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'THE GO-BETWEENS: RIGHT HERE'

Ireland/UK screenings, September/October 2018

The Go-Betweens: Right Here, a documentary by Kriv Stenders, will be screened in Ireland and the UK in September and October 2018.

It will show at these cinemas:

Saturday 22nd September 2018: Irish Film Institute, Dublin
Friday 5th September 2018 to Sunday 7th October 2018: Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow
Monday 8th October 2018: City Varieties, Leeds
Wednesday 17th to Thursday 18th October: Filmhouse Cinema, Edinburgh
Monday 22nd October: Home Cinema, Manchester

View the trailer for The Go-Betweens: Right Here:

* UNCUT MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 *

* MOJO MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 *

Grant & I book cover

Grant & I: Book Of The Year 2017

Grant & I has been named Book Of The Year 2017 by Uncut and Book Of The Year 2017 by Mojo Magazine.

Grant & I is the story of the friendship and collaboration of Grant McLennan and Robert Forster, who gave Australia The Go-Betweens, one of our best and most influential bands.

To find out more about the book, and to buy it, in Autralia please visit the Penguin Books website; in the UK visit Omnibus website.

'The truest and strangest poet of his generation.' Nick Cave

'An odyssey of friendship, ambition and the struggle of art. Clear-eyed and compelling.' Paul Kelly

'Books by Bob Dylan and Patti Smith have set a new benchmark for the music memoir in recent years. Forster’s book sits well in their company.' Loudmouth e-zine

Links to reviews of Grant & I are on the Grant & I page.

Grant & I was published in the UK by Omnibus on 17th July 2017 and will be publishedin Germany by Heyne on 30th October 2017.

Signed copies of Grant & I are available via Pledge Music.

Robert appeared on BBC TV's 'Newsnight' programme on 12th October 2017:

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THE GO-BETWEENS: RIGHT HERE: Documentary of The Year 2017

The Go-Betweens: Right Here, a documentary by Kriv Stenders, has been named as Documentary Of The Year 2017 by the Screen Producer Associations in Australia

The Go-Betweens: Right Here was released on DVD in Australia on 6th December 2017.

ROBERT FORSTER SINGLE

Robert Forster and Jherek Bischoff single sleeve

A limited 7" single of Robert Forster with Jherek Bischoff and string quartet performing People Say and In Her Diary at the WEEK-END festival in 2013 is being released in an edition of 500 copies. The single can be ordered from WEEK-END fest website..

Grant McLennan

Friday 6th May 2016 marked the 10th anniversary of the passing of Grant McLennan. Robert has written some words in tribute to Grant on his Robert Forster Facebook page

Songs To Play

Songs To Play album cover

Robert Forster's first album in seven years, Songs To Play, was released on 18th September 2015 by Tapete Records on vinyl, CD and download.

The album was produced by Robert with Scott Bramley and Luke McDonald of The John Steel Singers. Scott and Luke play on the album along with Matt Piele and Karin Baumler.

Tracks on Songs To Play include Learn To Burn, Let Me Imagine You, Songwriters On The Run, I Love Myself (And I Always Have) and Disaster In Motion. Full tracklisting here. Songs to Play can be heard as a stream from The Guardian and the Courier-Mail.

The album can be ordered now from Tapete Records, as deluxe vinyl, regular vinyl or 4-panel gatefold limited CD. Both vinyl versions include a copy of the album on CD. The deluxe vinyl version is limited to 500 copies and comes in a special 'Tip-on' style cover. It also includes a postcard signed by Robert Forster and a @I Love Myself (And I Always Have)' sticker. Full details on all versions can be found on the Tapete Records website.

Robert will be appearing live through to the end of the year in support of Songs To Play. Scroll down for dates.

More about Songs To Play in this YouTube video clip:.