publishing careers
John Mitchinson – My Life in Books (contains 4 & a half chapters)
Tuesday, 2 October 2018; 6:30pm The Water Rats, Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross. Book your place here. This evening, John Mitchinson is going to talk us through the first 4½ chapters of his virtual autobiography. Co-Founder […]
Members’ Summer Party 2018
On Wednesday, 6th June 2018, we had a lovely time on that terrace AGAIN. Lots of lovely people with their lovely guests on the terrace at Doggett’s Coat & Badge * (Well, it is British Summer Time). […]
Judith & Irene – The Science of Storytelling and the Art of Reading Aloud
Tuesday, 1 May 2018; The Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Road, King’s Cross. If you’re sitting comfortably, we’ll begin… Why do we tell stories? Wow! Judith Watts told us why; introducing some of the science and psychology behind […]
Publish & Be Damned: A Fleet Street History
Tuesday 17th April 2018. From St Paul’s to Blackfriars. ………………………………….. Andrea Vail is a qualified City of London Guide, and a member of the City of London Guide Lecturer’s Association. We took a walk down […]
Toby Faber – Digging in the archives
Tuesday, 3 October 2017, at The Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Road, King’s Cross. Toby Faber was Managing Director of Faber & Faber until 2001, since when he has concentrated on his writing and more generally on his […]
Members’ Party! Doggett’s Coat & Badge
Our spooky run of gorgeous weather continued and we enjoyed another balmy evening well into dusk. Lots of lovely people with their lovely guests on the terrace at Doggett’s Coat & Badge. The scene: evening, friends, […]
Catherine Dixon — Making books Brazilian street-kid style
Tuesday, 2 May 2017 at The Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Road, King’s Cross Catherine’s much-anticipated talk on her sabbatical in Brazil was inspiring and educational. Richly-illustrated, this talk evoked all the atmosphere of downtown printing in […]