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…
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 …
A new Beat Scene publication – out of subscription and digital only issue BEAT SCENE BACK PAGES – with material from the Beat Scene archives over the past decade or three. 80 pages. Burroughs, Huncke, Cassady, Ginsberg, Bukowski, Kerouac, Snyder, Pommy Vega and more. Copies are £7 UK. If interested email kevbeatscene@gmail.com ————————————————————————- Oliver Harris…