All the latest events from Serpents Tail http://www.serpentstail.com/news_events ian@fifty-nine.com en We Need to Talk about Kevin is this month's Guardian Review Book Club choice, and Lionel Shriver will be at the Newsroom on Farringdon Rd to talk about the book. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=259 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=259 As part of the events to mark the 40th anniversary of May 1968, Joe Boyd will be taking part in a special panel event at the South Bank (Purcell Room). http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=256 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=256 The charmingly entertaining Mehmet Murat Somer is in London shortly to launch The Prophet Murders. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=255 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=255 The Dirty South is set in Brixton, south London, so it seems fitting to mark publication with an event close by. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=254 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=254 Serpent's Tail authors are among those appearing at the International PEN Festival to celebrate world literature this April. A range of events will take place in London, including readings, debates, cabaret and much more. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=251 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=251 Cathi Unsworth and Peter Wild will be appearing as part of the Get London Reading Short Story Festival. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=250 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=250 Sohemians presents SOHO NOIR: LOST LONDON FICTION http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=244 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=244 Still basking from the warm glow of the Costa Novel shortlist, Neil will be reading from the wonderful SKIN LANE at Bath Festival in February. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=233 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=233 Bethan and Charlotte will be appearing at a special FEMALE FIRSTS event at Bath Festival to celebrate new debut fiction by women. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=242 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=242 Serpent's Tail authors are to appear at a special gala event for LGBT History Month to discuss the past, present and future of lesbian and gay publishing. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=237 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=237 A remarkable story of a 23 love affair with alcohol - and how to cope with life when the love affair ends, Tania Glyde's memoir is refreshing for being self-effacing and witty, while refusing to hide from the reality of her addiction. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=231 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=231 The Hammett Story Agency presents a literary take on seduction in the movies: British crime and underground writer Cathi Unsworth reads her original short story Johnny, Remember Me, based on the milieu of the 1960 cult British film Beat Girl. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=228 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=228 Christopher will be signing his new book OLD DEVIL MOON along with previous titles PERSONAL DEMONS, THE DEVIL IN ME and DEMONIZED. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=226 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=226 Peter Wild is bringing PBL to Lancaster for the 2007 LitFest, one of the longest running in the UK. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=219 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=219 The beautiful Isle of Wight off the south coast of England is the location for trendsetting author and editor Mitzi Szereto's latest Erotic Writing Workshop http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=201 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=201 Joe Boyd will be reminiscing on the 60s at an event to mark the publication of a new edition of White Bicycles. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=216 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=216 Mitzi Szereto will be launching her collection of revenge stories at Vox 'n' Roll at the Boogaloo in November. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=218 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=218 Garth Cartwright, author of the definitive book on Balkam Roma culture and music, is the curator of annual London Gypsy Film Festival this year. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=198 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=198 BOOK BLOGGERS’ BRUNCH IN NOVEMBER http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=220 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=220 The annual Libertas York Lesbian Arts Festival will play host to Stella Duffy and Fiona Cooper this year. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=210 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=210 'Boy A' will be given a gala screening at Cork Film Festival, Ireland. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=215 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=215 Emine and John will read at an event organised by Bookmarks London to mark the publication of 'The Bridge of the Golden Horn'. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=209 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=209 Alex Wheatle will be appearing at a range of events in London to mark Black History Month 2007. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=199 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=199 Shiromi will be reading from 'Trussed' as part of the Institute's autumn cultural events programme. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=211 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=211 Returning to Stratford and the Royal Shakespeare Company, Neil will direct, for a limited run only, a unique production of Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=202 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=202 Matthew will be reading from 'The Time of the Rebels' at Charlotte Square Gardens. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=197 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=197 Hot from rocking the Latitude festival's literature arena, we're packing up the tent once more - this time for the Green Man festival in gorgeous Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=189 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=189 Cathi will be reading from 'The Singer', her punk/crime cracker, at the wonderful Boogaloo, north London. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=195 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=195 With plenty of opportunity to get up close and personal to our authors, we're donning warm clothing and heading north for the Edinburgh festival. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=191 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=191 Joe Boyd, eminence grise, musical svengali and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s will be at Port Eliot this summer. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=183 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=183 Stella is participating in a range of events at the 5th Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate this July. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=188 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=188 Neil will be reading from Skin Lane alongside Patrick Gale, author of Notes from an Exhibition. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=180 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=180 Charlotte Greig's sparkling debut, A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy, will be launched at a special event in Cardiff. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=184 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=184 The collection of short stories inspired by Fall songs will launch at a special gig as part of Manchester International Festival. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=182 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=182 The author of Boy A and the forthcoming Cham will appear at a number of literary festivals in France over the summer. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=178 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=178 Garth Cartwright will be speaking on how the West's love of Eastern music reflects on and benefits Roma communities. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=173 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=173 Manchester's annual gay festival, Queer Up North, will be playing host to two Serpent's Tail authors in May. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=172 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=172 Lynne will be reading from her book 'Making Trouble: Life and Politics'. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=171 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=171 Serpent's Tail author Cathi Unsworth is among a group of writers to read at a special Dashiel Hammett Night in London on 19th May. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=165 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=165 Neil will read from 'Skin Lane' at the Brighton Festival. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=170 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=170 We are delighted to announce that a number of Serpent's Tail authors will appear at the Women's Arts International festival in Kendal, Cumbria. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=169 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=169 Ali Dizaei will read from 'Not One of Us', his explosive book about institutional racism in the Metropolitan Police. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=168 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=168 Neil will read from his new novel, Skin Lane, at Gay's the Word in London. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=164 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=164 The first Laugharne Literature Festival will take place in Wales from 31 March to 1 April 2007. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=163 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=163 The acclaimed author of Boy A will appear at the Noir festival in Lyon, France at the end of March. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=157 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=157 Special David Goodis evening at the NFT - 17 January 2007. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=1 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=1 Nicholas and Stewart will be appearing at the 3:AM Magazine Christmas Bash on the 18th December. http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=2 http://www.serpentstail.com/content_item?id=2