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Tuesday, May 21st
7.00-9.00pm
The Look of Love: The Life and Times of Paul Raymond, Soho’s King of Clubs
Join The Society Club as we welcome Paul Willetts, acclaimed biographer and author of The Look of Love: The Life and Times of Paul Raymond, Soho’s King of Clubs
“This fascinating study is as much a history of London’s square mile of vice as an account of one man’s life… Thoroughly researched and extremely well-written, this is an impressive book. Not since John Dickie’s Cosa Nostra have I read anything that exerts such hypnotic fascination for its sometimes repellent subject.” (The Observer)
Wednesday, May 22nd
6:30 – 9:00pm
£5 on the door
Come to The Society Club for an Evening of Songs & Words with Richard Strange & Rupert Thomson
Thomson & Strange present two short sets of songs & readings. The first set based around Rupert Thomson’s award-winning memoir, “This Party’s Got to Stop”, with the second around Thomson’s highly acclaimed new novel, “Secrecy”. The multi-talented Richard Strange will perform a few covers inspired by the readings, and also some new songs of his own.
Rupert Thomson’s newest novel, Secrecy, is out now, and was recently hailed by The Independent as “breath-stopping tension on the edge of bliss or dread. No one else writes quite like this in Britain today.”
Books will be available for purchase on the night
Saturday, May 25th
6-8pm
£10 on the door RSVP here
A night of short story readings, conversations & wine
Helen Simpson is the author of five collections of stories, the most recent of which is In-Flight Entertainment. Ben Fountain is the author of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara and has received several notable awards. Roshi Fernando is the author of Homesick, a series of interlinked short stories about a community of Sri Lankan immigrants in London. Anna Stothard is a novelist and travel writer. Her latest book, The Art of Leaving, has just been published.
7-9pm
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Had a wonderful evening at Short Story Salon 3 – looking forward to the Poetry evening