‘Shouldn’t we be there by now?’ I asked repeatedly, the answer always yes. ‘Look at that gorgeous room of books up on the second storey of the house opposite,’ we said, walking past. Several minutes later we were in that room, sparkling wine in hand, listening to the saddest stories of Sir Andrew Motion, the ex-Poet Laureate.
Peirene Press, a publishing house to love, run Peirene Salons in addition to their usual activities, which are sophisticated evenings of literature and laughter, wisdom and wine, in the greatest European tradition. First drinks, then a reading, then dinner and conversation with around 50 of your most cultured and effervescent new friends.’
My write-up of the Peirene Press Salon I attended on 1st December, with Andrew Motion in attendance. The latest post to my Small Island Culture on Side B Magazine.