31
Jul

13 Fairy Negro Tales Special Edition Release

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13 Fairy Negro Tales (special Edition)13 Fairy Negro Tales by Inua Ellams
ISBN: 978-0954224783

The second in the ground-breaking mouthmark series, 13 Fairy Negro Tales is written in language that has roots in Keats, hip hop rhymes and Shakespearean narrative, and has become a runaway bestseller - with over 1500 copies sold since its release. To mark the third anniversary of its release and the début of a stage show, The 14th Tale, based on the book, this special edition run of only 313 copies is lovingly produced with individual illustrations by the author to accompany each poem.Each of the books is numbered by hand and you can buy numbers 1-20 exclusively on our new shop site.

31
Jul

The 14th Tale by Inua Ellams

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Inua Ellams in the 14th TaleTHE 14TH TALE by Inua Ellams (author of 13 Fairy Negro Tales)
is on at the Battersea Arts Centre, Lavendar Hill, Clapham, London

31 July - 2 August
8pm
£5 / £3 concs

Book online now or call the Box Office on 020 7223 2223.

 

How did this fresh water pipe come to be in a small, dusty village in the heart of Nigeria? A baffled and imaginative boy explains a fantastical theory to his father. A journey of self discovery littered with instances, epiphanies, truths and lies.

‘London’s hottest new spoken word talent’ The Times.

09
May

29 Ways to Drown reviewed in The Sun

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Niki Aguirre’s debut 29 Ways to Drown which was recently longlisted for the Frank O’Connor Short Story Prize, has just been reviewed in The Sun newspaper of May 9, 2008. The full review is reproduced below:

This debut novel is a collection of short stories which is perfect to dip in and out of at your leisure. Each tale takes us to a different country, spanning London to America. Along the way we meet a beautiful woman trapped in a marriage because her husband is so determined that money is the only thing of importance, a man who is at his happiest in his shed writing a story he knows he will never finish and a woman who is terrified of the rain after a traumatic experience during her childhood. Aguirre has an amazing imagination and each story is individual and thought-provoking. This collection of tales is perfect bedtime fodder. – Natasha Harding, The Sun

The book has also been made available on The Sun’s online bookshop

Niki will be reading at the two events that can be seen on the side panel of this page. Details below:

Monday, May 12, 2008, 6:30 PM

RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art), Malet St,London, England WC1E

 

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Admission is free of charge, but with a suggested donation to Oxfam of £3.50. To reserve places in advance, email writloud@aol.co.uk.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 7:00 PM

Sutton Central Library,St Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey

London, England SM1 1EA

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Admission: Free

10
Apr

Events Update - Niki Aguirre 13/04/08

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Niki AguirreNii Ayikwei Parkes 13 April at 6.00pm
INTERNATIONAL FUTURES
presented by Nii Ayikwei Parkes
International Futures gets right to the heart of International PEN’s work, celebrating the great writers you know and the great writers you don’t. Compere Nii Parkes is a Ghanaian novelist and performance poet who has previously been a BBC Radio 3 Associate Writer-in-Residence. Mohamed Magani, an Algerian novelist and short story writer, was recently touted by Vanity Fair as one of Maghrebian literature’s most prominent voices, Niki Aguirre is a short story writer hailed as having a devastatingly sharp eye, with hints of Borges’ craft and Palestinian Selma Dabbagh’s work has been shortlisted for the Fish International Short Story and David Wong Short Story Prizes. In association with PEN International Magazine.

Book Online

Spirit Level, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
22
Feb

Celebration Time!

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Celebration Time!

Thursday, February 28, 2008 / from 7:00 PM

Lati Ri (Cafe/Bar)

Rivington Place, Rivington Street
London, England EC2A 3BA

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Between September and December 2007 we released 5 new titles - Niki Aguirre’s 29 Ways to Drown (Fiction), L. K. Robinson’s you say it’s been good (Poetry), Niall O’Sullivan’s Ventriloquism for Monkeys (Poetry), Denise Saul’s White Narcissi (Poetry) and Malika Booker’s Breadfruit (Poetry).

In addition to that we sold our 10,000th book in August 2007, just weeks before we made the pages of the New York Metro - with an iconic photo of one of our poets, Ainsley Burrows - for staging a guerrilla reading in the middle of the Brooklyn Book Festival.

Now we have decided to take the time to make some noise and celebrate. Join us at the new and uber-cool Lati Ri Bar in Rivington Place to chill to some music, eat some free finger food, drink, meet and mingle with flipped eye’s authors. There will be 15 minute book signing sessions at 8.00pm and 9.30pm and the whole event is FREE of course.

Upcoming.com Link: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/435248/

22
Feb

Our covers

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Our covers

We’re going to put up a gallery of our covers for your viewing pleasure, but it’s not just for fun. If a book gets selected for a special edition we will invite designs from our readers and the winning design will be used as the cover.