Old Spitalfields Market Wins New Event Contracts
Spitalfields, London, UK – London’s Old Spitalfields Market (OSM) will be staging another busy run of events, having secured a range of high-profile event bookings, at its historic London venue. On the 8th March 2011, Fitness First will launch its International Fitness Week with Spice Girl, Mel B. Derek Crawford, Fitness First’s UK national fitness director, said: “[Old] Spitalfields Market is the perfect location for the launch of International Fitness Week.” “We have high-profile celebrity, Mel B in London to launch the event and we’re expecting a great turnout to boost this already bustling venue.’’ Man Booker prize-shortlisted novelist, David Mitchell’s latest offering The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, will be showcased between the 15th and 18th of March, by his publisher, Hodder and Stoughton, in a Japanese teahouse-style ‘Reading Room’ that will be built inside the Victorian market hall. A spokesperson for the Reading Room commented: “Old Spitalfields Market is the perfect location because of its strong association with arts & culture and like the teahouse, gives Londoners respite from the grind of daily life.” On Thursday 17th March, Book Guild Publishing will launch the Pearly King of Peckham, George Major, latest book, The Pearly Gates, with a star-studded PR Event, followed by a party for local sick children. The organisers of London Jewellery Week have joined forces with OSM to launch ‘JewelEast’, Della Tinsley, managing director of London Jewellery Week, said: "London Jewellery week is delighted to be working in partnership with Old Spitalfields Market to create a specialist platform for emerging Jewellers to showcase and sell their designs alongside an eclectic mix of Vintage and costume jewellery.” The series of events will take place four times a year, with a week-long celebration during June’s London Jewellery week, which will include workshops, demonstrations and a catwalk event. Ellie Barnatt, OSM’s events manager, said: “Last year, we played host to the Japanese Matsuri Cultural Festival, Thomson Reuters EIKON Launch, The London Restaurant Festival’s Award Ceremony and Origin: The London Craft Fair – to name a few.” “This year, we will continue to be the venue of choice - not only with repeat bookings - but with the recently-secured contracts, there will be some fantastic new events that will really put OSM at the heart of London’s events scene.” More information can be found at: www.oldspitalfieldsmarket.com ENDS
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