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STELLA DUFFY

Author’s reading at Camberwell Library

Friday 20 June, 6.30pm. Booking via 020 7525 6329 Camberwell Library, Camberwell Church St, SE5
Stella Duffy will talk about her work and read from her latest novel, The Room of Lost Things. With scenes set in Camberwell, the novel was published by Virago in February and was longlisted for the Orange Prize.
Humming with life, packed tight with detail, The Room of Lost Things is a hymn of love to a great and overflowing city, and a profoundly human story that holds us in its grip from the first sentence until the last.

MERVYN PEAKE:THE MAN AND HIS ART

Mervyn Peake was a writer, artist, illustrator and a former tutor at Camberwell College of Arts. He is best known for his Gormenghast trilogy but also wrote poetry, short stories and plays for adults and children.
To celebrate his achievements, Camberwell Arts Festival and the Blue Elephant theatre are delighted to present this Mervyn Peake double bill, hosted by his son Sebastian Peake.

CAPTAIN SLAUGHTERBOARD DROPS ANCHOR

Reading and visual art workshop for children (recommended age 5–11)3–5pm

Blue Elephant Theatre, 59a Bethwin Road,
London SE5 0XT
Limited spaces, booking recommended: 
to book please call 020 7701 0100 or
email info@blueelephanttheatre.co.uk
First published in 1939, Mervyn Peake’s pirate yarn has recently been re-issued, giving a new generation the chance to read about the exploits of Captain Slaughterboard and his crazy crew – Billy Bottle, Jonas Joints, Timothy Twitch, Peter Poop, and Charlie Choke.
Listen to Sebastian Peake read his father’s extraordinary story and take part in an art workshop inspired by the story’s characters.

MERVYN PEAKE: AN ILLUSTRATED TALK

7.30pm
Blue Elephant Theatre, 59a Bethwin Road,
London SE5 0XT
Limited spaces, booking essential;
to book please call 020 7701 0100 or
email info@blueelephanttheatre.co.uk
Inspired by his father’s incredible collection of paintings, photographs and letters, Sebastian Peake provides an exclusive insight into one of the most creative minds of the 20th Century.