Readings and Events
Celebrating the life and work of Colin Ward
A mixture of short speeches, recollections, music and appreciation. There will be a bookstall selling all of Colin's works currently in print, with an exhibition of photos, pamphlets, first editions, and so on.
All welcome
Conway Hall, London
Info: info@fiveleaves.co.uk
Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, Dorset
The perfect occasion to pick up the newly published Tolpuddle Boy by Alan James Brown (and to listen to Billy Bragg) Info:
www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk
John Lucas reading from Things to Say, with others at Southwell Poetry Festival
Info: www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/poetryfestival
Swanwick Writers’ Summer School
Ross Bradshaw (Five Leaves) bangs the drum for indie publishers on a panel with Caroline Taggart (Writers’ Market editor), Jonathan Telfer (Writers’ News editor), John Jarrold (agent) and Alison Chisholm (contributor).
Three Men on the Metro
Andy Croft, Bill Herbert and Paul Summers reading
Arnolfini Theatre, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA
Info: info@fiveleaves.co.uk
Jazz Jews with Mike Gerber speaking and Claire Shaw singing
Spiro Ark, London
Info: info@fiveleaves.co.uk
John Lucas reading from Things to Say
Kings Lynn Poetry Festival
Info: http://www.lynnlitfests.com/
Beeston International Poetry Festival
Unlikely, but true
Info: www.shoestringpress.co.uk
Out of the Shadows: forgotten London writers
Iain Sinclair, Andrew Whitehead, Sarah Wise and Ken Worpole
Discussing some long-lost but captivating novels from London’s past. What do they tell us about the history of the city and maybe our time now - the buildings may have changed but are the people the same?
Writers discussed include Alexander Baron (including King Dido and Rosie Hogarth) and Roland Camberton (Scamp, Rain on the Pavements) published by Five Leaves
In association with Newham Bookshop
Venue: Bishopsgate Institute
Tickets: £7/£5 from 020 7392 9256 or Wegotickets
Info: www.bishopsgate.org.uk
Hackney Limmud
Five Leaves’ speakers (we hope) and bookstall
Info: info@fiveleaves.co.uk
Croak, the King and a Change in the Weather
A performance of Peter Mortimer’s play with the Camp Shatila children.
Theatre Monot, Beirut, Lebanon
Info: info@fiveleaves.co.uk