Bogdan Tiganov will read from The Wooden Tongue Speaks- Romanians: Contradictions & Realities - a collection of short stories and poems published in 2008. You’re all welcome to join us, so see you at The Stinging Nettle!
Venue: The Stinging Nettle
55 Goldhawk Road
Shepperds Bush
W12 8QP
Date: Sunday 27th September 2009
Time: 5pm
Entry: free but booking is essential
Bogdan Tiganov is a writer and artist, born in Brăila, Romania, on August 1, 1981, and it was there that he started his lifelong interest in the arts by attending the Nicolai Bălcescu School of Music at the age of seven, learning to play piano as well as composing. In London, UK, he studied visual arts under the supervision of Don Pavey, world-renowned expert on colour. He finished writing and illustrating his first book by the time he was fourteen and received considerable interest from leading children’s book publishers.
Since then, he studied English Literature at degree level, received a CELTA teaching diploma from IH Barcelona, and has had various jobs, including being an English teacher, a call-centre operator, an editorial assistant, and a content editor. His short stories and poems have appeared in magazines and periodicals worldwide.
