I decided that Deptford Goth’s debut Life After Defo was my favourite album of the year when it was released back in March - a bit premature, I know. My wonderful boyfriend secretly bought us tickets to see him in September at Union Chapel and intended to give them to me for my birthday in…
Walking Stories at Coastal Currents Festival
Despite managing the bookings for Charlotte Spencer’s Walking Stories project as part of Coastal Currents Visual Arts festival in Hastings, I had no real idea of what to expect when I met the other participants at the beautiful Alexandra Park last weekend. http://vimeo.com/charlottespencerprojects/walkingstories Beforehand, I’d watched Charlotte’s film about the project in Coastal Currents’ pop-up…
William Letford // NEW BLOOD
The Poetry Tent at Latitude Festival was a great place to rest our weary aching legs and also see some pretty great poets perform. A month later I'm still raving about seeing William Letford on Saturday afternoon. He has a broad Scottish accent, and in his clipped, thick brogue, the words of his poems wiggled…
Latitude Roundup
I came back from Latitude after falling in love with the festival! The site was gorgeous, with stages set into the forest and a lake. We did spend a good chunk of each day seeing bands, but it wasn't all music, music, music. I was lucky enough to see a few literary based events in…
Latitude Lineup!
I'm off to my first ever Latitude Festival tomorrow and I could not be more excited! As well as the fantastic weather (sorry wellies, I think you're staying at home this year), the abundance of live literary events is really incredible, considering that Latitude is primarily a music festival. Latitude began 7 years ago in…
Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile
This summer I've been soaking up the good weather and some really great reads in equal measure. This collection of short stories was lent to me by a lovely friend, who has a brilliant and pretty dark taste in literature so I knew I was in for a treat! I drank up the pages, every…