The Slime of Miss Jean Brodie

Thursday 29th October 2009

Late October is traditionally the time of year when our ancestors huddled closer to the fireside, glancing fearfully now and then at the rattling door lest the storm outside was about to unleash some frightful creature of the night upon them.

Well, never mind all that bollocks. This is the 21st century, after all, and the thing to do at Halloween is huddle round your pint, as those creatures of the night Writers’ Bloc read tales of mayhem and immoderate threat in the Pleasance Cabaret Bar.

This outing does promise a more feminine — if not necessarily softer — side of Bloc than usual, with Morag Edward, Jane McKie and new comrade Kirsti Wishart all presenting new stories for your delectation.

All this plus the usual undead European white males. We can't promise you the crème de la crème, but perhaps the crème de la slime …

Writers appearing at The Slime of Miss Jean Brodie will include: Stefan Pearson, Morag Edward, Jane McKie, Kirsti Wishart, Andrew C. Ferguson, Andrew J. Wilson and Gavin Inglis.

8pm, Thursday 29th October, Pleasance Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, Edinburgh. Admission £3 for the crème de la crème or £2 concessions.

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Previous themed events

Doyle M For Murder (26th February 2009)
Ghouls On Film (29th October 2008)
Double or Quits (27th February 2008)
To the Devil an ASBO (31st October 2007)
Roll the Bones (25th July 2007)
The Fall of the House of Fraser (29th October 2006)
Last Days of the Radge (23rd May 2006)
The Cabinet of Dr Calimari (27th October 2005)
The Da Vinci Cod (16th March 2005)
Blood Doner Kebab (28th October 2004)
Stealing Arthur's Seat (27th May 2004)
Under the Influence (5th February 2004)
How the West Went Weird (29th October 2003)
My Bloody Awful Valentine (13th February 2003)
Stranger Stories for Samhain (31st October 2002)
Stilt-Men of the Lunar Swamps (2nd May 2002)
The Bastard Sons of Burns (24th January 2002)
Strange Stories for Samhain (31st October 2001)

Tours

Biggar (20th October 2009)
Prestonpans (1st June 2008)
Biggar (27th May 2008)
Glasgow (Eastercon, 16th April 2006)
St Andrews (27th November 2005)
Markinch (30th June 2005)
Glasgow (7th December 2004)
Kinlochbervie (31st May/1st June 2003)

Special shows

Better Read than Dead (Underword, 28th August 2009)
Mutant Scum (Genomics Forum, 2nd July 2009)
Unreliable Narratives (tePOOKa, 8th April 2009)
Print Factory (Owl and Lion, 1st October 2008)
Better Read than Dead (West Port Book Festival, 14th August 2008)
Better Read than Dead (Writers With Bite, 17th May 2007)
Operation Porty (Portobello, 22nd Feb 2006)
Better Read than Dead (for Barnardo’s, 16th Feb 2006)
A Tale of Two Titans (with Glasgow SF Writers' Circle, 15th Dec 2005)
Short Sharp Shocks (Edinburgh Rush Festival, 27th May 2005)
Better Read than Dead (Edinburgh Rush Festival, 25th May 2005)
Writers’ Bloc vs. the Yellow Café (Leith Festival, 10th June 2004)
Fishy Tales (Leith Festival, 10th June 2003)