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| SEPTEMBER Mon 1 September ASAP 7.30pm, £3 Plastic Baglady, Shirley Lewis, will be talking with author David Smith and website founder Lionel Smith about ways to live as sustainably as possible. Stanfords, Long Acre, London WC2. Tickets may be bought in advance in-store, or by phone: 020 7836 1321 or by email: sales@stanfords.co.uk. Wed 10 September David Sedaris 7pm, £5 Humorist David Sedaris reads stories from his new collection, When You are Engulfed in Flames, and signs copies afterwards. Tickets from Waterstone’s Gower Street . Tel:0207 636 1577. Venue: The Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon St, London WC1. Tue 16 September Rosemary Hill with Andrew O'Hagan 7pm, £6 Augustus Pugin was the architect of the Gothic Revival, the designer of Big Ben and much of the Houses of Parliament. By 21, he had been shipwrecked, bankrupted and widowed; by 30 he had designed 22 churches and 3 cathedrals; at 40, insane and disillusioned, he was dead. Rosemary Hill s in conversation with writer and journalist Andrew O’Hagan about her biography, God’s Architect (Penguin). London Review Bookshop, 14 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL. Bookings: 020 7269 9030. Tube: Tottenham Court Rd or Holborn. Ticket cost includes a glass of wine. Thu 25 September Poetry Review speaks out: 'Where now for political culture?' 7pm, £5 John Walsh, Blake Morrison and Fiona Sampson use poetry as the starting point for this debate on whether literature can explore political themes and issues without compromising artistic quality. The Bishopsgate Institute and Foundation, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH. Tickets 020 7392 9220., more info here. | Scroll down for WORKSHOPS, CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS... REGULAR EVENTS (London). Tuesdays The Liars' League (monthly, 2nd Tue) short stories read by actors. To take part view deadlines here. Upstairs at The Wheatsheaf, 25 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1DG. Tube Tott Ct Rd. c£3, 7pm. Ambit (monthly, 2nd Tue) Poetry, prose, invited readers and floorspots. Upstairs at The Bath House pub, 96 Dean St, Soho, London W1D. 6.30pm, £5/£4. More info on their website. Wednesdays Richmond Writers Circle. A group for writers of poetry and prose, that holds occasional performance evenings and competitions. Parish Rooms, Church Walk, Richmond, TW9. 0208 878 2086. 7.30pm, £2. Thursdays New River Writers Weekly informal workshop with readings from work in progress in prose and poetry. Upstairs at Wenlock Arms, 26 Wenlock Rd, N1. Contact: duffusjjg@hotmail.com 7.30-10pm. Free. Fridays Tales of the DeCongested
Monthly, last Fri. Short story readings by new writers, selected from open submissions, at Foyles bookshop, 113-119 Charing Cross Rd WC1. 7.30pm, £3/£2.50.
Sundays Welcome to Wormworld Open mic poetry at The Foundry, 84-86 Great Eastern St, London EC2. Old Street tube, exit 3. Weekly, 8pm. Free. Mondays Player Playwrights Writers and actors’ club with readings of new work (stage and radio plays, film scripts and sketches). Upstairs at the Horse and Groom, 128 Great Portland St, London W1. 7.45pm, £2. Check dates here, closes for summer. Exiled Writers Ink - first Mon of month, Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, WC2. First half programmed, second half open mic. 7.30pm, £3/£1 Current info here. WORKSHOPS, EVENTS FOR WRITERS COMPETITIONS, CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS 8 Aug: Judge the Costa Children’s Book Award (ages 9-13) Prize £100 in book tokens. Entrants must be aged 9-13 on 8 August. Submit a 200-word book review for the chance to be part of the judging panel for the 2009 Costa Book Awards Children’s Book Award. Winners selected by Jacqueline Wilson will be asked to read 9-12 books in September and October, attend a judging sesson with the 3 adult judges, and be invited to the gala dinner and presentation ceremony in Jan 2009 where they will receive £100 worth of book tokens. More details here. 15th August: Arvon Poetry Competition Prizes: First - £5000, 2nd - £2500, 3rd - £1000. Plus 3 x commendations worth £500 each. Entry fee £6 per poem. Entry form required. Judges for 2008: Andrew Motion, Moniza Alvi and Alice Oswald. More info, entry form. 31 July: Sean O’Faolain Short Story Competition Main prizes: €1,500, or €500 and publication in the literary biannual Southword. Entry fee: €10. This annual competition sponsored by the Munster Literature Centre is dedicated to Sean O’Faolain, who was one of Ireland’s most accomplished story writers. Open to original unpublished short stories in the English language of up to 3,000 in length. Nuala Ní Chonchúir is this year’s judge. More details. 30 September: Brand Short stories to 2,500 words are sought for the Winter issue of this twice yearly publication. Submissions must be sent by post. More information. 30 Sept: Pulp Net Japan Short story competition Further details to be announced shortly. Prize ¥100,000. |
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August 2008
