Book now for a special screening of How to Marry a Millionaire followed by a spectacle-related chat by me link here:
https://phoenixcinema.co.uk/PhoenixCinema.dll/WhatsOn?Film=14023185
Event: Special screening of How to Marry Millionaire + talk by me, Sunday 10 April 15.30pm, Phoenix Cinema, East Finchley
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Pictures: Some photographs of the Laugharne Festival 2022
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Event: Laugharne Festival Weekend 25-27 March
I will be appearing at the Laugharne Festival, speaking to Will Burns and Emma Stonex about their novels and telling the story of vinyl and the LP with the aid of a few records from my collection.
Full details of the programme here:
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Books: Cover design for the forthcoming paperback edition of the award-winning Atlas of Vanishing Places
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Picture: Interviewed in the latest issue of the London Library magazine by Jessica Lack
https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/latest-news/2324-our-spring-22-magazine-is-out
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Picture: Through the Looking Glasses on display at Heffers of Cambridge
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Event: What’s Up Doc? film screening and spectacle-movie talk, Friday 25 Feb, The House of Cinema, E17
We are also delighted to be welcoming back Travis Elborough, a renowned freelance writer, author and cultural commentator, who will be discussing his latest book “Through The Looking Glasses: The Spectacular Life of Spectacles” so expect lots of film references.’
Book tickets here: https://ticketlab.co.uk/events/stowfilmlounge.com#/
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Listen: Better Known Podcast
NEW EPISODE: Writer Travis Elborough discusses six things which should be Better Known, including the novels of Dawn Powell, the Colonnade Bar in Brighton and Birkenhead Park – listen to the podcast at
https://better-known.zencast.website/episodes/travis-elborough
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Video: Book of the Day, Boris Farkaš recommends the Slovakian edition of Atlas of Improbable Places
Book of the Day:
Boris Farkaš presents a travelogue Atlas of the Incredible Places.
‘Plaice, catfish, carp, and catches from Lake Aral were once so varied and rich that they made up one-sixth of all fish consumed in the entire Soviet Union. after thousands of fishermen in this city, however, there is no shortage, as well as after the turbulent waters full of fish. the fleet of once-functioning fishing vessels was stranded as the surface receded. the rusty wrecks, squatting on the parched dunes, form a finished cemetery of ships, their propellers and rudders longing for water sticking into emptiness and evoke compassion or even a sense of impropriety. I have chosen for you a book full of curiosities and interesting information about the strangest and most fantastic places on this planet. it’s a travelogue that took me all over the world. I read about the church tower in San Juan Parangaricutiro, the only monument to the city that was engulfed by lava. about an underground river in the Philippines, reminiscent of a shot from some big-story fantasy film. on the way to the pages of the book, I also traveled, for example, to the floating world of Palmerstone, which is only at the end of the world. The author of the book, Travis Elborough, took care to present to us everything bizarre, interesting and fascinating on this planet. In this travelogue, I especially appreciate the fact that he not only brought me factual information, but also looks at places from a broader, more comprehensive perspective. These incredible places are associated with the legends, myths and superstitions that the book contains in various local variations. thanks to this, I think that rather than scientific literature, this book is more a statement about the relationship between man and the world around us.’
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Travis Elborough 