The Butcher’s Shop, Sponsored by Hendrick’s Gin

Prepare your prose for the taste of cold editorial steel: The Butcher’s Shop, BAD IDEA’s unique writing workshop, returns on Thursday February 26 for a recession themed special. Broke, destitute, disillusioned? Dreaming of bankers’ heads on spikes? We want to hear all about it in stories of 350 words or less – simply send your writing to info@badidea.co.uk and we’ll make it part of the evening’s entertainment.

We’ve also invited news editors Alyssa McDonald (New Statesman), and Jean Hannah Edelstein (BAD IDEA) to pore over one lucky story and investigate what makes recession rage translate into good feature journalism!

Special guests from CompletelyNovel.com will also be in attendance to lead a debate about HOW TO SAVE PUBLISHING FROM ABSOLUTE ANNIHILATION BY THE 21ST CENTURY’S DIGITAL TSUNAMI!!

Apart from that, BAD IDEA’s editors Jack and Daniel will be doing their usual “Gunther von Hagens for the literary elite” (KultureFlash) thing, and editing your work in a lively environment where “… you can expect the shouty Victorian atmosphere to increase towards grammatical brawling as the night goes on” (Guardian). To buy tickets click here.

Sponsored by Hendrick’s Gin, who will provide complimentary cocktails throughout the evening, The Butcher’s Shop is held in the atmospheric environs of the Old Operating Theatre (behind London Bridge station). 

For more info on the event, check out www.badidea.co.uk/thebutchersshop. And for a sample from one of our recent events, take a look at the clip  below, which features the live drawing skills of illustrator James Nash.

Posted by Jack Roberts in Events, Podcasts & Video | February 19, 2009 1:47PM |