Dulwich Children's Book Festival

The fourth annual Children's Book Festival will take place over the weekend of the 6th and 7th of October at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. This is an opportunity for children and adults to meet authors and listen to them talking about books and writing.

Saturday 6th October
10.30am Linbury Room £5
David Gilman author of The Devil's Breath will be letting children of 9+ into the secrets of surviving in the African desert.
1pm Linbury Room £5
Louise Arnold author of the hugely popular Invisible Friend series will be talking to children from 7+.
3pm Linbury Room £5
Sally Gardner, author of I, Coriander, will be reading from and talking about her new novel The Red Necklace, for the 12+ age range.

Sunday 7th October
10.30am Linbury Room £3.50
For the 4-7 year olds there will be some sparkling fairy fun at the Felicity Wishes Party.
10am-12 noon Sackler Centre £3.50
Story Telling for the 3-5 year olds
1pm Linbury Room £5
Marcus Sedgwick, author of the Carnegie shortlisted My Swordhand is Singing will be telling the 12+ about his new novel Blood Red Snow White based on Arthur Ransome's time in revolutionary Russia.
3pm Linbury Room £5
Steve Cole will be telling tales of Astrosaurs and Cows in Action for the 5+ age range.

Tickets for any of these are available from: Village Books, 1D Calton Avenue, Dulwich Village SE21 or call 020 8693 2808

Men in space

Alma Books are suitably going to launch OA Tom McCarthy's new novel M e n i n S p a c e on Wednesday 5th September 2007, at 7 pm in the Mezzanine Bar, Young Vic Theatre, 66 The Cut London SE1 8LZ

If you would like to go, RSVP to: info@almabooks.com or by telephone on: 020 8948 9550.

In Search of the Kamasutra

Old Alleynian travel writer James McConnachie's new book on the history of the Kamasutra has just be published by Atlantic Books. The Book of Love tells the story of the Kamasutra, which was written in Northern India in the third century AD and sought out and translated in the nineteenth century by Victorian scholars including Richard Burton of "Pay, pack and follow" fame. James may be better know for his Rough Guides including The Loire and Conspiracy Theories (with fellow OA, Robin Tudge).