In addition to our regular Weird & Wonderful event on Tuesday 10 June, we also reprised the winning stories (plus two new ones) on Tuesday 17 June at the Peckham Pelican, 92 Peckham Road, London, SE15 5PY as part of the brand new South London-based Literary Kitchen Festival. The nearest Overground station to the venue is Peckham Rye - it's about a seven minute walk. Map here.
We have six slices of solid-gold strangeness for you, featuring tree gods, disappearing dogs, suburban centaurs, psychopathic doppelgangers, aural stalkers and a cynical mermaid.
Doors open a little earlier than usual at 6.30pm, we kick off at 7pm and it's £5 on the door as normal. Rumour has it that BBC Radio 4's Open Book programme will be there to record, and it will also be followed at 9pm by Literary Ping-Pong. We have no idea what that involves (apart from a ping-pong table) but it sounds fun ...
WEIRD & WONDERFUL LINE-UP (TUE 17 JUNE)
Becoming by Kate Weinberg, read by Charlotte Worthing
That Which We Leave by Pat Black, read by Grace Cookey-Gam
Hard Times by Ruth Brandt, read by Susan Moisan
Single, Yellow, Male by Giles Anderson, read by Greg Page
The Real McCoy by (the award-winning!) Cherry Potts, read by Louisa Gummer
Audiophile by Ian Green (Longlisted for Radio 4 Opening Lines), read by Peter Noble
WEIRD & WONDERFUL LINE-UP (10 JUNE)
That Which We Leave by Pat Black *NEW AUTHOR*
Hard Times by Ruth Brandt *NEW AUTHOR*
Single, Yellow, Male by Giles Anderson *NEW AUTHOR*
The Real McCoy by (the award-winning!) Cherry Potts
The House of my Grandfather by Krishan Coupland
News & June events
- WE WON AN AWARD!
- Liar Katy and Cherry of Arachne Press will be taking part in The Literary Consultancy Conference 2014 on the weekend of 14-15 June
- Liars' League will (re)read our Weird & Wonderful stories at the Literary Kitchen Festival in Peckham on the evening of Tue 17 June
- Liars' League and Influx Press present Above Sugar Hill: New York Stories in the floating pub Tamesis at 7pm on Sat 25th June: FREE
- The Story Sessions run by the AWARD WINNING Arachne Press is always on the lookout for authors to read their own work at their fun and free live events in South London - if you want to get involved there's more here.
Be our Artist of the Month! Deadline June 30
Are you an artist or illustrator? Do you like free booze? Then submit a jpg large enough to be printed as an A3 poster for one of our forthcoming monthly themes, by the end of the preceding month (i.e. by 30 June for July's Sons & Daughters theme) and you could be our Artist of the Month - currently the multi-talented Sean Preston, whose poster design is above. He edits magazine Open Pen. and designs record sleeves at bettersleeves.tumblr.com
- Info which MUST be included is: The event title (e.g. Sons & Daughters - please always use the ampersand &, not the word "and") - our logo (see website) - the event date (July 8) - start time (7.30pm) & ticket price (£5 on the door).
- Enter now by emailing your work to [email protected]. You could win lasting fame, a coveted place in our Art Gallery, free entry to the event and most importantly, free drinks all night (teetotallers, we'll buy you dinner).
Forthcoming deadlines:
- Sun 18 June: Liars' League Hong Kong seeks your stories of Yin & Yang. Send 800-1200 words to [email protected]
- Mon 30 June: Liars' League NYC wants tales of 800-3000 words themed around Analogue & Digital, to [email protected]
- Sun 6 July: We (LL London) need stories for August! Theme: Beauty & Beast, word range 800-2000. Email to [email protected]
- Fri 18 July: Stories of up to 2200 words are sought by The Time Being for broadcast on Radio 4.
- Thu 31 July: Liars' League Leicester needs tales of Idiots & Icons: 800-2000 words to [email protected]
- Thu 31 July: The WriteIdea short story prize deadline. 4000 words max, entry £5 or free to Tower Hamlets residents. Details here.
Where & when is the next regular event?
Liars' League events are held at 7.30pm (doors open at 7pm) on the second Tuesday of every month - for June, this is Tuesday June 10. There's a list of all our 2014 dates and themes here.
Tickets cost £5 on the door (cash only, no advance booking) and seating is unreserved - so it's a good idea to get there a bit ahead of time if you want a good table.
The venue is downstairs at:
The Phoenix
37 Cavendish Square
London
W1G 0PP
(The Phoenix is 5 minutes' walk from Oxford Circus tube station, which is on the Victoria, Bakerloo and Central lines)
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