ON THE ROAD SCROLL SOLD BY CHRISTIES TONIGHT FOR TEN MILLION DOLLARS. WATCHING THE BIDDING AT THE AUCTION OF THE SCROLL IT SEEMED TENSE. YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP. BIDDING STARTED SLOWLY AND SEEMED TO STALL BUT THEN BRISKLY ACCELERATED TO REACH THIS ASTONISHING FIGURE. SOLD TO ‘TOM.’ PADDLE 1213 I THINK…
Beat Extras
In the new year BEATNIKS LOOK LIKE SPOOKS will be published as a paperback book by the Beat Scene Press. The book is the work of Ann Charters, biographer, bibliographer of Jack Kerouac [editor of his letters] and much more besides. If you would like to register an interest get in touch at kevbeatscene@gmail.com …
More Beat Scene First Words
A brand new thick and bigger format paperback from the Beat Scene Press is out today. BEATNIKS LOOK LIKE SPOOKS – a collection of letters between Jack Kerouac and Ann Charters from the 1960s. With background essays to complement the letters from Ann Charters. The book is illustrated. In the UK it is £22 including…



