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whenthiswasfields

Any suggestions for where to hold a book club?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 7 responses

Still trying to find a venue for our book club, ideally a pub or quiet restaurant on a Tuesday night that we could use for our meetings. Still stuck at the Royal Festival Hall, which is fine, but we’re keen to move on as soon as. Again, our ideal would be a private room or section in a pub (for free if at a...

whenthiswasfields

Does anyone have any information on this quirky bookshare?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 10 responses

One of my friends mentioned to me the other week that there was a website where you could look up where people have left any books they’ve just read – apparently they tell you where they’ve left read books in London and if they’re still there you can pick them up, read them and then leave the...

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Question of the Day: is Peckham really 'Britain's number one creative hotspot'?

Posted by kudocities 9 months ago
Last active 7 months ago 7 responses

Or even London’s? Because the people behind the Peckham Literary Festival say that it is. They say there are ‘artists’ colonies breaking out all over the place, heaving with thesps and musicians, and of course writers’. Are there? Where are they? Are they under the bridge? And if Peckham isnR...

comradem

Classic Litt or Pulp Fiction?

Posted by comradem about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 0 responses

Interesting experiment over at Time Out, where you’re supposed to write in and help string together a story started by Toby Litt … http://www.timeout.com/london/books/features/2654.html Too bad the opening chapter reads like it was phoned in by the otherwise rate-worthy Litt. Mild exoticism, Heathrow Ai...

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LITRO - Original Fiction for the Underground: 50th Issue Party

Posted by LitroK about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 0 responses

Yes, we know you’ll be nursing sore heads from the FCL meet-up the night before, but on Friday 13th April 2007 (lucky for some!), we will publish Issue 50 of Litro – the friendly, non-invasive species of freesheet, which features some damn fine short fiction each week. You lovely, literate lot are inv...

babybat

Jim Crace discusses The Pesthouse, 24th April

Posted by babybat about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 1 response

Jim Crace in Conversation with Dr Philip Tew at Waterstones, Gower Street, WC1 Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 6:30PM – 8:00PM Free Tickets Available instore The Whitbread award winning author Jim Crace will be discussing the relationship between fiction writers and academic critics with his biographer Dr Phil...

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FCL Writers' Group III

Posted by cigarette_sigh about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 29 responses

The 2nd meeting of the FCL Writers’ Group featured: the discovery of our own little hideout at the Bloomsbury Tavern a bounteous selection of food for £3 a head *some lively debate on the writing submitted including the observation that one piece featured an incident that was “a little bit Kat S...

babybat

John Pilger: Freedom Next Time, 31st May

Posted by babybat about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 6 responses

Don’t miss the opportunity to hear Britain’s renowned broadcaster and journalist, known for exposing deception and improving human rights. John Pilger will be talking about his latest book Freedom Next Time as well as answering questions and signing books. There will also be a screening of his latest fil...

babybat

Socrates Cafe at Waterstones, 4th June

Posted by babybat about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 0 responses

Noted philosopher Christopher Phillips brings his hugely successful Socrates Cafe to Waterstone’s Gower St. He will be discussing his new book ‘Socrates in Love’ and answering questions on all things Socratic. Refreshments will be provided. 3rd Floor, Waterstone’s Gower St, WC1E 6EQ Free Tick...

babybat

Roger Scruton: Culture Counts 28th June

Posted by babybat about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 2 responses

What is culture? Why should we preserve it, and how? In this event renowned philosopher Roger Scruton will be discussing his new book ‘Culture Counts’ which defends Western culture against its internal critics and external enemies, and argues that rumours of its death are seriously exaggerated. Refreshments will be ...

babybat

Kiran Desai signing at Waterstones

Posted by babybat about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 1 response

Booker Prize-winning author Kiran Desai will be signing her novel The Inheritance of Loss at Waterstones, on Gower Street, at 1pm on the 6th June. This is a free event, and everyone is welcome!

STML

London Lit Plus (LL+)

Posted by STML about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 4 responses

Hello Fridaypeople! A bunch of London-based lit organisations – publishers, literary magazines, writers and performers, are getting together to throw an open literary festival for London from June 29th to July 13th. That’s when the self-proclaimed ‘London Literature Festival’ is on at t...

babybat

An Evening of Decadence

Posted by babybat 11 months ago
Last active 11 months ago 1 response

Come and help us celebrate the paperback launch of the Decadent Handbook with speakers Rowan Pelling, Maria Alvarez, Durian Gray, Sebastian Horsley and Hari Kunzru. Refreshments provided, tickets £2 redeemable against purchase. At Waterstones Gower Street on Tuesday 18th September, from 6.30pm-8pm Further details: 0...

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