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At recent Brighton Festival fringe literary event Grit Lit, Tim Lay read an extract from his second novel Rats with Wings, which tells the tale of a London copper – Lewis – who is dragged down to Brighton by her sinister patrol partner Letch for an unknown and dodgy pretext.

Again, another writer featured from the Brighton Festival fringe night Grit Lit at the Red Roaster. Here is Tara Gould’s short story “Little Birds”, which is the story of Grace, a woman who’s alcoholic father has just died and she must return home to comfort her mother. The story explores Grace’s conflicting feelings for the man she despised, yet mourns and sketches out the tragic life he led. Ultimately Grace must confront herself in the face of losing a person who is irevocably flesh and blood – her father.

[ June 20, 2009 11:00 pm to June 21, 2009 4:00 am. ] in economic downturns, while high streets get boarded up and unemployment threatens new record charts, music goes underground – like really far, subterranean levels and this is when it all gets good: in the depths of the darkness

[ July 10, 2009 10:00 pm to July 11, 2009 4:00 am. ] back when electro, was more electro-clash than electro breaks, house, or whatever genre they attach to it now. Electro-clash was a genre within itself. Spearheaded by the likes of Felix, Miss Kittin, Vitalic, Fischerspooner, Peaches, Tiga, Adult, Black Strobe, Chicks on Speed etc… it was something new and exciting at the time.

[ May 8, 2009; 2:00 am; May 9, 2009 11:00 pm to May 10, 2009 4:00 am. ] There is a vicious rumor that some serious quality techno will be hitting Brighton this weekend. Nathan Fake, pretty boy and manipulator of dials and synths will be showcasing his new album “Hard Islands” on Friday night at JAM, previously known as the Water Margin and Sumo or whatever it was called the last time you ventured down the stairs.

Space (Southern Performance and Creative Energies) is a monthly media and arts event that provides an excellent opportunity for networking and gaining valuable contacts. June’s event features appearances from the incredible musician Nitin Sawhney and the highly acclaimed author Bonnie Greer.

There was a time in Brighton when nightclubs were at permanent capacity, thanks in part to the big beat popularity and the city’s reputation as a party town, but underpinning the thriving night scene was the sweaty, pulsating free party scene that took over fields, beaches, mansions, vacant buildings, warehouses, coastal strips and sea archways.

Wednesday night saw the unveiling of the artrepublic winner of the Art of Hope competition, Archi Ram, with his witty entry of Bob Hope on a ten pound note. He was one of three finalists including Jimi Jugio and Toad who were whittled down from over 120 entries via social media platform Flickr, a massive success and great quality entries that made choosing the winner a testing task by local, established artists Hutch and Graham Carter.

Brighton has enough clubs and bars to give yourself serious liver problems for life. Well, maybe not so lucky for the liver, but great for your social life. You’d think in a financial crisis our venues would be doing all they can in these digital days to get in new business. From what we have seen online, this really isn’t the case.

[ May 14, 2009 to May 16, 2009. ] The Great Escape is all about the music and this year’s line-up is certainly impressive. The full list have bands has just been announced. Rather than suggest you trawl through it we’ve selected ten acts worthy of your attention!