Fairs and Markets

LAM Late Summer Fete

fetish trading, kinky shopping, LAM, naughty books 16th August 2020 Events, Fairs and Markets

In a week’s time, I’ll be hauling myself and a slightly alarming amount of luggage to the semi-wilds of Bedfordshire for the second live open air event of this strange plague summer: LAM’s Late Summer Fete. While I have managed … Continued

LAM on the Farm

books, bookselling, fetish market, kinky shopping, LAM 2nd July 2020 Events, Fairs and Markets

Don’t know about you lot, but I’ve had this song on the brain most of the week, ever since the news came though that LAM is coming back, at least for one day. It’s been a long, strange few months, … Continued

Lockdown Life: Learning to Vlog

lockdown, trading, vloggers, Youtube 4th May 2020 Fairs and Markets

It’s fairly crap, I know. (Whether I’m referring to the lockdown or my initial attempts at vlogging, I will leave up to you to decide.) But I promise no pious platitudes or fingerwagging: we all get through this as we … Continued

Your Christmas Shopping dates from DSW.

books, Christmas, erotica, markets, shopping 25th November 2019 Events, Fairs and Markets

I know, I know, we’re not quite out of November and everyone’s bombarding you with Christmas Shopping stuff. Maybe think of this post as a potential escape route for when you’d actually rather spend a bit of money on yourself … Continued

NEW RELEASE: Slaves To Desire

anthology, bookselling, erotica, new books, new release, sexy stories 11th September 2019 Fairs and Markets, New Books

Last week saw the arrival of an interesting new collection from Sinful Press. Slaves To Desire by Eli Gilic takes various fictional characters and real-life artists and explores the erotic possibilities they offer. For those who like their erotica on … Continued

Manchester Pride 2019 The Weekend’s Adventures

bookselling, erotic fiction, erotica, events, LGBTQ 29th August 2019 Events, Fairs and Markets 2 Comments

Manchester Pride, bookselling, LAMchester

I hadn’t been to Manchester Pride before and my experiences of the London version (while always good) have been confined to dancing in the parade. This year, I was invited to take the bookstall to what was originally going to … Continued

My name is Zak and I have Luggage Issues

author, bookselling, events 7th August 2019 Fairs and Markets, Other Things

… and they are getting worse. Way way WAY back, in the 90s, when the stock for markets consisted of about 40 copies of that month’s Forum magazine and maybe a handful of erotic novels out of the review cupboard, … Continued

Summer Dates – Signings and Markets

authors, books, bookselling, erotic fiction, erotic fiction. writers. writing, erotica, event 17th June 2019 Events, Fairs and Markets

Despite the persistently horrible weather, summer’s here, and it feels like time to post a list of what I’ve got lined up for the next couple of months because, despite the ongoing cluster fuck of UK politics, there are still … Continued

Are You Feeling Festive Yet?

books, bookselling, erotic fiction. writers. writing, erotica, fetish, kinky, politics, porn 19th December 2018 Fairs and Markets, Musings, Other Things

You’d think the festive season is prime time for traders everywhere, but one thing I have noted throughout my years of selling kinky books and bits and bobs is that December is often one of the less good months at … Continued

Musings from Manchester – and London

books, bookselling, erotica, fetish fair, Manchester 7th August 2018 Events, Fairs and Markets

Last weekend I made my third visit to the Manchester Author Event. For quite a bit of this year I have been trying to prove to myself that I am not, in fact, Getting On A Bit and am still … Continued