Leon Craig

Live Performance

Leon Craig has done numerous live readings of her work, in addition to presenting other performers. Please do get in contact if you would like to book Leon to read at your event, host or take part in a panel discussion.

Upcoming

Short Stories, Tall Tales with AM Moskowitz for Jewish Book Week, 5th March 2023 at King’s Place, London

Previous appearances

An Evening of Literary Gothic, in conversation with Francine Toon at Daunts Summertown, 2nd November 2022

Halloween event at Kirkdale Bookshop, London, 29th October 2022

Berlin paperback launch in conversation with Jane Flett, hosted by The Reader at Das Gift, 25th October 2022

Dead Ladies Show No.31 (on Angela Carter) with Audrey Naline and Susan Stone, Acud Macht Neu, Berlin, 9th June 2022, also released as a podcast

Summer Lecture on the Short Story for Birkbeck University of London , online event with Saba Sams and Vanessa Onwuemezi, hosted by Toby Litt, 10th May 2022

The Art of the Short Story, online event with RZ Baschir, hosted by Rosanna McLaughlin for The White Review, 12th May 2022

Queer Gothic Tales: Leon Craig in Conversation at Waterstones Gower Street, 8th April 2022, reviewed in Strand magazine

Berlin launch of Parallel Hells in conversation with Mikaella Clements, hosted by The Reader, at The Word event space, 4th March 2022

Queer Gothic Horror at Manchester Blackwells with Alison Rumfitt and Rosie Garland, 21st February 2022

London launch of Parallel Hells in conversation with Julia Armfield, Libreria Bookshop, London, 17th February 2022

Futures in the Making showcase at Gay’s The Word bookshop, 31 October 2019

Speak= a night of readings hosted by London Queer Writers at The Jago, Dalston, Thursday 25 July 2019

Futures – a night of new writing to celebrate LGBT History Month Wednesday 20 February 2019, from 6pm at the Islington Museum

The Perfect Liars’ Club, Tuesday 11 September 2018

She Grrrowls, Thursday 7 June 2018

www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/radio-diva-27th-march-2018/

An appearance by Leon Craig on Radio Diva on Resonance FM, from 42:30

Polari/ LGBTQ History Month at the Southbank Centre in 2017
https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/117649-polari-2017
(Read the review here)
 

and Polari Literary Salon at the Hemel Hempstead Library in 2018

That’s What She Said, 2017

http://forbookssake.net/events/event/thats-said-2nd-birthday-party/

and again in April 2018

https://www.facebook.com/events/223157854910203/?active_tab=about

Brainchild Festival, August 2017

http://www.leoncraigwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/leonreadingfinal.mp4

 

Video clip of Leon Craig reading her work aloud (credit: Ben Noble)

At The Inkwell, 2017

https://www.facebook.com/events/1849156845340073/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22ref_newsfeed_story_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D

https://patriciafosterworkshops4life.wordpress.com/category/at-the-inkwell-london/

The Moth in London, 2017

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-london-moth-storyslam-risk-tickets-29266188959

L Fest writing series and panel discussion, 2017

http://www.lfest.co.uk/arts2017/leoncraig

Women’s Art For Change, 2017

https://www.evensi.uk/womens-art-for-change-ziferblat-london/198646095

An evening with Swimmers in 2016
http://www.storeprojects.org/event/an-evening-with-swimmers-3/

Queercircle, 2016

http://limewharf.org/portfolio/queercircle-launch-festival/

 

Contents

  • About Parallel Hells
  • Interviews & podcast
  • Praise for Parallel Hells & Reviews
  • Fiction
  • Non-Fiction Writing
  • Live Performance
  • Brainchild and Thousand
  • Drama

Contact

Contact me via contact@leoncraigwriter.com

Social Media

@Leon_C_C

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