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Dear all, London Word Festival has just kicked off in the East End and comes highly recommend by, amongst others, Grazia Magazine. Yes, you heard that right. Ahem. With everything from live screen-printing and performance writing to comedy and jazz-laced crime fiction, London Word Festival is an annual celebration of words now in its third year. Various venues. Full programme: www.londonwordfestival.com I would like to draw your attention in particular to - Avant Noir on Friday 12 March: crime fiction readings by Toby Litt and others, soundtracked by two of the UK's hottest jazz collectives, Led Bib and Get The Blessing, with projected images from online collaborative graphic novel Huzzah Noir Tim Turnbull et al on Wednesday 24 March: the cream of performance poetry - headliner Turnbull is joined by young guns Laura Dockrill and Luke Kennard, with the Powerpoint lecture Instructions for Heartbreak Briggflatts Rewired on Sunday 28 March: electronic musician Leafcutter John decodes Bunting's modernist masterpiece for the twenty-first century, with support from Peter Finch, Hannah Silva and MacGillivray Hope some of you can make it! Tickets are available online in advance, and on the door for most events. Cheers, Tom Tom Chivers --------------------------------- Co-Director, London Word Festival <http://www.londonwordfestival.com/> www.londonwordfestival.com