Me and Janie have been having fun recording tracks for ‘Different Words For Snow’ in Goldsmiths recording studios. We’re hoping to have a CD ready in time for the Phrased & Confused tour in May. They’ve set up a facebook group for the tour – check it out here http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=63881632812#/group.php?gid=63881632812
I also had a very good time performing at the launch of London’s newest literary salon The Book Club Boutique. It was a packed house in an uber trendy Soho bar. It’s on every Monday night and it’s free. Find out more here -
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=63881632812#/group.php?gid=55814894329&ref=ts
For any aspiring novelists out there, I’m hosting this novel pitching event for Spread The Word. Come down and see how it’s done! You can find out more about my novel ‘Heritage of Secrets’ here – http://tinyurl.com/c62wf3
Novel Pitch Live Final
Saturday 25 April
11am-4pm
Stratford Circus, Theatre Square, London E15 1BX
Tube: Stratford £7/£5 (concessions)
www.spreadtheword.org.uk
Come along to the live final if you’re interested in hearing top tips from the experts or would like to put your own key questions to the panel. You could also try your luck at the open-mic slot and pitch your writing for quickfire advice.
I’m also performing at another literary salon in a couple of weeks and then at the Southbank Centre on April 20th. Details below -
Polari Home & Abroad Night
Wednesday, April 15
6:30pm – 11:30pm
Freedom, 66 Wardour St, London W1
info@paulburston.com
Paul Burston’s gay literary salon returns to Freedom with authors Christopher Fowler (home boy), Nick Alexander (boy living abroad) and Aoife Mannix (Irish woman who’s lived all over the world). Plus DJs Dom Agius and Paul Burston playing tailored sounds, louche lounge and dirty disco.
Foreign Trade
Monday, April 20
8:00pm – 9:30pm
Level Five Function Room, Royal Festival Hall
Belvedere Road, London
www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Why do queer people from all over the world make their home in London? What do they find when they get here – and what do they leave behind? We’ll hear from Nigeria, Ireland, Singapore, Russia and Brazil and many other countries in an event of testimony and performance.
