WORD FACTORY DECEMBER SALON

Schedule

Tue Dec 02 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

The Music Room | London, EN

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An evening of reading, celebration and conversation
About this Event


WHAT'S THE STORY?

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Word Factory this year: now it's time to party! Please join us and our guests, Tom Lee and Adam Marek, in a memorable evening of story and celebration.

In seasonal Word Factory tradition, we'll enjoy our guest readings AND pull names from a hat for a chance to read some of your own work - or work that has inspired you. If you want to put your name in the hat - please do come do come prepared with something to read of no more than 5 minutes, ideally even shorter.

Hosted by Word Factory founder Cathy Galvin.

We look forward to welcoming you to this intimate gathering at The Music Room on Tuesday December 2nd at 5.45pm for a 6pm start ....

Space Limited to only 35 places — Entry fee covers costs and refreshments. Our Substack Paid Subscribers attend for free.


Our readers:

Tom Lee is the author of a memoir, The Bullet, as well as a novel, The Alarming Palsy of James Orr, and Greenfly, a collection of short stories. Tom lives in South London and teaches at Goldsmiths.
Adam Marek is the author of three short story collections: Instruction Manual for Swallowing, The Stone Thrower, and most recently The Universe Delivers the Enemy You Need. His stories have appeared on BBC Radio 4, and in many magazines and anthologies, including The Penguin Book of the British Short Story. He is an Arts Foundation Short Story Fellow. He regularly works with SciFutures, using storytelling to help prototype the future. Visit Adam at



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The Music Room, 49 Great Ormond Street, London, United Kingdom

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