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Louise Swingler reads at Society of Young Publishers in Leeds

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The Society of Young Publishers North and Midlands would like to invite anyone interested in the art of writing and publishing to a special event in Leeds on the 18th June at The Outlaws Yacht Club. There will be discussions and networking opportunities alongside free food and drink.

The evening will feature talks and readings from:

Robert Williams, Faber & Faber Author

Mathew Headley Stoppard, Valley Press Poet

Louise Swingler, Arachne Press Author (Stations, Highbury & Islington) and Proofreader

The Outlaws Yacht Club is situated at 38 New York Street, Leeds. LS2 7DY. Doors are at 7pm and entry is free.

Established in 1949, The SYP is open to anyone in publishing or a related trade – or is hoping to be soon. Our aim is to help assist, inform and enthuse anyone trying to break into the industry or advance within it.

facebook event here

Clapham Books Host Lovers’ Lies Reading

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Our Friends at Clapham Books have invited us back to read for them again, Lovers’ Lies this time.

lovers lies fishCome and hear tales of love in all its complexities and excitement and buy something more original than that red rose for your beloved for Valentine’s day!

Stories of love suppressed, love hoped for and love well lived – and what went wrong in the Garden of Eden.

Wednesday 6th February 7.30-9.30

Clapham Books 120 Clapham High Street SW4 7UH

Readings from stories by Cherry Potts, Peter Higgins, Nathan Good, and Bobbie Darbyshire

The Book Stops Here

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Arachne authors Rosalind Stopps and Darren Lee will be reading their stories from Lovers’ Lies with other writers reading their work at The Book Stops Here on 11th February 7.30

The basement of Alley Cat, 4 Denmark Street, Soho, London WC2H 8LP.

MVMNT by Train…

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Another reading from Stations, at MVMNT cafe, right next to Greenwich DLR, if you listen hard enough we’ll have sound effects!

For those who have joined us at MVMNT before, there is now more protection from the elements and some heating, so don’t be put off by the season.

Wednesday March 20th 7pm

Line up:

Jacqueline Downs (Crystal Palace) She Didn’t Believe in Ghosts;

Bartle Sawbridge (Shadwell) Rich & Strange;

Peter Cooper (Highbury & Islington) Inspector Bucket Takes the Train,

Caroline Hardman (Hoxton) Bloody Marys and a Bowl of Pho.

And from Lovers’ Lies, (to show there’s more to us than train spotting) Darren Lee By the Horns.

Planning Ahead: Stations at Whitechapel

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The Stations roadshow (or should that be railshow?) rolls on into January.  We will be reading at

Whitechapel Ideas Store, 321 Whitechapel Road, E1 1BU

on Thursday 17th January 2013. 18:00-20:00.

come and listen to tales of:

Dalston moving day with Wendy Gill

History comes to life at Rotherhithe with Cherry Potts

Estate Agents get more than they bargained for at Shadwell with Bartle Sawbridge

Vampires struggle to cope with modern Hoxton with Caroline Hardman

Love blossoms amongst the coffee cups fo Brockley for Rosalind Stopps

and Aliens interfere in Emily’s career plan at Haggerston with Michael Trimmer

 

Stations reading at Clapham Books

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Stations is settling into a rhythm of readings with the latest booking at
Clapham Books
120 Clapham High Street
London, SW4 7UH
on Wednesday 21st November 2012. 7.30

Featured writers

Peter Cooper (Highbury & Islington)
Anna Fodorova (Canada Water) read by Cherry Potts
Rosalind Stopps  (Norwood Junction)
Wendy Gill (Dalston)
Jacqueline Downs (Crystal Palace)

Stories from many writers linked by the Overground line. Retired Policemen investigate train based crime, mothers cut the apron-strings, Students play hookey, oppressed workers fight back against bullying, and your local museum holds more than meets the eye…

Stations Reading at Deptford Lounge

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Stations Cover. Image copyright Gail Brodholt

Our second reading for Stations, in honour of New Cross, will be at the Library at Deptford Lounge, a short walk from New Cross Station.

Library
9 Deptford Lounge,
Giffin Street
SE8 4RW

Thursday 29th November 2012 7-8.30pm

(Although free, you need to book via the Albany 020 8692 4446)

As this is on actual publication day it is in effect our Local Launch so we are aiming at quite a few writers, all reading shorter snippets, so the line up is:

David Bausor (New Cross)
Rosalind Stopps (Brockley)
Paula Read (Honor Oak)
Joan Taylor-Rowan (Anerley)
Adrian Gantlope (Surrey Quays) Getting Adrian to speak in public is a major event, you won’t want to miss it!

Ellie Stewart (Wapping)
Bartle Sawbridge (Shadwell)
Katy Darby (Shoreditch High Street)

Join us for a whirlwind tour of the Overground by way of a foreign student’s first taste of South London, a brief encounter at Brockley, homelessness and homebaking, a lesson the birds and bees, transience by the Thames, failing to learn from beetles and film makers in East London.

Kilburn Library London Lies Readings

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Another Thursday, another reading – as part of the Word Up festival at Brent Libraries. Another batch of cakes, another accent from Katy Darby – channelling Thora Hird this time.

Kilburn Library‘s refit is so new it still smells of fresh paint and wood. Unlike many libraries I’ve been into recently, there are still plenty of books (hurrah!) and some rather nice turquoise sofas which we tested out while doing some interviews (more of which on a later date).

North London writers at the event, Clare Sandling and Laura Williams are very local to Queens Park, and Katy Darby used to live in the area before emigrating south of the river. Emily Cleaver came all the way from Oxford.

In the audience: fellow London Lies author Liam Hogan, and Stations authors, Louise Swingler and Wendy Gill

Snippets of the readings below – we struggled with a fair amount of background noise and a gradually collapsing tripod leg, but we managed to overcome it.