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26th Jul 2010
For Books’ Sake Presents: The Lit at Ladyfest Ten Fundraiser
So, remember a while back, when we told you to save the date of Tursday August 12th, because we were planning a literary pub quiz at the Old School Yard near London Bridge to raise money for Ladyfest Ten? Well, now we’ve got all the details sorted, we can tell you all about it!
Turn up to The Old School Yard from 6.30pm, slurp a happy hour cocktail or two, feast upon cake and other tasty treats and take part in our book swap. Bring your old books and swap ‘em for exciting new ones. Or, if you’re too lazy to cart boxes of books all over town, or too sentimental to depart with much-loved novels, even though you know you’ll never read them again, you’ll also be able to buy from the book swap for a bargain-tastic £1 a go.
Then, at 7.30pm, we’ll be starting the quiz. £5 a head will get you many a chance at winning a mountain of book-related booty, because as well as the prize jackpot, we’ll be giving away lots of other prizes throughout the quiz. And if you haven’t swotted up on Shakespeare since GCSE and don’t know your Plath from your Plato, don’t despair. We’ll have questions on all sorts of genres, as well as pun rounds and other hands-on activities.
During the quiz and the raffle, we’ll be giving away hundreds of pounds worth of prizes, with booty from wonderfully generous publishers including Pulp Press, Serpents Tail, Virago, The Faber Academy, the Literary Gift Company, Filament magazine, and many, many more.
To give everyone a chance at winning, we’ll be limiting teams to a maximum of four people. And if you want to reserve a space for you and your clever clogs team mates, all you need to do is email us and let us know a contact name and how many of you, and we’ll make sure you’ve got the best seats in the house. See you soon!
Post by Jane Bradley
Absolutely gutted I won’t be able to join you for this guys, but there is to be another Book Swap in Arcadia Bar in Leeds on August the 15th and I shall propose a collection tin of sorts to contribute to the fund…
Thanks lovely, every little helps! We’ll recreate all the fun when you’re here for the main event too…
I’ll be non where near London on August 12th, but what a great idea! I hope it’ll be a very successful event. Good luck.
Thanks so much Judith, we hope so too!
I’m excited!
Huzzah! Who are you teaming up with? I want lots of comical team names!
Can’t wait! x
Us too! Are you teaming up with Miss Squirrel? You’ll be a force to be reckoned with if so!
SUMWUN BRING A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES PLZ, SWAP YOU A RUBBARSH CHUCK PALANYUK
Only if you promise to talk like that on the night too…
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Yes! I am so there.
Woohoo! The competition’s hotting up!