BOWIE'S BOOKS: The Literary Heroes who changed Bowie's Life with John O'Connell

  • The Century Club

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  • Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Classes
  • Tickets from £12.00
  • Over 18
  • Tue, 27th Sep 2022 @ 18:30 - 20:30
  • 18:30 - 20:30

This salon is part of the Soho Series at London's exclusive Century Club

Three years before he died, David Bowie made a list of the one hundred books that had transformed his life – a list that formed something akin to an autobiography. From Madame Bovary to A Clockwork Orange, the Iliad to the Beano, these were the publications that had fuelled his creativity and shaped who he was. 

In 2019, author John O'Connell investigated and analysed this list in the form of one hundred short essays, each offering a perspective on the man, performer and creator that was Bowie, his work as an artist and the era in which he lived. O'Connell's book went on to become the Times Book of Year.

In this illustrated talk, O'Connell will discuss the list exploring the importance of reading to Bowie and showing how the star's favourite authors informed his songwriting and sense of himself as a performer in surprising, intriguing ways. 

John O'Connell
John O’Connell is a former Senior Editor at Time Out and music columnist for The Face. He is now freelance, writing mainly for The Times and the Guardian. He interviewed David Bowie in New York in 2002. 

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Soho Series at the Century
18:30 - 20:30 £12.00

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The Century Club, 61 - 63, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 6LQ

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Piccadilly Circus (Tube)

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A Curious Invitation

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