Posted by kluster on May 26, 2010
Night Two of the Even Books Le First Ever Readers Festival was a books-on-film based affair, hosted in the welcoming space that is CuriousWorks.
As our fellow city-mates would be aware, Saturday night in Sydney was a miserable affair. Incessant rain and mid-winter temperatures combined resulted in the creation of a rather unwelcoming conurbation.
Not to be swayed by some blowing winds and a bit of sky water, a group of adventurous literarily-and-film-inclined individuals braved the night, nursing wounded heads as a result of the reportedly raucous activities experienced at the festival’s opening night party, The Library of Unwritten Books at Performance Space at CarriageWorks.
The tone of the event was, suitably, set to low-key.
FBi’s Kate Jinx took centre stage as the evening’s appointed MC. Guiding guests through a selection of hilarious Femminist Bookstore viewings (shame on us, how on earth had we not been privy to this comic brilliance before?) before disgusting the audience with some wall-sized exposure to that hair style, a la baby Baldwin in Threesome and engaging in a movie-length screening of Parker Posey’s cult classic tale of a wild-girl-cum-librarian, Party Girl.
We like books. We’re also obsessed with reading. So it stands to reason that a soirée celebrating books made into film and referenced on telly would appeal to us. Add to that some homemade muffins, a dash of red to ease the sore head and a killer view of Central Station lit up like Grand Central (no kidding) and you’ve won us over for the weekend. Our only real complaint lies with Mother Nature and her cruel sabotage of the following day’s roving readathon, Reading Reclaims Redfern.
even books, le first ever readers festival, the library of unwritten books, carriageworks, fbi, kate jinx, femminst bookstore, threesome, parker posey, party girl