The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club

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The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club – Richard Foster – Release Party 

With an author interview by Laura Snapes of The Guardian

Author readings from The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club

Reading by Richard Milward (ApplesTen Storey Love SongMan-Eating Typewriter) – more readings tba

Interventions by Wally van Middendorp of Minny Pops (Factory Records ao) 

Nederlandse popmuziek uit het glorieuze verleden – grijs gedraaid – gentle grooving, en veel gezelligheid! 

Richard Foster is an artist and writer. He writes regularly about culture and pop music for The Quietus, Caught By the River, The Wire and Louder than War, amongst others. Between 2004 and 2015 he was co-editor of Incendiary Magazine, a Netherlands-based website that focussed on new Dutch underground pop music. Richard’s work on the history of Dutch post-punk is published by Routledge, Cambridge Scholars and Intellect Books, amongst others. His debut novel, Flower Factory, was published by Ortac Press in 2022. His new book, The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club, will be published by Ortac Press on the 14th of February 2025. He runs the Museum of Photocopies and earns a crust through his work as advisor on marketing and communications at WORM, in Rotterdam. 

Richard Foster is kunstenaar en schrijver. Hij schrijft regelmatig over cultuur en popmuziek voor onder andere The Quietus, Caught By the River, The Wire en Louder than War. Tussen 2004 en 2015 was hij co-redacteur van Incendiary Magazine, een Engelstalige website die focuste op nieuwe Nederlandse underground popmuziek. Richards werk over de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse postpunk is uitgegeven door Routledge, Cambridge Scholars en Intellect Books. Zijn debuutroman, Flower Factory, werd in 2022 gepubliceerd door de Britse uitgever, Ortac Press. Zijn nieuwe boek, The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club, verschijnt 14 februari 2025, tevens uitgebracht door Ortac Press. Hij runt The Museum of Photocopies. Voor zijn dagelijks brood is hij adviseur marketing en communicatie bij WORM, in Rotterdam. 

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Time

February 24, 2025 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm(GMT+00:00)

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