Author: Nina Antonia

Nina Antonia at The Atlantis Bookshop
Saturday 13th August from 7pm

We are delighted to be able to host the author Nina Antonia this coming weekend.  We featured her book, Dancing with Salome, in a January Friday Favourite during lockdown and now have the chance to welcome her to the Shop.  Her book features a series of interlinking essays which take the reader on a journey to meet the Decadent demi-monde of the 1890’s with whom Wilde and Douglas mingled. Whilst eroticism and mysticism were key themes of the Decadents, there was also a surge of interest in ritual magic, enabled by the flowering of the “Golden Dawn” – the most significant esoteric order in England’s history. Wilde’s wife, Constance, was a member, as was W.B. Yeats, alongside Aleister Crowley and Arthur Machen. All would play a part, directly or indirectly, in the drama of Oscar Wilde’s enchanted & accursed life.

Although this is a free event, please be kind enough to RSVP (LINK BELOW) to help us plan the logistics of the evening.

If you are unable to attend but would still like an inscribed copy, please order it below using the link (LINK BELOW), and send us an email with the message you would like incorporated.

https://mailchi.mp/theatlantisbookshop/author-signing-nina-antonia-on-saturday-13th-august?e=70e1162fb7

We look forward to welcoming Nina, and many of you, to the Shop this Saturday.

Best wishes
Bali & Geraldine

A big thank you to Gillian McCain, co-collaborator of ‘Please Kill Me’, pictured here in her brand new Johnny Thunder’s tee. Gillian’s hot pink shoes are something Johnny would probably have approved of! The t-shirt features photographs I took of Johnny whilst working on his authorised biography ‘In Cold Blood’ and was designed by Cutesy Badass Productions. You too could wear Johnny close to your heart, just like Gillian. Whether you sport a jaunty hat is optional. This commemorative t-shirt is being promoted because I have developed mobility issues and need to get some apparatus to make life less painful & easier to get around. I didn’t want to do ‘Go Fund Me’ worthy as it is. The tee really is a limited edition & made of good quality cotton. Whatever the weather you’ll always be cool in a Johnny Thunders tee-shirt, now available here: https://etsy.me/3Q7ZZrq

Johnny Thunders… In Cold Blood Limited Edition T-shirt. $49.99 + shipping. 50% of sales will be donated to Nina for a mobility apparatus. Only 120 Available! WORLDWIDE SHIPPING. 

Buy Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CutesyBadassProd

Available in UNISEX S, M, L and XL. Yes, Etsy says Men’s Sizes but it’s UNISEX. 

To commemorate what would have been Johnny Thunders 70th Birthday, @cutesybprods by @bhalldesigns in collaboration with Nina Antonia has released a limited edition t-shirt, featuring photos that Nina took of Johnny while writing his authorized biography ‘In Cold Blood’.

SIZE CHART

Size Length Width
Small 28” 18”
Medium 29” 20”
Large 30” 22”
X-Large 31” 24”

Screen Printed White on a Black Shirt. Printed by B & R Uniform. http://www.bruniform.com 

Cutesy Badass Productions is a new company dedicated to providing Limited Edition Pop Culture Pieces from Apparel to Printed Material. The brainchild of Beth Hall, a multitalented designer, started her career in 2002 as an art director in the video game industry and has since freelanced on various projects for Nina Antonia, Bobby BeauSoleil, Holt McCallany, DJ Sid Presley, Helmut Berger, Lydia Lunch, The Damned, Westgate Gallery, and Christian McLaughlin.

Godfrey Brangham reviews Nina Antonia’s ‘Lunar Moths’ for Wormwoodiana.

Read here: http://wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2022/06/guest-post-godfrey-brangham-reviews.html?m=1

For availability/purchase, please email Nina https://ninaantoniaauthor.com/contact/  or contact the publisher at theblacklightenginedriver@hotmail.co.uk. 

‘Lunar Moths’ is a collection of verses dedicated to the ephemeral nature of life’s fly by nights. In folklore, little white moths represented the souls of unbaptized children, unable to settle any place for long they flutter haplessly through night’s tributaries. The theme of the Lost Soul, those who drift on the midnight tide, briefly glittering and often seductive is of little real value. Modern life is rather too robust for their slender if memorable gifts, from Jean Seberg to Denny Fouts, to Johnny Thunders, they are ghosts in daylight, rubbing shoulders with Chatterton reborn at sunset in Euston Station. All creative people have refrains they return to, ‘Lunar Moths’ is a collection of Nina’s poems. Lunar Moths is £6 plus shipping and handling. For availability/purchase, please email Nina through her website https://ninaantoniaauthor.com/contact/  or contact the publisher at theblacklightenginedriver@hotmail.co.uk. 

https://johnhopperreviews.blogspot.com/2022/06/book-review-greenwood-faun-by-nina.html

Listen below or go to the site: http://www.dealradio.co.uk

BOOK REVIEW: “A lovely review of ‘Incurable’ by Strange Attractor Press which will be back in print & available via Kindle shortly. Announcements will be made. Thank you, John Hopper.” – Nina

READ IT HERE

Nina Antonia is here to discuss her new book Dancing with Salomé: Courting the Uncanny with Oscar Wilde & Friends. Dancing with Salomé unmasks the occult aspects of Oscar Wilde’s celebrated tome The Picture of Dorian Gray, whilst exploring how the unseen manifested not just in the famous author’s life but in that of his love interest, Lord Alfred Douglas. Through a series of interlinking essays, Nina Antonia takes us to meet the Decadent demi-monde of the 1890’s with whom Wilde and Douglas mingled. Whilst eroticism and mysticism were key themes of the Decadents, there was also a surge of interest in ritual magic, enabled by the flowering of the “Golden Dawn.” Wilde’s wife, Constance, was a member, as was W.B. Yeats, alongside Aleister Crowley. All would play a part, directly or indirectly, in the drama of Oscar Wilde’s enchanted & accursed life. store.trapart.net/details/00178

Follow her at Twitter: twitter.com/NinaAntonia13
Instagram: www.instagram.com/officialninaantonia/
Website: ninaantoniaauthor.com

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Also coming up in the Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult series:

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May 22nd: www.morbidanatomy.org/events-tickets…-clint-burnham

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Image: cover of Dancing with Salomé: Courting the Uncanny with Oscar Wilde & Friends: store.trapart.net/details/00178