"TALES OF THE CITIES:  Real and Imagined", Moscow/London: Literary salon. 2 December 2012

Damian Barr brings his celebrated Literary Salon from London to Moscow and invites leading British and Russian writers to share their personal and literary tales of cities real and imagined.  See Moscow and London as you’ve never seen them before! Free entrance after registration.

GRASPING THE NETTLE: Editorial Opportunities in Digital Publishing’, 30 November

Brief UK market overview with summary of some of the creative work taking place in the UK industry, around short-from ebooks, apps, interactive narrative, and what the future may hold

INVENTING MEMORIES – meeting with the journalist and writer Sam Leith, author of the novel “The Coincidence Engine”, 3 December

Although our memories always feel ‘true’, they are vulnerable to all kinds of distortions and manipulations, not least the old fashioned needs of storytelling. Join a fascinating discussion about the human mind and the role of memory in both literature and life.