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This Thursday: SelfMadeHero launch The Park by Oscar Zarate

21 October 2013

This Thursday evening (24th October) sees the launch of Oscar Zarate’s brand new graphic novel, The Park, at Daunt Books in Hampstead.

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Oscar Zarate will be signing and sketching copies of the book, and he’ll also be in conversation with author and Manga Shakespeare editor Richard Appignanesi.

The event will take place between 6.30 and 8.30pm. Daunt Books is located at 51 South End Road, London, NW3 2QB (nearest stations: Belsize Park and Hampstead Heath). If you’d like to attend, please RSVP to [email protected] or join the event on Facebook.

You can learn more about The Park here, and you can read a wonderful review of the book here. Keep an eye on our Facebook page, where we’ll be sharing some images from The Park throughout the week.

David Prudhomme Drawing Live at the South Bank Centre, Saturday 19th October

16 October 2013

This Saturday (19th October), Rebetiko creator David Prudhomme will take part in ‘Greece is the Word’, a series of events celebrating modern Greek culture at the South Bank Centre in London. Curated by Rosie Goldsmith, ‘Greece is the Word’ is intended as a cutting edge, creative response to the current Greek crisis, featuring some of the world’s finest writers, poets and performers.

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David Prudhomme will be drawing live on stage accompanied by the Rebetiko music of Pavlos Melas and his band. The live drawing event forms part of ‘Katerina’s Krisis Kabaret’, an evening of comedy, theatre, music and literature hosted by Greece’s funniest stand-up comic Katerina Vrana (Purcell Room, 8pm).

To find out more about ‘Greece is the Word’ – and to buy tickets – visit the South Bank Centre’s website.