tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post874782067676919992..comments2024-03-18T16:55:31.971+00:00Comments on This Space: Fear of literatureStephen Mitchelmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-41347941083437917322007-03-13T10:37:00.000+00:002007-03-13T10:37:00.000+00:00Hello Steve,You may, or may not, be pleased to kno...Hello Steve,<BR/><BR/>You may, or may not, be pleased to know that I, along with Stewart Home, will be reading from our new books at The Permanent Gallery in Brighton on Fridat May 11th. Hope to see you there?!<BR/><BR/>Lee Rourke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-41581716190885148932007-03-09T14:25:00.000+00:002007-03-09T14:25:00.000+00:00Emm......Goering. Lord Haw Haw recounted some marv...Emm......Goering. Lord Haw Haw recounted some marvellous stories that gave charming hints into the real human beings behind the official exterior, so I'm hoping A Marr will fullfil that role in similar admiral fashion. And as for Gordon Brown; now that's a treat beyond imagining. What's that..autocratic police state's slimey tentacles creeping into all facets of life? Not at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-85803794357845500562007-03-09T13:56:00.000+00:002007-03-09T13:56:00.000+00:00Reminds me of the Hamburg Zeitgeist Literary Festi...Reminds me of the Hamburg Zeitgeist Literary Festival of 1937, featuring the literary masters, Goebbells, Georing and Lord Haw-Haw. And who said culture is dying?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-67957463248617737822007-03-09T03:45:00.000+00:002007-03-09T03:45:00.000+00:00Festivals do give one an icky feeling anyhow, the ...Festivals do give one an icky feeling anyhow, the relentless plugging of the books, the books, the signings - I don't know how writers do it, whether the book is about the history of telly or it's all made up. Tricksy stuff, they should all blog and then perhaps they could stay home and just go out when they want to see their mates.<BR/> Having stayed away all my life, I did go to a whole day of our writers' festival last year - because quite a bit of it was about publishing and arts funding, it wasn't too bad. All things considered. There was one session with a poet that was downright fascinating. <BR/><BR/>The sessions with writers of fiction were a bit annoying though - one woman just blathered on about her book as though it was the only novel on old age and art that had ever been written. Plug, plug, plug - doesn't help that she's a journalist either.<BR/>Maybe we need fiction festivals, Stephen? the teev writers can go on telly after all.genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.com