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Darkest London with Iain Sinclair and Sebastian Groes

Duration: 1hour Ticketed event: advance booking only Fee payable  £6.00 , concessions £5.00 Adult event Location: Museum of London Part of the “Special events” series of events

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Victorian London is often portrayed as a city of darkness, oppression, crime and squalor – but was this really the case? Renowned writer and London psychogeographer, Iain Sinclair, considers the [...]

Event at Canada Water library in London on Mon 23/04/2012 at 19.30 (World Book Night)

Acclaimed author of Downriver (winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Encore Award), Iain Sinclair will be talking about his latest book Ghost Milk: Calling Time on the Grand Project.

In the book the author sets out from the East London Olympic site – a ruin in the making – on the [...]

Steve Dilworth- A Portrait by Paul Cox

It feels that Steve Dilworth – a substantial presence in Robert McFarlane’s new book – is coming into his time. Or: time, slower and deeper in the terrain in which Dilworth is embedded, is letting him swim free. Paul Cox has delivered a clean, sharp report. Watch Steve’s gunpowder eyebrows move. They are still quizzical, [...]

Pighog press Anglo-American event (Part of London Book Fair)

Pighog press and Swedenborg society have organised an Anglo-American poetry event in London:

“Anglo American event in London on Monday 16 April at 7pm.”

Please check the Pighog website for more details

Pighog at London Book Fair

16 – 18 April

From Monday 16 – Wednesday 17 April Pighog will be represented on the Central [...]

“Night Thoughts: The Surreal Life of the Poet David Gascoyne by Robert Fraser – review” from The Guardian

Iain reviews the book “Night Thoughts: The Surreal Life of the Poet David Gascoyne” by Robert Fraser on the Guardian, 30/03/2012:

 

Night Thoughts: The Surreal Life of the Poet David Gascoyne by Robert Fraser – review | Books | The Guardian

The Isle of Wight is different. And though it stands within teasing sight [...]