Tuesday 11 May 2010

Machen events this summer

The following is free but is already booked out sorry I was only told about it after it was already fully booked.

Arthur Machen and the Great God Pan
Hay on Wye Literary Festival

Catherine Fisher, Dai Smith, Gwilym Games, Tomos Owen

Event 289 • Friday 4 June 2010, 11.30am • Venue: Hay Library

Find out why everyone from Mick Jagger to Rowan Williams to Stephen King to Barry Humphries has a good word to say about Arthur Machen, the gothic writer from Caerleon who became the literary sensation of Victorian London with the publication of his first novel.

If you are in London the day after you won’t want to miss another event

Stewart Lee - ARTHUR MACHEN’S N

“N.” at Stoke Newington Literary Festival - Saturday 5 June 4pm

This year is the 75th anniversary of "N" by Arthur Machen. To celebrate this Stoke Newington resident Stewart Lee (recently promoted from 41st to 12th best stand-up of all time) drops the comedy to bring us a unique event in which he reads from 'N', a short story set in Stoke Newington by novelist, mystic and pioneering psychogeographer Arthur Machen, who wrote what Stephen King calls "maybe the best horror stories ever written." In conjunction with the Literary Festival and the Friends of Arthur Machen, Tartarus Press is publishing a short run paperback of "N" with illustrations by Stephen J. Clark.

You can book for the event online here:


Held at Stoke Newington International Airport
http://www.stkinternational.co.uk/STK/home.html