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Recording of the Big Green Bookshop gig

taniaglyde — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:44:29 +0000

Here’s me interviewed by Piers Gibbon at the Big Green Bookshop last week. (45 minutes long approx; NSFW.)

In Conversation with Sally Brampton on 5th February

taniaglyde — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:35:06 +0000

I’m appearing with Times columnist Sally Brampton, author of the memoir Shoot The Damn Dog, on 5th February at Waterstones Notting Hill.

We’ll be reading from, and talking about, our books, and the current state of the mental health system, and answering questions from the
audience.

WHERE: Waterstones, 39-41 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3JQ (020 7229 9444)

WHEN: Thursday 5th February at 7pm.

TICKETS: 3 pounds, redeemable against the books on the night.

Hope to see you there.

If you can’t make it, I’ll be posting details of another reading/discussion I’m doing soon.

A bit about Sally’s book, Shoot the Damn Dog:

I believe that we learn through stories. We learn that we are not alone. Sally Brampton is an optimist. The founding editor of Elle, a successful journalist and novelist, she loves gardening, friends and life. She is also a depressive. Shoot The Damn Dog is a memoir of her journey through depression. For four years her life stood still, mired in the tears, despair and desperate loneliness of mental illness. The brief joy of a stumbled recovery was cruelly, swiftly followed by a relapse into a deeper darkness, alcohol abuse and two suicide attempts. Hers is a story at once deeply personal and profoundly universal which, by way of shared experience, offers a connection to those who feel so terribly alone and ashamed.

Unflinching and humble in its honesty, Shoot the Damn Dog blasts the stigma of depression as a character failing or moral flaw and confronts the terrifying illness Winston Churchill called the black dog, an illness that humiliates, punishes and isolates its sufferers. It is also a practical book, offering ideas about what might help. There are no promises, only suggestions: small steps towards understanding and managing this illness and slowly coming back into the light. With its raw, understated eloquence, this book will speak volumes to any person whose life has been haunted by depression, as well as offering help and understanding to those whose loved ones suffer from this debilitating condition.

It should be an interesting evening.

Here come the Erotic Awards!

taniaglyde — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:04:02 +0000

If you go to one good party in September, go to this one. And go to the artists exhibition as well.
Here is the press release:

NIGHT OF THE SENSES AND EROTIC AWARDS 2008

Probably the sexiest event in the world (ErosZine)

The Glastonbury of sex – these are the good people in a gloriously mucky business. (Grayson Perry)

Tuppy Owens and the Night of the Senses are simply the best! Great people, a great cause, and a big love fest not to be missed. (Annie Sprinkle)

Erotic Awards Finals and Night of the Senses
Friday 12th September at Mass and Babalou, Peace Garden, Brixton Hill, London SW2 1JF. 8pm all night. Strict dress code. Tickets £60, or £45 for groups of 5 or more, concessions half price
Nightofthesenses.com

Erotic Awards Exhibition
4th-10th September noon-midnight
Jago Gallery, Bar/Café & Bookstore, 77 Redchurch Street, Hoxton, London E2 7DJ
Erotic-awards.co.uk

Fundraising
The Night of the Senses (now in its 22nd year) and the Erotic Awards are the main fundraisers for the Outsiders Trust, a charity set up by Dr Tuppy Owens in 1979 for disabled people to enjoy sexual pleasure and form relationships. Outsiders.org.uk

The Night Itself

Guests and Erotic Awards Finalists arrive from all over the world. This year we have the Eros Association (whose book Hypocrites initiated the recent protest against the Pope in Sydney) from Australia; artist Brian Horton from LA; Sue Newsome, Tantric sex worker from the West Country; and international film maker Gareth Maxwell Roberts. We have academics such as Belinda Brooks-Gordon, writers such as Stella Black and politicians such as Lord Richard Faulkner. Guests are 18+, disabled welcome (wheelchair accessible)

The night begins with the announcement of the winners, who are presented with Golden Flying Penis Trophies which have been hand carved in Bali. Then comes the performances on stage – fashion shows, performance art and striptease, a hot show that warms up our guests so they spill out merrily into the maze of pleasure palaces. Every taste is catered for: the Sensuality Chamber where couples make love serenaded by musicians, the Roissy Dungeon, the Infinity Dome, Golden Pond, Massage Garden, Boys’ Back Room, Women’s Womb, Café Shebeen and Grope Box. This year we have added the Novice Avenue, Tantric Cavern, Messy Cake Fights and a Temporary Tattoo Parlour.

At 1am, special guest Empress Stah will present her act ‘The Queen of the Night’ in the Cabaret of the Senses, along with the famous squirting Mouse, ultra-charming black stripper Rumpshaker, and the best erotic performers this country has ever seen.

Night Of The Senses
Erotic Awards
Outsiders
NOTS on Facebook
NOTS blog
Erotic Awards on MySpace