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12 Sep 2010 at 6pm. 


ACE STORIES with novelist SCOTT BRADFIELD
Tickets: £3 entry
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HOTEL PELIROCCO, 10 Regency Sq, Brighton
ACE STORIES is a season of live literature events in Brighton, supported by Arts Council England, running from June to November 2010.

Our headlining guest writer in September is SCOTT BRADFIELD, American novelist and short story writer. Scot

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17 Sep 2010 at Friday evening to Monday afternoon 


Alpine Writers' Retreat with Bidisha
Tickets: 350 GBP all inclusive
Structured and tailor-made retreats in The Alps.

Chalet La Giettaz is a secluded alpine escape, nestled at the foot of the Col des Aravis and overlooking a spectacular valley.

The Chalet consists of extremely spacious and comfortable apartments, fully-equipped with kingsize beds, TVs, DVD, wifi, and bathrobes and slippers for use in our spa facilities.

All guests on writing retreats will have - at the very least - a private, kingsize bedroom to themselves and will share a spacious apartment with no more than one other writer.

Transfers to and from Geneva airport, catering, accommodation and use of spa facilities are all included in the price.

www.chalet-la-giettaz.com


Arriving on the Friday, you will be given time to settle in before enjoying a gourmet welcome meal and the chance to share what has brought you to La Giettaz with other guests.

The following morning, after the boulanger has delivered fresh

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19 Sep 2010  


Hampstead and Highgate Festival
London Jewish Cultural Centre, Ivy House, 94-96 North End Road, London NW11
020 8511 7900
http://www.hamhighlitfest.com
With Martin Amis, Joanna Trollope, Helen Simpson and others.

19 Sep 2010 at 7.00pm 


Poetic Frenzy
Tickets: £3
BAC Café, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, SW11 5TN

Booking: www.bac.org.uk / 020 7223 2223
In association with BAC and Apples & Snakes

SW11 poet-in-residence Paul Lyalls fronts an extravaganza of live
verse in the laid-back environment of the BAC bar. Guests Jahnell,
Indigo Williams and Alex Gwyther ensure that, in the rig

19 Sep 2010  


Unpublished Fiction Writers Open Reading

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Web link http://blackbookevents.webeden.co.uk/#/writers-events/4541606283

20 Sep 2010 at 7pm 


Marylinne Robinson, London
Tickets: £8/5
Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, Courtald Institute, Somerset House, Strand, London WC1
020 7845 46767
http://www.rslit.org.uk
The author of Home talks to Maya Jaggi about her work.

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22 Sep 2010 at 8.00pm 


Apples & Snakes in Soho: Kate Fox News and Matt Harvey
Tickets: £8 / £6
Soho Theatre, 21 Dean St, London W1D 3NE

Booking: 020 7478 0100 / www.sohotheatre.com
Apples & Snakes in association with ARC presents

An Apples & Snakes in Soho double bill with Kate Fox and Matt Harvey, two favourite poets from BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live. Kate launches her new show Kate Fox News, and Matt spills the beans

23 Dec

24 Sep 2010  


Wigtown Book festival
Various venues around Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway.
Tel 01988 403 222
http://www.wigtownbookfestival.com
With Ian Rankin, Alisdair Gray, Iain Banks, Jackie Kay, Barbara Trapido and others.

25 Sep 2010 at 7.30pm 


WHISTLE
Tickets: £6 / £3 concessions
Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA

Booking: info@freewordonline.com / 0207 3242 570 / www.freewordonline.com
Profound and uplifting, Martin Figura’s Whistle is the deeply personal story of his mother’s death at the hands of his father when he was nine years old, preseted with a mixture of poetry, imagery and story-telling.

26 Sep 2010 at Varies 


Small Wonder, the Charleston short story festival,
Tickets: Varies
http://www.charleston.org.uk/smallwonder
Book tickets via the Brighton Dome box office: 01273709709
or online at http://www.brightonticketshop.com
The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award is the world’s most valuable short story prize, offering £30,000 for a single short story. On Sunday 26 September the prize has sponsored a day-long series of events at Small Wonder, the short stor

27 Sep 2010 at 745pm 


Tom McCarthy, Booker shortlistee, London
Tickets: £7.50
Level 5 Function Room, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London
0844 875 0073
The author of C, shortlisted for this year's Man Booker prize, talks to Nick Lezard about his work.
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk

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29 Sep 2010 at 7.30pm 


JAWDANCE
Tickets: FREE
Rich Mix, 35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA

Info: www.richmix.org.uk / 020 7613 7498 / www.applesandsnakes.org
It’s that time again: time to sashay into Rich Mix, toss your chapeau to the hatcheck girl, and spend the evening swinging your swizzle-stick to the sound of our fab poets. Not only poets in the flesh, but also our increasingly popular poetic film-sh

29 Sep 2010  


Henley Lit Fest
Tickets: Various
Various venues around Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, until Sunday.
http:///www.henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk
Highlights include Jonathan Coe, Blake Morrison, Penelope Lively, Helen Dunmore and Andrew O'Hagan

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