Bloom's Eve Celebration @ Vancouver's Monthly Literary Gathering

To commemorate Bloom's Day, the day on which James Joyce's book
Ulysses takes place, Vancouver's monthly Literary Gathering will
feature Joycean entertainment, presentations, food and drink. In the
fine tradition of last year's Bloom's Day Marathon, selections from
Joyce will be performed, and the authentically Irish setting of the
Shebeen can only add to the green-tinged festivities, not to mention
the green-tinged faces of the overindulgent the next morning.

Vancouver's Monthly Literary Gathering Returns!
7pm-9ish, third Wednesday of each month @ the Shebeen
reservations: $20 lorraine.murphy@gmail.com till June 10th, at the door $25

DETAILS:
Heir to last year's popular Stammtisch, created by Christoph Kapp of
McGraw Hill, the Vancouver gathering will revive the warm camaraderie
and vicious rivalry that has characterized all great literary meetings
from the days of the Algonquin Round Table to last week at Granta.
The pen is mightier than the sword, so ditch the Kingdom of Heaven
tix, stuff a sack with manuscripts, adjust your berets, and head down
to Gastown's own Shebeen.

Sink into a warm velvet banquette and enjoy our programme: your basic
meet-and-mingle from 7-7:30, followed by a riveting, yet brief
presentation, anything from poetry slam to State of the Modern Novel
polemics, book launches to Exquisite Corpse storytelling, followed by
Q&A and then breaking up into casual groups for wandering, boozy
reminiscences of the time you saw Alan Ginsburg thrown out of the
Carnegie, etc etc.

There are only 40 spaces available for this event, so be sure to RSVP
to reserve your spot at the table. Or the bar. Whatever. Reservations
made in advance are $20 per person; four days before or at the door
(if space is available) the cost is $25. Payable in cash, please. Hors
d'oevres and a drink are included in the price, and match the theme of
each month's meeting. A full menu is available, as well as over a
hundred different whiskies at the Shebeen, near the Gassy Jack statue,
just behind the Irish Heather, down Blood Alley, and behind the red
door. How could you resist an address like that, eh? Oh, fine. In the
alley off Carrall near Water Street, 217 Carrall, to be precise. Happy
now?

Alan Ginsburg was thrown out of the Carnegie. I'll tell you the story
at the meeting if you ask nicely!

Literary Gathering
7pm, Wednesday, June 15th, 2005
Shebeen, 217 Carrall Street, Vancouver BC
Reservations: lorraine.murphy@gmail.com, $20 to June 10th, thereafter
$25 space-available only
Media contact: Lorraine Murphy of raincoaster media ltd,
lorraine.murphy@gmail.com, 604-874-5051