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DD Johnston: Still kicking @ss in the UK

Posted on October 19th, 2011 in Uncategorized

This weekend is the London Anarchist Bookfair! If you’re in the UK, you should go there. If you’re in the US (like me), well, sucks to be us, I suppose. For you lucky ones, author DD Johnston, the sly wit behind our latest fiction release, Peace, Love, and Petrol Bombs, is doing a special pre-bookfair kickoff event on Friday, October 21 at London’s Housmans Bookshop. Be sure to check it out!

Pre-Anarchist Bookfair Special | London, Friday 21st October

D.D. Johnston, author of Peace, Love, and Petrol Bombs, will be discussing radical fiction and the funnier sides of anarchism at Housmans Bookshop on the eve of the anarchist bookfair. He’ll be asking why all the best writers are anarchists, what happens if you mispronounce chants in German, and why occupying a twelve-year-old girl’s slumber party is never, ever, an acceptable protest technique. The event starts at 7pm, on Friday 21st October, and the cost is £3, redeemable against any purchase.

http://www.housmans.com/events.php
http://ddjohnston.org

Housmans Bookshop
5 Caledonian Road
King’s Cross
N19DX

Have we mentioned that the press in the UK is loving this book? It’s no wonder — we love it too! But it’s always nice when the press reaffirms our choice of publications! Here’s a sampling of recent accolades for the book:

“A well told and exceptionally well written ‘coming of age’ novel that draws the reader in to a life that will be alien to many: and spits you out again at the other end feeling entertained, informed, and more than a little curious to know what happens to Wayne next.” —Undiscovered Scotland

“Shot through with deadpan humour, it’s both hilarious and heart wrenching. It’s also unflinching in its honest depiction of Scottish working class life. A great debut novel.” —Culture Burn

“A modern Ragged Trousered Philanthropists meets Adrian Mole meets the Baader-Meinhof gang on the set of Trainspotting. I bunked off work and read it in a little over a day.”–Libcom.org

“Johnston’s use of Scottish brogue is great, as is his description of the gang of political working-class ner-do-wells and the officious tripe they encounter. (…) The winner of the Smackdown? Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs by a TKO for humour, dialect, politics and action.”–Mayday Books

We really can’t say this enough times: you gotta read this book! Grab a copy today at your local bookshop (it’s also available as an ebook on Kindle …) or order it from AK-US or AK-UK!