The line-up for last event on 3 September 2011
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7:30 Lewis Rae
The Shetlands born "actor full of mischievous youth & energy" compèred the evening.
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7:40 Ross Raisin
West Yorkshire author of one of the most striking debuts in recent years, book group favourite God's Own Country.
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8:05 Trilby Kent
Author of Smoke Portrait, which follows an unlikely friendship in 1936 Belgium and Ceylon.
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8:35 Graham Pears
Chief superintendent turned writer of "page turning, fast action, crime fiction - with a twist of humour."
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9:00 Anna Stothard
Writer of The Pink Hotel, where a London girl travels around LA to learn about her recently deceased mother's past.
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9:40 Patrick Gooch
Author of the successful The Dark Side of the Balcony which skillfully blends fact and fiction.
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10:00 Little Machine
The acoustic South London band performed poems from the likes of Dylan Thomas, Keats and Larkin to music.
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The line-up of our third Bookstock evening, held on 7 May 2011.
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7:30 Tony Dunn
The award-winning stand up returned as our MC for the night with plenty of ROFLs.
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7:40 Stuart Evers
The "bright new voice in British fiction" presented his acclaimed Ten Stories About Smoking.
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8:00 Katy Evans-Bush
The NY born poet and blogger shared some "contemporary poetry for grown-ups."
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8:35 Jan Van Mersbergen
Writer of the upcoming Tomorrow Pamplona who "stands at the forefront of new Dutch writing".
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8:55 Byrony Doran
Author of the unusual and taboo busting contemporary love story The China Bird, set in 1990s Sheffield.
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9:15 Trevor Bloom
The author of historical fiction read from his "gripping" debut The Half Slave.
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9:50 Lyndsay Russell
Writer of Fat Chance, a wicked satire on 'size zero' and celebrity weight obsessed magazines.
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10:10 Howard Linskey
Author of The Drop, a "Get Carter for the 21st century" set in the Newcastle underworld.
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The line-up of our second Bookstock evening, held on 13 Nov 2010.
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7:30 Tony Dunn
The award-winning stand up and self-confessed book-nut was back as our compère.
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7:45 Lane Ashfeldt
Short fiction writer "of remarkable power" (Sunday Tribune).
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8:05 The Punk & the Princess
Authors of One Love Two Colours, about the unlikely marriage of a punk rocker and his African queen.
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8:50 Lee Webber
Willesden Green Writers Group Poet whose poetry features in its The Monkey's Typewriter anthology.
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9:10 Tom Macaulay
Author of The Warning Bell, a gripping psycho-drama with links back to WW2.
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9:50 Michael Nath
Author of the darkly comic La Rochelle, called "a fable of England under New Labour".
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10:10 Richard Asplin
Comic thriller author whose Conman was shortisted for the 2010 Gold Dagger Award.
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The first Bookstock was held on 31 July 2010. Here's who performed.
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7:30 Tony Dunn
The award-winning stand up and self-confessed book-nut was our compère for the night.
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7:45 Lily Hyde
Childrens' author who has been living and travelling in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union for over 10 years.
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8:05 Penny Rudge
Debut author of the warmly witty Foolish Lessons in Life and Love.
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8:25 Lee Webber
Willesden Green Writers Group Poet whose poetry features in its The Monkey's Typewriter anthology.
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8:40 Leigh Russell
Writer of DI Geraldine Steel crime thrillers Cut Short and Road Closed.
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9:00 Bilal Ghafoor
Writer whose time and travels in Pakistan are accounted in What We Were Thinking Just Before The End.
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9:20 Nikki Dudley
Author of disturbing pyschological debut thriller Ellipsis.
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9:40 The Punk and the Princess
Authors of the true life story One Love Many Colours, the unlikely marriage of a punk rocker and his African queen.
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10:00 Rick Senley
Responsible for satirical Victorian mystery Moustache Man and the Deadly Whiskers.
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We held an Aussie Christmas party on 28 Jan 2012...
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T.D. Griggs
Aussie Citizen T.D. Griggs read an Australian-themed short story, previewed his upcoming novel Distant Thunder and shared his comic poem 'Aussie Doggerel.'
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LiTTLe MaCHiNe
The South London band rousingly set famous poems from the likes of Shakespeare, Byron and Larkin to to music - and gave us an awesome performance of alternative Aussie national anthem 'Waltzing Matilda.'
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...and 'A Winter's tale' themed evening on 20 January 2011.
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Christopher Fowler
The masterful London storyteller rustled up a suitably wintry tale for the evening.
The "author of urban unease, dark comedy, mystery and horror" has been nominated for eight national book awards, is the author of the Bryant & May detective series and has a column in the Independent on Sunday.
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Brian Docherty
In celebration of Burn's Night, the Glaswegian poet read from the works of Scotland's favourite son, and shared some of his own offerings.
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It's an evening where you can join like minded souls and enjoy five 'indie' writers read from their works — along with live music, comedy, prizes and plenty of socialising and bookswapping.
