A festive evening of stories from Weird Lies at Lewisham Library: icemaidens, time travellers, dream lovers and … cult murder. Like I said, festive!
Cliff Chapman reads from Richard Smyth‘s Heriot.
Malini Stevenson reads from C T Kingston‘s The Icicle
Rhik Samadder reads from Maria Kyle‘s Candyfloss
Everybody reads from Jonathan Pinnock‘s The Last Words of Emmanuel Prettyjohn
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We had a capacity crowd at Review bookshop for our PLF event: here are some videos of the readings and an audio file of the Q&A.
Rhik Samadder reading David Bausor‘s O Happy Day: from London Lies, a tale of weddings, street parties and sausages.
Nicky Diss reading Rosalind Stopps‘ How to Survive the Olympics with a Broken Heart from Lovers’ Lies
and Peter Noble (who stepped in at the 11th hour for which we are VERY grateful) reading Alan Graham‘s Zwo from Weird Lies, a stroy of alienation and B-movies.
The Q&A features all the authors plus Cherry Potts and Katy Darby – editors of the anthologies, talking about writing for Liars’ League, having stories read aloud, arguing, editing, Liars’ League attempts to take over the world, and our massive ignorance on the short story scene in Canada!
Thanks to all our readers, authors, audience and especially Evie Wyld (who didn’t even get to hear the stories apart from the monster roars through the floor) and Review Bookshop for hosting.
Arachne Press is delighted to announce that we are taking part in the Peckham Literary Festival: showcasing our three Liars’ League collaborations.
Thursday 28th November 2013 at 7pm
Review Bookshop 131 Bellenden Road, Peckham, SE15 4QY
Three stories 
Three authors 
and three actorscome together to introduce you to new worlds hiding in the everyday. From a movie monster convention in Berlin to a “riotous assembly” on Peckham Rye, via the twin heartbreaks of love and the Olympics, professional actors breathe life into short fiction from Arachne Press’s three acclaimed anthologies of Liars’ League stories. After the readings, there will be an informal Q&A with the writers, performers and editors (Cherry Potts and Katy Darby)
about what makes a short story sing, and what publishers and live events look for in fiction.
With work from Rosalind Stopps, Alan Graham, and David Bausor
Rosalind Stopps
Read and performed by Nicky Diss, Rhik Samadder, and Alistair Lock
Nicky Diss
Rhik Samadder
Alistair Lock
Book your ticket here www.eventbrite.com/event/8851321541
Science fiction, fantasy and strange stories from Weird Lies at
Lewisham Library 199-201 Lewisham High Street, SE13 6LG
Thursday 5th December, 8-9.30.
Readings of
The Icicle by CT Kingston read by Malini Stevenson – fairy tale of an icemaiden
Candyfloss by Maria Kyle read by Rhik Samadder – nightmare of a dreamfriend
Heriot by Richard Smyth read by Cliff Chapman – mental institution inmate may be more than he seems
and
Jonathan Pinnock‘s spoof documentary The Last Words of Emmanuel Prettyjohn read by as many people as we can persuade to join in and get rehearsed.