Bookhugger sponsors YARNfest – celebrating story and storytelling
We are proud to announce that we are sponsoring the first YARNfest, a festival of storytelling that will take place in London between February 20th and 24th at The Book Club and the Queen of Hoxton, East London.
YARN is a brand new festival celebrating story and storytelling – showcasing film, theatre, music and literature and providing a platform for mixing them all up!
It’s all about fun and exploration, devoted to letting the imagination run wild. You can find out all the details at www.yarnfest.com.
We will keep you up to date with key developments here on Bookhugger. Two events that we are particularly looking forward to are:
Literary Death Match, London, Episode 41
Opium’s Literary Death Match marries the literary and performative aspects of Def Poetry Jam, rapier-witted quips of American Idol’s judging (without any meanness), and the ridiculousness and hilarity of Double Dare.
Each episode of this competitive, humor-centric reading series features a thrilling mix of four famous and emerging authors (all representing a literary publication, press or concern – either online or in print) who perform their most electric writing (in eight minutes or less) before a lively audience and a panel of three all-star judges. After each pair of readings, the judges—focused on literary merit, performance and intangibles — take turns spouting hilarious, off-the-wall commentary about each story, then select their favorite to advance to the finals.
The two finalists then compete in the Literary Death Match finale, which trades in the show’s literary sensibility for an absurd and comical climax to determine who takes home the Literary Death Match crown.
Look out for a competition to win a pair of tickets to Literary Death Match here on Bookhugger soon.
4 Stories High
Take Homer’s Odyssey, divide the story in to twelve sections: three filmmakers, three theatre groups, three writers / storytellers and three musicians then take one section each and tell that section of the story in their medium. Put them all back together in story evening, and let a terrific evening’s viewing unfold.
Look out for a competition to win a pair of tickets to 4 Stories High here on Bookhugger soon.
