Disclaimer: If you are in the sticky sweet phase of love where nothing can ever go wrong… don’t watch this.

One of the organisers put together a playlist for the January evening. Cool idea!

How will you remember him today? You can read some of the samples we have on the site or check out these videos:

List to his daughter Ianthe, read One Afternoon in 1939

or listen to Richard read All Watched over by Machines of Loving Grace

Personally, I think I’ll be reading a few chapters of In Watermelon Sugar before bedtime.

Seems he likes the zoo, the woods, The Jungle Book, Dali, freaky films and…

A writer called Richard Brautigan – he’s a lesser-known beat writer, he wrote a book called Trout Fishing In America. I really like his stuff.

Thanks for helping to spread the word Noel!!!

There’s a couple things happening this month for those of us who appreciate Richard Brautigan so if you happen to live near anything listed below, check it out & then report back to let us know how it was!

Are there any other brautigan events happening? If so, let me know.

London – Jan 25th – The Brautigan Book Club is a face-to-face monthly meeting to discuss a book & preform other relate cool things. Their first event will be discussing ‘The Abortion’. Details here

San Diego California – Jan 27th – the Book Noir club will discuss “In Watermelon Sugar” at 1 p.m. at the Civic Center Library, 330 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside. (760) 435-5600

there’s a new book about Brautigan on its way!

Jubille Hitchhiker is due in January 2012 and aims to ‘connect the Brautigan known to his fans with the man who ended his life so abruptly in 1984 while revealing the close ties between his writing and the actual events of his life. Part history, part biography, and part memoir this etches the portrait of a man destroyed by his genius’.

It’s weighing in at a massive 896 pages too!

I certainly hope they come out with a e-book/kindle version.

you can pre-order the book at amazon via this link: Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan

I’ve collected 5 Halloween themed poems, including:

Boo, Forever
There is Darkness on your Lantern
The Pumpkin Tide
Halloween in Denver
After Halloween Slump (to be read on November 1st!)

The idea is to have a face-to-face meeting each month, discuss a Brautigan & take it another (or 3) level by discussing how it relates to modern day or posting a ‘creative response’ to the Brautigan work (which will later be posted to their blog). They’re also looking to host salons or other events which include live music, readings, performances & indulgent 60′s revivalism.

The book club sessions begin January 25th 2012 in London. Sign up to their mailing list for updates & search #brautiganbookclub hashtag on twitter.

For those of you (like me!) who are not in London, they’re looking at ways for us to participate too! I can’t wait!

Watch ‘Richard in a Hammock’

and ‘NowsReal’

More info in this Publisher’s Weekly or on the TFIA website