Journal‘s five years of publishing, has been moved to February 29th at Urban Standard (2320 2nd Ave. N). So we’ll all have to wait until then to meet the staff and some of the journal’s more recent contributors. The latest issue is in stores now and also available to view via pdf online, along with all the back issues. Which is pretty darn cool!
And here’s a little haiku for you to help welcome the weekend, which hopeful holds plenty of quiet time for you to read!
Alabama is getting a new magazine this month… Thicket is set to hit newsstands in mid-January, promising six issues a year. Lots of notable names in their inaugural issue and a couple of local celebs on their blog.
I’m looking forward to what they have to feature on Alabama and Birmingham. I’ll let y’all know how the first issue looks.
{via Bham Terminal}
The Literacy Council
2301 First Avenue North, Suite 102
Birmingham, AL 35203
Phone: 205-326-1925 and 1-888-448-7323
Fax: 205-326-0538
Email: info@literacy-council.org
It’s easy to miss this place. The doors are tucked up under an awning along 1st Avenue North. Most days you have to ring the doorbell to be let in. Just tell the person at the desk that you are there for the book sale and they’ll wind you around the office to the back area with all of the books. This space also doubles as a conference room. So if someone is having a meeting, you’ll have to come back later. But you can’t beat the prices and you never know what you’ll find. There are plenty of remainders but then also, just as many pristine copies of donated books.
The book store is open 8:30- 5:00, Monday through Friday.
Hardbacks $3.00, Softbacks $2.00,
Used books and advance copies $1.00
Buy 5 and get the 6th free.
