Freedom of the City... Beat Scene... Iain Sinclair...

I am off back to London tomorrow for the Freedom of the City festival – but just received the latest edition of Beat Scene which reminded me that the editor, Kevin Ring, kindly tipped me off that my favourite (living) British author Iain Sinclair is up in the provinces next weekend (Saturday 9th May) at the Coventry Literary Festival(scroll down for details) – doing a book signing at 12 pm(Waterstones)and reading at 2.30 pm (Central Library). I'm currently 100 odd pages into his latest 'Hackney, that Rose Red Empire.' Which is magnificient... this review here gives a flavour of its sprawling reach. I'll be there...