Les Barker
Barker who is appearing at my local pub on Saturday September 4th. (The Mount,
Corfe Mullen, Dorset)
Anyone else fancy coming along and making it a suitable gathering of people who
like silly poetry, fannish things and smutty filk/fiction in particular?
Les Barker is a poet and a very funny one. He appears mainly at folk festivals,
but has also done the occasional SF convention. If you hear a poem read in a con
filk session and it isn't a Stanley Holloway monologue, then the chances are it
was written by Les Barker. His poems are full of bad puns and funny ideas. A
lot of them also contain dogs.
He also wears a cardigan (but the wrong sort...)
Floor space available on request for anyone wanting to stay overnight (this is
a good thing as it allows more fannish conversation/filking on the Sunday). I
guess Pred gets the spare bed seeing as she signed up first. That leaves one
more spare bed, a couple of good reclining chairs and lots of floor space. (we
have a few sleeping bags available)
Tickets are around 8 quid (I forget exactly how much, but that feels about
right) and if you ask me, I can book in advance for
you. Pred, I've booked for thee, me and Henry.
bio-les
