Win Tickets to An Evening with JG Ballard
Author: Simon Sellars • Sep 9th, 2006 •Category: Ballardosphere
EXCLUSIVE LONDON EVENT
The first twenty people to email events.london@blackwell.co.uk with the word ‘Ballard’ in the subject box will win a pair of complimentary tickets to this event.
Blackwell present an evening with J.G. Ballard to celebrate the publication of Kingdom Come, Thursday 14 September 7pm. J.G. Ballard will be in conversation with Literary Editor of The Observer, Robert McCrum.
Venue: Logan Hall, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL
Tickets: £7 (concessions £5)
Bookings: call 0845 456 9876 (lines are open Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 6.00pm) or visit Blackwell, 100 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H OJG.
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I attended the J.G. Ballard event. I thought he was gracious and very likeable and funny. In contrast the interviewer looked bored and unintersted, despite saying what a fan of Ballard’s work he was. The questioned he asked were so frustratingly dull. Did anybody else get this impression? I’d like to hear people’s reactions. Was it just me expecting too much? I even felt he was editing the Questions as Ballard strained to hear him or make sense of the audiences questions. It’s my first time meeting Ballard and I was left wishing the situation wasn’t so structured. He’s a writer with so much to say, you feel he was just getting going when the event finished.
I wasn’t there so I don’t know, but here’s a post from another blog that seems to echo what you say:
http://tammanycollege.wordpress.com/2006/09/15/an-audience-with-jg-
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