THE HOUSE OF ST BARNABAS, 1 GREEK STREET, SOHO. FRIDAY JULY 2ND, 7PM.
We invite you to: GET HITCHED! GET COMMITTED!
A marriage of Books, Booze and Boogie-Woogie!
Dress Code: Strait Jackets / Top Hats & Wedding Dresses / A Ball and Chain.
Starring: MELISSA MANN. ROBERT AUTON. CURIOUS.STUART EVERS. TONY WHITE. MALCOM BENNETT Plus we'll hear from our very own... MICHAEL CURRAN of Tangerine Press and DWANG 2 superstars: JENNI FAGAN. JOE RIDGWELL. THE DERZ PLUS live music from goddess poetess singer songwriter: LISA LORE and BCB favourite the wonderful CLAIRE NICOLSON Hosted by Yours Generally, SALENA GODDEN Starring the New York chic of Ms MAX DORAY and the legendary COBALT STARGAZER in THE BOOK CLUB BOUTIQUE BAND!
You will be welcomed into the wedding party with a FREE speciality GET COMMITTED cocktail. The actual (mock) wedding will be held by our very own Reverend Major Max Doray. There will be deliveries of tongue-in-cheek wedding tomfoolery. Expect brilliant bad best man and impromptu additions to the bill with some wild objections. There will be a plethora of poetry, songs and stories on themes of mad mad mad love, that crazy thing called love...love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like...
Our special guest publisher for this event is the brilliant TANGERINE PRESS to celebrate the issue of DWANG 2 out now! Dwang 2 features: Fred Voss, Billy Childish, Gerald Locklin, Salena Godden, K.V. Skene, M.J. Duggan, Joseph Ridgwell, Adelle Stripe, Rob Plath, Ben Myers, K.M. Dersley, A.D. Winans, Charles Plymell, Jim Burns....and many, many others! http://www.eatmytangerine.com/dwang.html "It's a nice day to start again, come on, It's a nice day for a white wedding, It's a nice day to start again...."
£6 for BCB members with membership cards £6 for HOSB members £8 for newcomers
*not only are you supporting great books, artists and writers, you are helping the local Soho homeless with a percentage of entry fee going to the HOSB charity!