I was very flattered to be asked to provide a foreword to this excellent new coastal anthology published by the Influx Press. It includes pieces by Salena Godden, Iain Aitch, Katrina Naomi, Dan Cockrill, Rowena Macdonald, Chimene Suleyman and many others.
You can order a copy direct from them here:
http://www.influxpress.com/connecting-nothing-with-something/#.UgyOV7xqPu0
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A London Year is an anthology of diaries I have compiled with Nick Rennison that Frances Lincoln will be publishing in October.
Here’s the blurb: ‘A London Year is an anthology of short diary entries, one or more for each day of the year, which, taken together, provides an impressionistic portrait of life in the city from Tudor times to the twenty-first century. There are more than two hundred featured writers, with a short biography for each. The most famous diarist of all – Samuel Pepys – is there, as well as some of today’s finest diarists like Alan Bennett and Chris Mullin. There are coronations and executions, election riots and zeppelin raids, duels, dust-ups and drunken sprees, among everyday moments like Brian Eno cycling in Kilburn or George Eliot walking on Wimbledon Common. Vividly evoking moments in the lives of Londoners in the past, providing snapshots of the city’s inhabitants at work, at play, in pursuit of money, sex, entertainment, pleasure and power, A London Year is a beautifully packaged gift hardback with foil detailing on the jacket, a ribbon marker and black and white illustrations throughout. The perfect book for all who live in or love this eternal, ever-changing city.’
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July 26, 2013 · 5:15 pm
I am appearing at the Open East Festival in July as part of a weekend of fantastic events curated by Caught by the River for the re-opening of the former Olympic Park in East London.
More details here:
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I will be chatting to Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne and the director Paul Kelly about London films at 6.30 pm on Wednesday 24th at Westminster Arts Library. Do book early as spaces are limited and there is free gin from Hendricks! –
The full details here:
http://salonforthecity.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/salon-no-7-lights-camera-london.html
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Time Out’s Top 10 outdoor activities in London this summer:
http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/top-10-outdoor-activities-this-summer
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June 19, 2013 · 7:14 am
A very lovely review of London Bridge in America by Richard Boon in N16 magazine.
Read it online here:
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I will be speaking at the British Library on Wednesday 19 June at 12.30 pm as part of their Summer Scholars programme. The event is free to book a space email summer-scholars@bl.uk
Full information is here:
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Travis Elborough 