For those of you who don't know, Pipe & Slippers is a south London quarterly lit/music event. Previous Bookarazzi members who have read at P&S are Marie Philips , Barbara Smith and Emma ...

I've gushed on previous occasions about Pipe & Slippers, south London's premier literary and music event. (See here for my blog post re last November and here's the latest re the one in February.) ...

Julia Williams reading from Pastures New Oxfringe Blackwells Bookshop Oxford 1-2.30pm Monday 31 March 2008 Although I have worked in publishing now for two decades (how the hell did that happen? I'm ...

Come see a one-night-only performance of Sue Guiney's acclaimed poetry play, Dreams of May. "Dreams of May is Sue Guiney's first play and she has the art of drawing the audience in to her...

The programme is online for the 2nd Vienna Lit Festival which will be held from 17-20 April 2008 in Vienna, Austria. There'll be English-speaking authors from Austria and abroad. Come and meet a r...

Click to read more about an exciting event taking place in South London on 24th February featuring readings by poets and authors mixed in with music and munchies - all in an uber cool venue. This regu...

I had a thought recently. It was a good thought. A clever thought. And this is the thought that I thought: What South London needs (I thought) is a homegrown version of Book Slam ... A regular even...

Although this Conference isn't taking place until June 2008, I thought I'd post the details since registration fees are reduced until 31 December. Details can be seen at http://www.shortstoryc...

The 6th Geneva Writers' Conference will be held on the weekend, 2 to 3 February 2008, at Webster University, Bellevue, Switzerland. The GWC has been going since 1998 and is held every two years....

This looks good. Theatre Grand-Slam A unique event that's the theatrical version of 'battle of the bands'. 16 VERY short plays compete for the title 'best new play'. Expect v...

I've just had the best weekend. Not only did I sneak a rare forty eight hours from the bosom of my family (thanks mainly to a deeply understanding other half), but I got to spend it with my best w...

I drove down to London for this event and I wasn't disappointed. We arrived at Westbourne Park tube convinced that we'd be able to walk along the Westway. D'oh! Why do I always forget this...

Next Thursday Irvine Welsh is taking part in Bookslam. For those not familiar, this is a very cool event in West London combining readings of fiction and poetry with DJs and general good stuff. And th...

Hi all I will be doing a reading and talk about my work at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival on 20th July. For full details and how to book tickets see this website. Nicola

This year was my first visit to the Hay festival.  According to all accounts it wasn’t nearly as good as it used to be, which is an incredibly frustrating thing to hear when you weren&rsquo...

I was invited to this year's Hay Festival with all expenses paid by Sky Arts . All I had to do was blog about it. Lucky me! What follows is the epic post I published on my return which was quote...