Dulwich Books
Meet your favourite authors in Norwood at Dulwich Books 6 Croxted Road SE21 8SW!
Saturday 30th June 11.30am:
Hope and Greenwood – Teatime Treats
Miss Hope of the iconic Hope and Greenwood sweetshops will be in-store signing copies and sharing samples from her new book Miss Hope’s Teatime Treats.
Free event but RSVP to reserve a seat
Monday 2nd July 7.30pm:
Mark Thomas – Extreme Rambling 7.30pm
The legendary comedian and de-bunker of complex hypocrisies will be reading from his recent book Extreme Rambling, a humorous account of walking the Israeli Barrier, where he was ‘tear-gassed, stoned, sunburned, rained on…And all without hardly ever getting arrested!’ Mark Thomas has been revealing the horrors, absurdities and humour in contemporary life for more than twenty years.
Tickets are £10
Tuesday 3rd July 7.30pm
Salt Poets – Best British Poetry and Book of Younger Poets
New and vibrant voices introduced by poet Roddy Lumsden, who will be reading alongside Mark Waldron, Emily Hasler, Harriet Moore and Kate Miller.
Free event
Wednesday 4th July 7.30pm:
Penelope Bennett – Window Box Allotment
Penelope will be talking about and demonstrating ideas from her newly-expanded and illustrated book Window Box Allotment, on how the urban gardener can squeeze the most out of little space. Afterwards there will be a Gardeners’ Question Time session, with Penelope answering audience questions.
At Alleyn Park Garden Centre, 77 Park Hall Road SE21 8ES –at the back of Dulwich book Shop .
Tickets £10
Thursday 5th July 7.30pm
Iain Sinclair- Ghost Milk
Iain Sinclair will be discussing his new book Ghost Milk, a journey investigating and, at times, castigating the so-called ‘grand project’ of the 2012 Olympics. Sinclair’s inimitable style has the unique ability to ask penetrating questions about contemporary life whilst exercising the poetics of a soul steeped in the love of great writers and thinkers from Blake to Kerouac, and beyond.
Tickets £10 or £15 including a copy of Ghost Milk
Saturday 7th July 3pm:
Christopher Brown – An Alphabet of London
In An Alphabet of London, Christopher Brown presents a series of wonderfully whimsical linocuts illustrating every aspect of London past and present, including personalities, buildings, monuments, legends, historic events, and other metropolitan icons. From Dickens, Dr Johnson, Tower Bridge, and the Shard to the Diamond Jubilee, Wimbledon, pigeons, and jellied eels, all London life is here.
Christopher will demonstrate his methods by working on an illustration of the Dulwich Picture Gallery.
Free event but RSVP to reserve a seat
http://www.dulwichbooks.co.uk/
020 8670 1920
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