The Illustrated Brighton Moment

Edited by Susanna Jones and Lawrence Zeegen

The Illustrated Brighton Moment

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The Brighton Moment is an experiment in defining the spirit of a place. It began life as a cabaret-style literary event in the Brighton Fringe in 2005, inviting well-known published writers from around the area to contribute their own experiences of any moment they felt was quintessentially Brighton. Since then dozens of writers, including Julie Burchill, Peter Guttridge, Mick Jackson, Peter James, Susanna Jones, Alison MacLeod, Martine McDonagh, Jeff Noon, Daniel Raven, CJ Sansom and William Shaw, have all contributed pieces to it.

In May 2008, hosted by author Annabel Giles, produced by Susanna Jones and Alison MacLeod, The Brighton Moment became, for the first time, part of the Brighton Festival. It won the Latest 7 Magazine’s award for Best Literature Event of the Festival. That month Unmadeup published The Illustrated Brighton Moment, edited by Susanna Jones and Lawrence Zeegen, a collection of the best of three years’ worth of live Brighton Moments, matched by a unique series of illustrations – each one depicting the artists’ own Brighton moments - created especially for the book.