A couple of changes to the list of speakers - Nikki Pugh has unfortunately had to postpone (get well soon, Nikki), but (Yay!) we have Dan Thompson instead.

And *hopefully* also pancakes....

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As part of Pecha Kucha Global Cities Week, Pecha Kucha Night Coventry will be awash with interesting, erudite and inspiring perspectives on the City, Coventry and perhaps City-ness.

Speakers include:

Nicolas Whybrow : Exit to Renown Avenue

Elly Clarke : (title to follow)

Nikki Pugh : Possibility Probes

Lorna Parsons : Building a City

Chris O'Connell : (title to follow)

Dave Tittle : 20 things I have learnt about cities

Alex Albans : What Lies Beneath

Mark Osborne :This Is Then - Cov music scene 1979-81

Paul Coneally : Invigilator

What a list! I can fit in another 1 or 2 people to speak though, so if you can see yourself slotting into such august company - or, more importantly, have something to say about cities, the city, city-ness or Coventry in particular, please get in touch and volunteer (pkncov[at]gmail[dot]com) - doing a PK presentation is surely the most fun you can have in 6 minutes ;)

PS Here's a link to the COVENTRY page on the global PK site, if you're interested...

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This is also your heads up for the next Pecha Kucha Coventry. Volume 8 will be at Taylor John's House on the 21st February (Pancake Day!) and will be part of the Pecha Kucha Global Cities Week, which marks the annual Pecha Kucha anniversary and will see events happening in many of the 450 cities worldwide which host Pecha Kucha Nights and so...

We're looking for presentations about cities, and specifically about Coventry.

Got an interesting angle on Coventry, or the city more generally, that you could share with us?

Are you an artist whose work explores aspects of the city?

Are you an architect or city planner with an interesting take on the changing face of cities or the way that they function?

Have you been involved in re-building the city?

Or do you have a particular relationship with a city that you'd like to share?

Please get in touch! You can tweet us (@PKN_Coventry) or email us pkncov[at]gmail[dot]com

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6.00    Doors open
6.25    Pecha Kucha in the Café c/o PKN Coventry
6.45    Music c/o Taylor John's House
7.10    Film premiere "I woz ere" in the Covered Court
7.25    Second screen of film in Studio (upstairs)
8.00    Pecha Kucha in the Café c/o PKN Coventry

    Chance to grab a beer before:
8.10    Watch the announcement, cheers or tears in Covered Court

9.00    After party party in the Hub, get your free ticket from Herbert reception before you go.

Try our George Shaw Christmas card competition, anytime, in the Café.

<practices cheering>

See you later :)

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We're very excited to announce that PKN Coventry Vol#7 is a SPECIAL ONE OFF EVENT at The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, part of the Coventry Art Party timed to coincide with the Turner Prize Announcement.

December 5th 2011 from 5.30pm

We'll all be rooting for local boy George Shaw whose homecoming exhibition "I woz ere" runs at The Herbert from November 17th: http://www.theherbert.org/index.php/home/whats-on/george-shaw-i-woz-ere-

There will be just 4 speakers (instead of the usual 8) who will be presenting on topics (hopefully) related (probably tangentially) to Coventry and/or George Shaw - as this Pecha Kucha is just a part of the George Shaw for Turner Prize evening. So treat it as a Pecha Kucha taster (and even better, it will be FREE admission just this once!)

TO BOOK YOUR FREE TICKETS, CLICK HERE!

We'll be back with a full line up at Taylor John's House in the new year.

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Pecha Kucha Coventry | Vol. 6 | Jo Roberts

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Pecha Kucha Coventry | Vol.6 | Bianca Winter

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Pecha Kucha Coventry | Vol. 6 | Ben Norris

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Pecha Kucha Coventry | Vol.6 | Cormac Falkner

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Pecha Kucha Coventy | Vol. 6 | Laura Elliot

PECHA KUCHA COVENTRY MOBILE LIBRARY

***TITLES AVAILABLE FOR LOAN***

*Catalogues & Non Fiction*

Folkestone Triennial Catalogue – A Million Miles from Home – 2011 -
ISBN-13: 978-0956266941

A Duck for Mr. Darwin - Evolutionary thinking & the struggle to exist
- Exhibition Catalogue - ISBN-13: 978-1903655276

Auschwitz – Camp of death – Natalia Zarembina (1942) – ISBN 83-89571-77-3

World Mythology – Reference Classics – General Editor, Roy Willis -
ISBN-13: 978-1844831661

David Flint – Zombie Holocaust - ISBN-13: 978-0859653978

The Martin Family and the University of Warwick – ISBN – 978-0902683983

*Fiction*

Horace Warpole – The Castle of Otranto - ISBN-13: 978-0199537211

William Golding – Lord of the Flies - ISBN-13: 978-0571191475

Charles Bukowski – Post Office - ISBN-13: 978-0863697609

Elizabeth Gaskell – North and South - ISBN-13: 978-0140434248

Charlotte Bronte – Jane Eyre - ISBN-13: 978-0706427622

***TITLES CURRENTLY ON LOAN***

*Catalogues & Non Fiction*

Dirt – Wellcome Collection Exhibition Catalogue - ISBN-13: 978-1846684791

Cowgirls, Cockroaches and Celebrity Lingerie : " The World's Most
Unusual Museums " Michelle Loveric (who is also a great fictional
adult and children’s writer) - ISBN-13: 978-1840468335

John Freyer – All My Life for Sale - ISBN-13: 978-0747563020

Walter Benjamin – Illuminations - ISBN-13: 978-0712665759

Frank Goddard - The Great North Road - ISBN-13: 978-0711224469

Adrian Heathfield (editor) – Small Acts of the Millennium - ISBN-13:
978-1901033571

*Fiction*

Paul Auster – Mr Vertigo - ISBN-13: 978-0571229086

David Sedaris – Naked - ISBN-13: 978-0753812488

*Returns*

Please bring this book back to the next Pecha Kucha Coventry event at
the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum on Monday December 5th.

Or email Lauraelliottprojects@googlemail.com for a postal address

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Pecha Kucha Coventry | Vo. 6 | Anna Mawby & Chie Hosaka

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Pecha Kucha Coventry | Vol.6 | Helen Bevan

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Pecha Kucha Coventry | Vol.6 | Vanessa Oakes

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Want to speak at Pecha Kucha Coventry?

So, there's one week to go till PKN Cov Vol#6 on October 11th at Taylor Johns House...we have seven speakers in place and it looks like another very interesting night. For symmetry though, I'd really like one more speaker - could it be you?! If you're interested, please drop us a line pkncov[at]gmail[dot]com

Bought your tickets yet?

If not, you can get 'em here [clickety click]

Not sure why you should come?

"this underrated gem of a cheap and creative night out is catching on slowly but deserves to be discovered...open your mind, grab a beer and head out for 2 hours of weirdly intoxicating inspiring entertainment!" (read more by scrolling down to number 5) - thanks @mr_spoon!

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Charlie Levine | 20 Trove Moments | 26.7.11

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Ian Upton | Me & My Nab | 26.7.11

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Coventry's 6th Pecha Kucha Night will be held at Taylor Johns House on October 11th.

So far we have Jo Roberts speaking about her Letterpress; Helen Bevan on the Chemical Cosh; Chie Hosaka & Anna Mawby on The Quality of Being Nothing; and Cormac Faulkner on The Beacon Light Requiem.

We've space for another 4 or 5 speakers - fancy giving it a go? Scroll down to view previous presentations and let us know pkncov[at]gmail[dot]com if you're prepared to take the 20 x 20 challenge!

Failing that, buy a ticket and come along! Sorry the cheaper earlybirds are sold out, but there's still plenty of space. http://pkncov6.eventbrite.com

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Ant Clay | Lessons from sailing as applied to life | 26.7.11

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Andy Parkes | Bletchley Park | 26.7.11

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