Oscar Zarate will be signing and sketching copies of the book, and he’ll also be in conversation with author and Manga Shakespeare editor Richard Appignanesi.
The event will take place between 6.30 and 8.30pm. Daunt Books is located at 51 South End Road, London, NW3 2QB (nearest stations: Belsize Park and Hampstead Heath). If you’d like to attend, please RSVP to [email protected] or join the event on Facebook.
You can learn more about The Park here, and you can read a wonderful review of the book here. Keep an eye on our Facebook page, where we’ll be sharing some images from The Park throughout the week.
This Saturday (19th October), Rebetiko creator David Prudhomme will take part in ‘Greece is the Word’, a series of events celebrating modern Greek culture at the South Bank Centre in London. Curated by Rosie Goldsmith, ‘Greece is the Word’ is intended as a cutting edge, creative response to the current Greek crisis, featuring some of the world’s finest writers, poets and performers.
David Prudhomme will be drawing live on stage accompanied by the Rebetiko music of Pavlos Melas and his band. The live drawing event forms part of ‘Katerina’s Krisis Kabaret’, an evening of comedy, theatre, music and literature hosted by Greece’s funniest stand-up comic Katerina Vrana (Purcell Room, 8pm).
The British Comic Awards committee this morning announced the shortlist for this year’s prizes, and it’s good news for Mark Stafford and David Hine, and also for Glyn Dillon. The Man Who Laughs and The Nao of Brown are both shortlisted in the ‘Best Book’ category. The shortlist was whittled down from hundreds of eligible titles by a committee of 9 industry professionals and academics. The winners will be decided by a judging panel that includes comedians Lenny Henry and Josie Long, and the ceremony will be held at the Thought Bubble convention in Leeds on Saturday 23rd November.
The full list of this year’s nominees is available on the British Comic Awards website. Congratulations to those who made shortlist, and good luck to Mark, David and Glyn. Our fingers are firmly crossed!
