Short Fuse, Leicester

16 June 2009

IDOL: False Gods and Superstars

Ian Breckon, author of Knight of Swords (Old Street, 2009) headlines with ‘Encounter’, his creepy tale about an iconic stills photographer with an unexamined past. Visit the new Featured Writers page for an exclusive interview with Ian Breckon. http://shortfuseleicester.wordpress.com/featured-writer/

Also billing Jo Cannon, Stian Gustavsen, Karen Buckley and Polly Tuckett.

The Y Theatre,
7 East Street
Leicester
LE1 6EY

Call The Y Theatre Box Office on 0116 255 7066

Tickets £7/£5 concessions

http://shortfuseleicester.wordpress.com/

Tell Tales

2 July 2009

A live short story event as part of London Literature Festival, featuring Olive Senior, Adam Thorpe, Courttia Newland, Sophie Woolley, Manzu Islam and Gemma Weekes.

With music from Arun Ghosh.

Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London.

£9

www.southbankcentre.co.uk/literature-spoken-word/productions/global-village-47213

Short Fuse, Brighton

7 June 2009

True Stories - Tales of Ordinary Madness

Short Fuse Brighton presents its first ever non-fiction night. They already have a line-up of bravely honest and observational tales from local writers willing to expose their underbellies. The deadline for submissions is 20 May and there are two or three slots left (depending on the length of the story) so if you have a true tale to tell with a unique perspective (funny, shocking or poignant) please send it to them.

They are open to submissions for Sunday 5 July which is an unthemed event, and are also calling for stories from people living in the Hastings/St Leonards area.

Stories should be between 50 and 3,000 words.

Future events

There will be no Short Fuse in August but September's event will have the theme 'Politico'. Submission are invited of stories with a political or sociopolitical nature. The deadline for submissions is 20 July.

Litro Live! at St Pancras

11 June 2009

Litro Live!, in partnership with Eurotunnel and St. Pancras International Station, brings its inventive approach to St Pancras for an edgy and arty evening of music and the spoken word, featuring artists including Geoff Dyer and Jake Arnott, Hugo Williams, Stuart Silver and music by The Mayfly Trio, Kate Daisy Grant with more to be confirmed. The electric performances will be followed by a live DJ set by DJ Jamie Byng in the Betjeman Arms on the station concourse.

Litro Live! at St Pancras International will coincide with the travel-themed June edition of Litro magazine, the creative Londoner’s alternative to disposable free papers, which takes 100,000 readers on a monthly adventure of its own, into the worlds and stories of authors such as Irvine Welsh, Ross Sutherland and Benjamin Zephaniah.

Litro Live! runs monthly live events at Rays Jazz Café in Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London.

www.litro.co.uk