Paul Gorman

Book shops

A night of conversation, music + libation to celebrate Totally Wired at Reference Point

Next Thursday (August 3) I’m going to be in conversation with the prominent writer and photographer Mark C. O’Flaherty at central London’s library/bookshop/bar Reference Point.

//Mark reminisces about his time at Boyz in Totally Wired//

We’ll be talking about the music press – the subject of my book Totally Wired, which is out now in paperback –  it’s history in relation to LGBTQ+ communities and Mark’s experiences working for such magazines as Melody Maker and Boyz.

Afterwards I’ll DJ a vinyl set of music-press-related sounds.

Bag your spot here.

//Totally Wired paperbacks in the Tate Britain bookshop//

Copies of Totally Wired are widely available, including from bookshop.org

TON: Dave Baby’s Temple of Desire

The new interiors magazine TON – the first issue is out now –  has two pieces by me on very different but equally extraordinary homes.

TON’s founder and editor-in-chief Jermaine Gallacher – who works with art director Rory Gleeson and editorial director Ted Stansfield – commissioned me to write about Dave Baby’s apartment close to where we both live, in south London’s Stockwell.

As I write, ‘this otherworldly space represents a bewitching realm of desires, sexuality and esoterica with Dave at the maelstrom’s centre, a still figure dispensing wily wit and charm’.

Continue reading TON: Dave Baby’s Temple of Desire

A life in (mainly second-hand) books: Interviewed as part of Book/Shop’s One Great Reader series

I am the latest subject in the One Great Reader series published by Oakland CA’s Book/Shop.

/Wes Del Val’s introduction//

In the interview by Wes Del Val I talk about the importance of books, particularly second-hand books, in my life.

//I get to nominate the five books I’d keep in stock permanently in my fantasy bookshop//

Above is a selection of reading material mentioned in the chat plucked from the shelves, ranging from Myths & Legends given to me by an older sister when I was eight in the 1960s to Tabitha Lasley’s incredible Sea State published this year.

Read my One Great Reader chat with Wes here.

The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren out in the US next week: Join the virtual event hosted by Atlanta’s A Capella Books

To coincide with the US release of my book The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren I’m taking part in an online event hosted by Atlanta’s premier independent bookstore A Capella next Thursday (September 24).

From 6pm EST (11pm BST) I will be in conversation with US music journalist Chad Radford about McLaren and his creative legacy. Our chat will be followed by a q&a session.

I’ve already signed a bunch of personalised bookplates for those purchasing copies directly from A Cappella.

Look forward to digitally seeing you there – more details from A Cappella.

The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren is available to buy in the US from next week from all good booksellers as well as amazon.com.