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Necrophenia Book Launch Party
On the weekend of 9th-11th January 2009, we will be holding a series of events to celebrate the launch of Robert's 30th book, Nectonomicon.
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Brighton Rail and Bus tour. Provisionally 27th August 2005
No firm details as yet, but some mad stuff is planned. Back to Brighton and elsewhere where eight years previous we held our first Sproutlore event. Steam Trains and Open Top buses are the order of the day, all tying in nicely with a number of Roberts works.
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Worldcon - Interaction - SECC Galsgow - 4th-8th August 2005
The Biggest Science Fiction event in the world, Robert Rankin will be there.
Sproutlore will be hosting parties, and James and Stef are organising some aspect that seems violent, dangerous and Fun, known as YAFA.
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Eastercon - Paragon II - Hanover hotel, Hinckley, Leic's, 25th-28th Mar 2005
The 53rd national Science Fiction Convention, on at Easter, in Hinckley. Robert Rankin is a Guest of Honour at this convention with a gang of Sproutlore organisers helping out.
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The Larger Event, 27th and 28th of May, Alexandra Pub Derby
A rerun of last years successful Large event. We will quaff the finest beer ever brewed, again. This year extra events are planned including a 'Brentford' pub crawl in Derby.
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They Came and Shaved Us
A convention to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Sproutlore.
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The Witches of Chiswick
To launch The Witches of Chiswick we took the bus down to Chiswick and did some rockin' in the beer garden.
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Big Rockin' in Little Brentstock
An evening of cabaret featured Robert Rankin, raising money to save the Brentford United football team.
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The Eddy Bear Picnic
For the launch of Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse we took over the Museum of Childhood at Bethanl Green for a day.
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Damn Fine Convention
Following the success of Aliens Stole My Handbag, Sproutlore and ZZ9 are once again combining their resources to run another amazing convention.
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The Mornington Crescent to Brentford Charabang
In July 2001, Sproutlore invaded the Ministry of Serendipity at Mornington Crescent and took a bus to Brentford...
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Click here for photos from the day.
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Aliens Stole My Handbag
In 2000, Sproutlore teamed up with ZZ9 to run one of the most memorable conventions of the century.
You want to know what happened?
Click here for another report.
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The Rankin Riverboat Shuffle
In 1999 we hired a riverboat on the Thames and went from Westminster to Brentford. We even had to be rescued by the police when the boat broke down!
Read the review here.
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The Rooftop Tour of Brentford
In 1998, we hired an open-topped tour bus and drove around Brentford with Robert as our guide. We also held the only book signing in the Flying Swan.
Read all about it.
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The Hobgoblin Pub Meet
Sproutlore's first event was a small get-together in a Brighton pub in 1997.
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Other Signings and Events
Robert Rankin takes part in numerous book signings, which usually involve a reading and talk and a chance to get your books signed.
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