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The 23rd Book Slam podcast gets busy with the fizzy alongside one of the UK's finest young writers, Jon McGregor, celebrating the publication of his new novel, 'Even The Dogs'. There is also magical music from Josephine Oniyama, perspicacious poetry from Francesca Beard and inspired comic nonsense from Dan Antopolski. Patrick and Elliott are not funny, but appear to enjoy themselves.
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Who we are
Book Slam is London’s first/ best/ only literary nightclub, which features all the top writers, the finest live music and a semi-professional Serbian DJ. Our guests have included the likes of Hanif Kureishi, Dave Eggers, Adele, Nick Hornby, Kate Nash and many more. You should come. It’s fun.
Book Slam is the brainchild of author Patrick Neate and he still likes to think he's in charge. However, most of the real work's done by experienced promoter, producer and pretty boy, Elliot Jack (everyone loves Elliott. Really they do), and Canongate’s very own Head of Publicity, Angela Robertson (whom Patrick first met at a drum ‘n’ bass gig in Tokyo in 1997. Strange but true).
Book Slam mostly takes place at The Tabernacle on the last Thursday of every month. Confusingly, it's not always on the last Thursday and sometimes it happens at other times and places too. Sign up to the mailing list to keep track of forthcoming events and follow us on Twitter in case we have to tell you something right now in 140 characters ... like, OMG, so right now that it just can't wait, you hear?
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Coming up
Shoreditch Town Hall
380 Old StreetLondon, EC1V 9LT
7pm to 11.30pm
£6 in advance/ £8 on the door
Roll up, roll up as Book Slam heads East to Shoreditch Town Hall in partnership with the Red Bull Music Academy for a Grime Scene Investigation of London's dark side in the company of literary larrikins and microphone vandals like ...
- DREDA SAY MITCHELL - award-winning crime writer and author of the remarkable, 'Geezer Girls'
- Hip hop refugee and visceral polemicist, KATE TEMPEST
- The sharpest tack in the box, comedian DOC BROWN
- Educator, poet, DJ and semi-professional long distance runner, CHARLIE DARK.
- The very smartest lyricists from UK Grime, including RINSE, P-MONEY and WARIKO
- Extraordinary live music from the Australian folktronic SUI ZHEN
- Plus, our resident musical encylopedia, DJ I HRT MUSIQUE ...
Expect deviance and deception, myth and mayhem, crime and punishment ...
