Posted by Lenin | Posted in Author events, Bloc shows | Posted on 21-08-2010
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We wish it weren’t true — but it is. Bloc’s leading purveyor of fish and filth is departing these shores for the South of France.
He will of course carry on the revolution from the sunny porch outside his rural farmhouse. As he sips vintage wine and samples fine cheeses, his thoughts will never be far from the people’s glorious struggle in rain-lashed Auld Reekie.
Stef will remain involved with Writers’ Bloc in every way he can, but we do expect the profanity percentage in our shows to take a significant dip.
Come to Stef’s last show for a while on Tuesday 24th as part of the Unbound programme at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Charlotte Square. It runs 9pm-11.15pm and entry is FREE.
Posted by Lenin | Posted in Author events | Posted on 24-06-2010
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Which of our writers — photographed at their recent chapbook launch — seems more comfortable brandishing a sharp kitchen knife? You decide.
Use this information in the future, when you decide how vigorously to applaud each reader.
Posted by Lenin | Posted in Author events | Posted on 08-05-2010
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WRITERS’ BLOC presents
Nil by Mouth/The Secret of Scottish Football
- WHAT: Book launch, with live readings of original fiction
- WHO: Writers’ Bloc spoken-word performance group
- WHERE: Function suite, Easter Road Stadium, Easter Road, Edinburgh
- WHEN: 7.30 p.m., Thursday 27 May 2010
Writers’ Bloc is pleased to announce the launch of two new chapbooks, and has secured the function suite at Easter Road for the launch!
Andrew C. Ferguson’s The Secret of Scottish Football is a soccer book with a difference. Fife has spawned many famous footballers, but it’s also had its share of the supernatural. As these stories show, when the two collide, the results can be more surprising than the half-time pies at Stark’s Park.
Scotland on Sunday described one of these tales as having “all the energy and vigour of early Irvine Welsh, but with far more humour and nuance”. In his foreword, Pat Nevin says, “Harsh reality sits side by side with sometimes even harsher fantasy, in a long Scottish tradition that echoes much of the work of Robert Burns…”
Continuing the culinary theme, the stories in Morag Edwards’s Nil by Mouth are a dark, spicy mixture, topped off by recipes and Mo’s own fantastic artwork. Just make sure you follow the haggis recipe very carefully…
www.Booksquawk.com calls this chapbook “a fantastic example of the darkly witty Scottish sense of humour and a punchy little collection of stories that can be devoured in a lunch-break”.
The event starts at 7:30 p.m., and there’s a pay-as-you-go bar. Even Jambos will be made welcome.
It’s Perestroika time at Bloc! Out are the 5 year plans and ill-fitting overalls – mostly. We now have a twitter account so you can follow all our exciting literary goings on. Expect micro stories, news, updates, events, musings, rambling, and general waffle. Follow us on Writers_Bloc_UK Forward comrades!
