Greenwich Book Festival

Hey! Come and see us. On 27-28 May. In this place. Only with better weather than in this photo:

 

 

(Did you know that estate agents always photoshop blue sky onto their external shots of houses? Of course you did! But anyway...)

Here's the thing. Greenwich Festival have gone to a lot of trouble to support Indy Publshing at their festival in just over a week's time. It's very good of them. But we have to support them back if they're going to be able to continue to promote small houses like ourselves, Influx Press, Salt, And Other Stories and all the other fine organisations they've made time and space for next weekend. We want to come back next year. We want to prove there's a place for independent publishing at major events. But the only way that will work is if our friends and supporters show up.

Greenwich have also kept ticket prices deliberately low so that as many people as possible can go. And on top of all that they've laid on some fantastic events, in beautiful surroundings. There is lots of space for picnics. There are ample opportunities for glugging wine (and the famous local beer). There  are even a whole load of free and fun things for kids to do.

The whole programme is available here - and it's very good indeed

The following will be of particular interest to our readers and fans of independent publishing:

 

 

The Silver Age of Indy Publishing
At 14:30 for FREE you can come and see me (Sam Jordison), Jen Hamilton-Emery from Salt and Stefan Tobler discussing the Silver Age of Independent Publishing. All you have to do is register on the site and turn up. (Or probably, in fact, just turn up. But it would be nice if you registered first, so we can get a grip on the numbers.)
Right after that, at 15:30, there's this:

 

Inside The Mind Of An Outsider
Alex Pheby, the author of Playthings, will be talking to Andrew Harkinson (You Could Do Something Amazing With Your Life, You Are Roaul Moat) and Anakana Schofield (Martin John) will be talking about art and madness and the moral issues in writing about mental illness. It will be very fine. Tickets cost just £5. 

And then! Right after that, your already wonderful day will get even better when you go to this:

 

The Rise And Rise Of The Short Story
Joanna Walsh (Vertigo), Carys Davies (The Redemption Of Galen Pike) and Paul McVeigh will be talking about short stories. And why they matter. And why we're reading more of them. And other good things. Tickets are £5. So many bargains.

 

And hey! I know you're tired. I know you're thinking your brain can't contain any more fantastic information. So have a break for an hour. Go and get a curry from Greenwich Market. Or a scotch egg from a pub. But don't wonder off too far. Because you'll want to be back by 19:00 to see me flap my mouth again, and better still Adam Biles (author of the upcoming and beautiful Feeding Time) and Paul Ewen (Francis Plug: How To be A Public Author). And maybe Francis himself, if he hasn't escaped down the river. We'll be talking about seeing the world through different eyes.

The event is called Reality Skewed. Tickets again are £5. This is good value! Good value! 

 

And then. At 9pm. The big one. The roughest, toughest, fightingest, literarybeef you will see this year. We're finally going to get to pound Influx Press into the mud from which they first sprang. Right here:

Look at all those wonderful writers. Tickets are £5. And you get free wine when you enter. Glorious.

 

And you know who won't becoming don't you? You know who'll be too busy sitting at home, hating. Too busy looking into a cracked mirror and laughing like a broken robot. Too busy silently wondering why even though he can buy everything, there's nothing left that he actually wants. Too busy filing his teeth. So don't be like Jeff Bezos. Come and have fun, instead. 

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