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The Lifted Brow No. 4 (Fake Bookshelf) is available for preorder.

It's biennial, published in Melbourne, and comprehensive - TLB4 has no less than 67 stories and comics, and 40 songs, based on the titles on a fake bookshelf. According to my informant, the issue includes:

New work by Spiral Stairs
Rick Moody
The Lucksmiths
Neil Gaiman (a song by Neil Gaiman - sung by Claudia Gonson from The Magnetic Fields)
Daniel Handler
Anna Krien
Karen Russell
The Wrens
Benjamin Law
Jeffrey Brown
Pikelet
Bachelorette
Adam Thirlwell
Heidi Julavits
Robert Olen Butler
Frightened Rabbit
Dan Deacon
The Panda Band
Carey Mercer (from Frog Eyes)
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
The Capstan Shafts
Jim Shepard,
and 89 more.

There is also word of a song performed by Jonathan Lethem's band, and a sale of discounted back issues is currently in progress.
A story by Kevin Moffett from the latest issue is available to read for free, here.
The Lifted Brow has an eclectic publishing brief, including words and music, the importance of independence from funding, and the freedom to seek international contributors. I am intrigued, and may well order one myself.

Comments

[Annie Morris]

Wow. Followed you over from Ampersandduck's blog. Thanks for posting this link. This is what makes the internet great. The blog itself is fantastic, let alone the book (which I will get someday - such an interesting concept!!)

Thanks again