London ILB - FAP?

I am.

By myself if need be. I will bring a book.

See you then

I think I'll be there but there's a chance I won't be able to. Will do my best but it's not really in my control :(

Will come along ca. 8.30ish, provided I'm feeling better than I have been for the last two weeks.

hoping to get there about 6:30

just got home. as always, v enjoyable. i think there were a few things i said i'd put up. one was the source of this, which i garbled:

An incident from the Second World War -

The most remarkable escape story of all concerns Havildar Manbahadur Rai of the 1/7th. He escaped from a Japanese prison camp in southern Burma and in five months walked 600 miles until at last he reached the safety of his own lines. Interrogated by British intelligence officers about his remarkable feat, Manbahadur told them that the Burmese had not helped him. In any case he distrusted them, and he did not speak Burmese. But all that had not mattered, for he had a map, which before his capture had been given him by a British soldier in exchange for his cap badge, and he had marked his route every day with a pencil stub. He produced the much creased and soiled map. The intelligence officers stared at it in awe. It was a street map of London. "

-from The Gurkhas by Byron Farwell, pp.194-95

Whole thread is fantastic.

woof it *was* arrse - don't know what i was thinking but it helped produce a good comic moment.

also, this evening salvaged me at least temporarily from massive personal chaos and so thanks to all of you for the distraction and enjoyment.

Likewise, much-needed distraction and enjoyment; the little dace which went:

coats on - say goodbye - oh Tom's* staying for another - coats off - sit back down for "one more"

was a beauty.

*real name included to protect the anonymity of the drinker involved

the posts are (still) coming from inside the pub

Little dace?

Thinking about it, I wonder if this means 'dance'.

No, here's a picture of Tom in the pub with the dace in question.

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(It did mean dance, sorry.)

Still think it was a major error of England football managers of the 70s that they never played Tim Curry.

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Just in case that doesn't turn out legible, launch party for this book, 6 April at the Book Arts Bookshop on Pitfield Street, there will be zero pressure on anyone to buy one (not even sure there'll be any for sale), come one come all etc etc.

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Sweet.

Tomorrow (Thursday) - hope to see some of you there.

Here was a pleasing write-up: http://wormwoodiana.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/the-box-of-disquiet.html

Damn and blast I'm going to see a silly Fassbinder movie tomorrow night.

Great book launch.

Went to the Royal Oak. Smashing.

imo there are no silly fassbinder movies

(ps i have seen seven, will be eight tomorrow)

Well this seems to be the thread I use for news about this Pessoa book, so look: http://mcbaprize.org (the book is in the final five for a prize, which is very pleasing).

Excellent, Tim!

Great news!

seconded - that's great!

Thanks, it's particularly exciting because of the standard of some of the books which didn't make the final five, some of which blow my mind. It's very flattering indeed. Just booking our trip to Minneapolis for the gala evening!!

:O

:D

If there were to be another one of these in the near future I'd be quite keen to attend.

Missed this but that's great news Tim, congrats man!

The Soineko Paisaia one is very impressive as well.

Daniel - yes I'd like to think there will be one. Won't be in London so much during the week myself until September. Therefore just call one and whoever can come will.

Otherwise I'll try and get people together at the end of summer.

Thanks for the congrats all - I'm still a bit boggled that I get to go to a proper awards ceremony and do the whole nail-biting thing.

Daniel, I'd be happy to join you for pints, and that goes for the rest of the London ILB also obv.

Cool! :) Maybe around the weekend of the 22nd/23rd?

Here begins the traditional FD.

Sadly, or happily, I won't be around that weekend (or the week after) because I'll be in Minneapolis for the awards ceremony mentioned above.

Missed this - congratulations! That's fantastic

Hmm, most of August is booked up on my end. Perhaps best to wait for this end of Summer suggestion, definitley looking forward to it!

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That's my news. Unreal.

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Congratulations!

That’s wonderful, Tim. Brilliant.

This is bigger than Dylan winning the Nobel Prize.

You won it! That's fantastic, Tim. Congratulations!

Awesome! Parabéns.

wow, congrats. hope the speech went well!

How many roads must a publisher walk down, before he wins an MCBA prize?

Kudos to you and your team!

Team? Team ILB - FAP?

(Thanks all, btw.)

oh well done that looks wonderful! tt is cooing about wanting to get it now

shame your lads bodged the playoff final or we could do a FAFM chez nous. maybe when you play barnet we can all go or something

So near a new ed. of Book of Disquiet too