See below details of the events that are on this week as part of the WoW Festival. It’s the last week and there’s great stuff on: a debate on football hosted by Mirror columnist, Brian Reade; an evening with Canongate authors, including Helen Walsh; a Grime, Big Beats and Rhyme night with UK Grime artists and Liverpool Young Writers; plus a pub crawl led by Niall Griffiths and the end festival party with Trojan/Gold in the Shade.
Wednesday 28th May
Who Owns the Beautiful Game?
‘O, Sons of Shankly and descendents of Dixie, where is your beautiful game going?’ Abroad, if the FA gets its way!
Who owns the game? Can the fans really buy the clubs? Should they even buy from the club shop? Money flows in from the USA – debt saddles LFC. Tesco wants to take Everton to Kirby – but does every little help? The FA chases the filthy lucre abroad – but how much is one ‘away’ game worth? And what about the fans? The fans! You ‘avin’ a larf; what do they know? Your chance to have a say, and find out what some of the key players in the game think:
Brian Reade – Daily Mirror Columnist and CityTalk show host
Nicky Allt – The Spirit of Shankly
Dave Kelly – Keep Everton in Our City Campaign
Special Guests to be announced
8pm
Liverpool Lighthouse; Oakfield Road, Anfield, L4OUF
Tickets £5/£3 available from Lighthouse Box office Tel: 0151 476 2342
Thursday 29th May
An Evening with Canongate Authors: Anne Donovan, Laura Hird & Helen Walsh
Canongate Books has emerged as one of the most dynamic publishing houses in Britain, consistently discovering exciting authors with fresh, edgy voices. Writing on the Wall presents an evening with three fantastic Canongate novelists. From Scotland, we have Anne Donovan, author of Buddha Da (Orange Prize short-listed) and Laura Hird, author of Born Free (shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award). From Liverpool we have Helen Walsh, author of the acclaimed debut novel Brass and the recently released Once Upon A Time in England. All three authors will read from their latest work.
8.00 p.m.
Everyman Bistro (3rd Room), 5-9 Hope Street, L1 9BH
£5.00/£3.00 on door
Friday 30th May
Grime, Big Beats & Rhyme with Liverpool Young Writers, Sway, Skinnyman and Young KOF, hosted by Nikki Blaze
Liverpool Young Authors perform alongside UK hip-hop and grime artists.
7pm
The New Picket, 61 Jordon Street, L1 OBW
Entry £6 on the door or £5 in advance from the Philharmonic Hall box office, Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BP
Tel: 0151 709 3789.
All ages welcome.
Saturday 31st May
Pub Crawl with Niall Griffiths
Real Liverpool could leave your head reeling! Writer Niall Griffiths (Grits, Kelly & Victor, Stump) launches his latest book, Real Liverpool, and leads a cast of writers, playwrights and actors taking you on a tour de force journey through literature, laughter and lager (or bitter, if you prefer). Five pubs, ten performers, and maybe a couple of pints along the way: not to be missed…hic!
Meet 7.30pm at Peter Kavanagh’s, Egerton Street, L8 7LY
£6/£4 To book a place call WoW on 0151 703 0020
Saturday 31st May
WoW Festival End Party In association with Gold in the Shade:
TROJAN SOUND SYSTEM AT THE MAGNET
Formed in 2004 from London Sound System legends, to represent the label in England and throughout the World. The Sound System has already had hugely successful shows as a single entity and with the greatest names in reggae.
The Sound System comprises:
Selectors – Earl Gateshead & Daddy Ad.
Vocalists – Superfour & Chucky Banton
Gold in the Shade friends & family – Donuts collective & Thomas. E. Griffin (dreadnought)
Rockers2Rockers
Doors: 9.00 p.m. – 5.00 a.m.
£8.00/£7.00 NUS on door
£6.00 with WoW brochure b4 midnight.
http://www.writingonthewall.org.uk/