The Bournemouth Banjo Girls invite the Author to a Wholesome 

Evening of Song, Stories and Hillbilly Poetry

It's another bad hair day for Lambeth-born Dub-Poet

Winston 'Sloppy King Kweezy' Johnson

A page proof from 'The Life & Laughter of Tudor Warner

and His Educated Budgerigars' the long-awaited autobiography 

of Tudor Warner written, edited and published by Tudor Warner 

with a forward written by his glamorous assistant 'Patricia'
(see post for Friday 30th September)

Inspired by the publicity garnered by prize-winning 'potty potter'

stage transvestite Grayson Perry, the novelist Muriel Gaylord

attends an important literary lunch dressed as a man. "I'm raising

 awareness for women with moustaches" she told a startled waiter.

Austin Stinkhorn the performance poet seen here on the Underground

during his London Arts Festival 'strolling minstrel' poetry project.

Throughout an hilarious afternoon on the Bakerloo Line he mingled

with crowds, swigging on a bottle of supermarket vodka and shouting

obscenities at strangers.  

After mysteriously failing to launch the young poet Melody Fly-Wheeler

onto the literary scene (see 10th July) the publisher and publicist Arty 

Finkel begins to groom his latest discovery for worldwide success.  

Amaryliss Blowser has just completed a one-million-word teenage

 historical vampire romance set in another galaxy.  

Although Finkel couldn't remember the title  of this epic, he said:  

"I can tell at a glance she's a talented girl - I don't need to read 

her work.  I trust my instincts. I'm looking forward to handling her."

A sneak preview of the Poetry Society's gorgeous new 2012

calendar.  Miss February is portrayed by Joyce Potter-Pirbright

who was voted 'Miss Ding Dong Belle' during last summer's 

Light Verse Beauty Pageant at the Isle of Wight Literary Festival.

All proceeds from the calendar will go towards paying the printer