Galley Beggars Press & friends. Sunday November 16th.

Sunday November 16th from 4.30pm - 6.30pm

Galley Beggars Press & Friends - Paul Ewen, Jonathan Gibbs, Lee Rourke.

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You know how much we like Galley Beggar’s Press don’t you?

Well this is what I wrote about them last year when I was organising our Literary Festival.

Since I wrote this, A Girl Is a Half Formed Thing has won every book prize going and Galley Beggar’s have continued to publish the most high quality, interesting and diverse books.   

So, we thought to ourselves, why not invite them back to the shop. And the good news is that they agreed.

We have (at least) three brilliant authors appearing on this very special late Sunday afternoon event.

Paul Ewen is author of the so funny it hurts novel Francis Plug; How to Be a Public Author

'A wonderful survey of the strange world of famous authors... Plug's exchanges with dozens of Booker-prizewinning authors are priceless. But the novel (really an ingenious hybrid of fact and surreal fantasy) takes on much extra resonance in the portrayal of Plug himself, an alcoholic chancer with a propensity for whisky-fuelled escapades.' - The Guardian

'Francis Plug is a brilliant, deranged new comic creation by the unknown writer Paul Ewen... Like all great comic creations he inspires deep sympathy, loyalty as well as laughter. As a portrait of literary life, it is as spot-on as George Gissing's New Grub Street... Francis Plug is the funniest book I ve read in years. I haven t laughed so much since Martin Amis's Money. I hope the hugely talented Ewen refuses all author talks, signings and festivals, and still sells half a million copies.' Sunday Times

Jonathan Gibbs has written Randall, a brilliant reimagining of the 90s Brit Art scene.

'Gibbs has produced the sort of novel you pray for as a reviewer... Galley Beggar Press [have] had recent success with A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing. Randall, I'd contend, is a better novel.’  Tibor Fischer in The Guardian

'Both absurd and eerily believable... Gibbs's novel is more than mischief: as with all the best lampoons, it dissects things that really matter and have gone awry... The characterisation is disarmingly sympathetic and the prose fluid and inventive, right up to the final, playful revelation.' The Telegraph

Lee Rourke’s latest powerful & dark novel, Vulgar Things was published earlier this year.

'A claustrophobic work that's ripe with alcohol and despair.’ Guardian

‘Sad, lost men looking for maps in the starry Essex sky, small-town strippers, absent mothers, angry brothers, planets photographed on smart phones, cider and a lot of rare steak – Rourke is on his way to becoming the J. G. Ballard of Southend-on-Sea.’ Deborah Levy.

We'll aslo be joined by Sam Jordison, co-owner of Galley Beggars Press.

There'll be readings, chat, fun, and refreshments and if you come along, there'll be an opportunity to get some Christmas Shopping done too as we'll be offering a very special deal to those of you who come along.