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Posted by tcook on January 29, 2008 - 17:42

The highlight for us is undoubtedly this gig featuring our very own spack (Joe Dunthorne):

Fri 28 Feb ‘08

JOSHUA FERRIS + Joe Dunthorne + Richard Milward

Experience live readings from three of the hottest fiction writers 2007/8.
US author Joshua Ferris reads from Then We Came To The End, his virtuoso satire of office life based in a Chicago advertising agency; Richard Milward’s Apples is a prelapsarian tale of innocence and experience laced with E, weed, Smirnoff and speed. Joe Dunthorne’s Submarine is an Adrian Mole-esque coming of age story and one of this year’s most anticipated novels.

Bardens Boudoir £6.50 adv 7pm
38-44 Stoke Newington Rd. London. N16 7XJ

‹ Apprenticeship in Fiction Brighton Komedia - Thurs 7th Feb, 8pm ›

spack | January 29, 2008 - 19:55

Come down, talers, one and all. I can vouch for the quality of both Joshua Ferris (whose book has just been Richard and Judy'd) and for Richard Milward.

Joe

andrea | January 29, 2008 - 22:23

And loads more (detailed) info here:

http://genres.ukauthors.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1189

http://www.ukauthors.com
http://www.ukapress.com

markbrown | January 30, 2008 - 11:32

Oooooo, I quite fancy this.

Looking forward to seeing you there Joe. Reading I mean.

Andrea, how much more (detailed) is the info you're directing people to?

Cheers,

Mark

andrea | January 30, 2008 - 13:07

Well, if you click on the link Mark, you'll see.

http://www.ukauthors.com
http://www.ukapress.com

spack | January 30, 2008 - 16:40

Oh yeah, and another London Word Festival event is The Oulipo Poets. Which is me and Rokkitnite and another poet, Ross Sutherland. It'll be us doing our univocalisms and a kind of mini-lecture on restrictions in writing.

It's 9 March with Toby Litt @ Gramaphone on Commercial Street

Here's two of the poems we'll read, mine written only using the vowel 'I' and Tim's in 'A'.

http://www.abctales.com/story/spack/filth

http://www.abctales.com/story/rokkitnite/gay-day

tcook | February 1, 2008 - 15:17

I posted the information sent to me by the Festival but on looking at my diary I note that Friday is Feb 29th. I assume that that would be the right date - but Joe, can you confirm?

spack | February 5, 2008 - 23:32

It's Thursday the 28th Feb.

Joe

mcmanaman | February 6, 2008 - 14:38

Also, while we are plugging London gigs, come and watch mcmanaman and spack read at The Griffin in Shoreditch on Saturday 16th Feb.

http://www.londonisfree.com/cgi-bin/mtldf/mt-search.cgi?tag=The%20Griffi...

spack | February 6, 2008 - 19:38

Yes, do come. It'll be lovely.