Liars' League

Give & Take, Tuesday 13th Dec at The Albany!

The stories for our cracking Christmas event, Give & Take, have now been chosen, and we're extremely proud to offer you a festive selection box of seduction, abandonment, bad tippers and evil Santas, from five fantastic (and mostly new) authors. (The Facebook event is here, should you wish to RSVP, and the lovely art is by LL Artist in Residence Gaurav Sarin).

 

GIVE & TAKE STORIES

Happy Hour by Phillip Gardner *NEW AUTHOR*

Presence by Bernie Deehan *NEW AUTHOR*

Gratuity by David Bausor

The Chimney by Lisa Rentz *NEW AUTHOR*
Always by Nichol Wilmor

 

There will also be a super bumper book giveaway in our Christmas literary quiz, free drinks for ALL authors and actors who have performed or had a story read in 2011 (so get there early before the tab runs dry) and the LL MVP Awards 2011. Plus free mince pies, tinsel, and all manner of festiveness - all for only £5 on the door.

 

Can't wait that long for more LL goodness? Fret not! All the stories, videos and MP3s from Liars' League Leeds's Fire & Brimstone event are up on the LL Leeds page here. You can also download the mp3s through iTunes with the Liars' League podcast, which features the new LL Leeds stories and plenty more.

VENUE CHANGE FOR DECEMBER!

As is traditional at Christmas, we have been temporarily kicked out of the Phoenix, so our Christmas event is going to be held at:

LOWDOWN AT THE ALBANY
240 Great Portland Street
London W1W 5QU
www.thealbanyw1w.co.uk

It's only a short walk from the Phoenix if you get confused, and the nearest (equidistant) tubes are Great Portland Street (Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan and Circle lines) and Regents Park (Bakerloo line)

 

DEADLINES, CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS & OTHER STUFF

- Liars' League Leeds is still looking for stories themed on Peace & Goodwill for their Xmas event: please send to [email protected] by Fri 2 Dec.

- Any Dublin-based authors or actors who fancy helping out with/contributing to an Irish Liars' League franchise, please get in touch with us - we have a local small press/magazine publisher who thinks it's a great idea and would love to help start something ...

- Congratulations to LL author Sammy Wright who came third in the prestigious Bridport Flash Fiction Prize: he owes everything to Liars' League. Everything. Especially his first-born son ... http://www.bridportprize.org.uk/flashwinners2011.htm

- Another LL alumna, Erinna Mettler, wants your stories for Rattle Tales in Brighton: deadline is Jan 20th, 2012 for a Feb 8th show. Submission details here: http://rattletales.org/2011/11/16/see-you-at-komedia/

- And finally ... LL actress Sophie Morris-Sheppard is starring in Storyteller: The Natural History of Trolls at the Barons Court Theatre until Fri 23rd Dec. More info here: http://www.ents24.com/web/event/Storyteller-The-Natural-History-of-Trolls-Barons-Court-Theatre-London-2681556.html

 

How the Elephant Fell by Liam Hogan

Nov 2011 How the Elephant Fell

Read by Rachel Spicer

The mighty Elephant thundered along the jungle path, the trees shaking in his wake.

“Oooh!” panted the Monkey, swinging along the vines besides him. “Where do you go in such a hurry?”

The Elephant cast him a contemptuous glance, and slowed his pace a fraction. “I go to the woods, beneath the falls, below the mountain of the moon,” he trumpeted. “There to eat my fill of the delicious fruit that hangs from the trees.”

Hot by Jet McDonald

Nov 2011 Hot

Read by Sean Patterson

It’s hot. My arms are hot, my legs are hot, my chest is hot. But my head. My head is so hot. It’s going to fucking explode. The sweat. The sweat pours out my helmet. Can’t take it off. Orders. IED’s.

The radio is in the helmet. The headset is underneath the helmet. Twice as hot. For fucksake.

Do Not Send Help by Anna Clair

Nov 2011 Do Not Send Help

Read by Jennifer Tan

My name is Radha Mila. I am – I was a journalist. You may have heard my voice before: my programme was an illegal broadcast called Beyond the Truth. In it, I denounced the leader of my country and spread anti-government propaganda in response to the news reported by the official channels. I believed I was serving my country and my people in doing this. I now recognise that I was wrong.

Posh Dishes by James Holden

Nov 2011 Posh Dishes

Read by Will Goodhand

Ben and Peter sat clutching beer bottles each and watching Sky News. It felt as though the whole of London was being licked by orange and yellow flames and assaulted by gangs of youths. The scenes were occasionally interrupted by a jowly anchor isolated in the safety of a studio alongside an angry politician and a right-wing social commentator. The city looked more like something from Mad Max than the glossy images normally paraded on TV: Birdcage Walk jammed with people celebrating the Royal Wedding; the Gherkin on the opening credits of The Apprentice; or those endless CGI images of how great the Olympic Park was going to be. Although Ben was unsure of what had happened to the city, his city, stunned by the destruction on loop, Peter was full of certainty.

Might & Right stories for Tue Nov 8th announced!

The Liars have spoken, and the stories for Might & Right have been chosen, as has the Artist in Residence, Gaurav Sarin, whose fab image for Might & Right is above. There are elephants and despots, squaddies and rioters, hippos, hoodlums and high-end bakeware - swing by next Tuesday November 8th to see how they all fit together ...

STORIES CHOSEN:
HOT by Jet McDonald *new author*, read by Sean Patterson
HOW THE ELEPHANT FELL by Liam Hogan, read by Rachel Spicer
DO NOT SEND HELP by Anna Clair, read by Jennifer Tan
POSH DISHES by James Holden, read by Will Goodhand
TELLING IT LIKE IT IS by James Smyth, read by Steve Wedd

As ever, there will be bargain wine on the night, a fiendish literary quiz and the chance to win FIVE brand new books by

Sapphire
Colm Toibin
LL alumnus Jonathan Pinnock (his brilliant new Jane Austen sequel Mrs. Darcy vs the Aliens)
Chris Adrian
AND the new Granta Horror issue - and all for only £5 on the door. See you there!