EVENTS
About the event
Join me and other artists on March 20th at 7:30pm for an evening of live poetry and music at The Bushwick Bookclub, at Green Note in Camden, London. This event will feature music and poetry inspired by Julia Gray's recent book 'I Ada', a fictionalised memoir of Ada Lovelace, the computing genius.
Bushwick gathers the talents of local songwriters and poets who plumb the depths of a chosen literary gem to create that rare and beautiful thing – a new poem or song (or visual art, dance, film or snack!) For this edition, experience the differing artistic responses to Jana Bakunina’s Stories by a Russian Londoner. Co-hosted by Georgina Jackson and Amanda Thorpe, the lineup includes songwriters and poets: Little Lore, Yair Schleider, Frank Foucault, Leti, and Kapu Lewis amongst others.
REVIEWS
Back in London for the second time ifour months, The Bushwick Book Club has garnered praise from publications such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Out NY, and the Village Voice who awarded the BBC for “Best Literary-Musical Crossover
“The Bushwick Book Club takes humdrum book reading to a new level.”
The New York Times
“The greatest honor I received from writing my book has been the BBC writing songs about it, very grateful!”
Amy Schumer (The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo)
“I’m so pleased that my writing caused this lovely group to burst into song. Because what’s better than bursting into song? Very little!”
Jonathan Ames (Bored To Death, Blunt Talk)
About the event
Join me for the launch of A Dictionary of Light, the Rhys Davies Prize 2024 Anthology at Waterstones in Swansea on November 27th at 6pm.
I'm shortlisted for the Waterstones Rhys Davies Prize 2024! Join me for the event.
DATE & TIME
27 November 2024
6:00 pm
LOCATION
Waterstones Swansea, The Old Carlton Cinema, 17 Oxford St, Swansea SA1 3AG
PRICE
REVIEWS
“The Rhys Davies Short Story Competition never fails to attract writers of the highest quality, and this year has proven no exception. Among the stories I was honoured to select for the shortlist are tales which vary from the deeply personal to the pseudo academic, which are told from the human perspective and the elephant, and which are structured both traditionally and experimentally. What made each of these often very different stories stand out was that the themes explored, however obliquely, rang out with an honesty and humanity which is the great writer’s truest gift. I’m excited for them to find their readership. Huge congratulations are due to the writers for the dedication and bravery they have brought to their craft.”
Judge Rebecca F. John
“The stories which feature on the 2024 Rhys Davies Competition shortlist present life in its myriad beautiful, heart wrenching, truthful forms. Here, lives are in transition – between cultures and language, past and present, dreams and reality. Characters, scarred and vulnerable, wander, and wonder. It is an honour to include the work of the twelve finalists in a special anthology dedicated to this Competition – many congratulations to them all.”
Dr Canning, editor of the anthology
About the event
Join me and other artists on November 6th for an evening of live poetry and music at The Bushwick Bookclub, at Green Note in Camden, London.
Bushwick gathers the talents of local songwriters and poets who plumb the depths of a chosen literary gem to create that rare and beautiful thing – a new poem or song (or visual art, dance, film or snack!) For this edition, experience the differing artistic responses to Jana Bakunina’s Stories by a Russian Londoner. Co-hosted by Georgina Jackson and Amanda Thorpe, the lineup includes songwriters and poets: Little Lore, Yair Schleider, Frank Foucault, Leti, and Kapu Lewis amongst others.
I'm performing at Bushwick Bookclub, at Green Note, this November!
DATE & TIME
6 November 2024
7:30 pm
LOCATION
106 Parkway, London NW1 7AN, UK
PRICE
£10 advanced (£15 on the door)
REVIEWS
Bushwick Book Club has garnered praise from publications such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Out NY, and the Village Voice who awarded the BBC for “Best Literary-Musical Crossover
“The Bushwick Book Club takes humdrum book reading to a new level.”
The New York Times
“The greatest honor I received from writing my book has been the BBC writing songs about it, very grateful!”
Amy Schumer (The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo)
“I’m so pleased that my writing caused this lovely group to burst into song. Because what’s better than bursting into song? Very little!”
Jonathan Ames (Bored To Death, Blunt Talk)
