A promo campaign for David Mitchell’s The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet has launched in a pop-up tea house in Spitalfields market, East London – I caught up with him hours after his first visit. The pop-up’s more rough and ready than Mitchell imagined but he was excited to see it realised. “It’s much [...]
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Interview: Author David Mitchell on his pop-up ‘immersive reading room’ in Spitalfields
Posted in Arts & entertainment, Blogging, Books, Theatre, tagged architecture, books, east london on March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Saatchi Art & Music blog: Review, 40 Winks story-telling night
Posted in Blogging, Theatre, Writing samples, tagged bloggin, east london, pajama party, reviews, storytelling, writing samples on February 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Je t’aime,” I whisper to the stranger.
A grin explodes across his face on hearing the party password. “Oh, but darling,” he rejoins, flapping me over the threshold, “we’ve only just met!”
This is David Carter, and I am going to a party at his house. He owns a boutique hotel in Stepney called ’40 Winks’, and likes to throw story-telling evenings for small crowds. The catch? You’ve got to wear your pyjamas.
