Deborah Price

My latest book is a complete 360 degree turnaround from the 6 books I have written and co written on early years! This book is a memoir about a specific time in the late 1970's and early 1980's when I left home and lived in squats. It starts when I left home and ends when I move into a rented flat.

After the book ended I got married and moved to Brighton, had a child, got divorced and during this time I worked as a primary teacher, a local authority inspector, play leader, youth worker and taught in higher education. I had a training company and taught freelance. I most recently taught in the University of Brighton as a senior lecturer in education . Academia was a far cry from pulling pints and getting grubby in an adventure playground.

Here's what Guts Publishing say about my book.

Set in South London (Crystal Palace), Deborah mingled with some of the biggest names to emerge from the counterculture scene. She booked The Damned’s first show, served pints to Johnny Rotten, and attended a backyard gig from King Kurt.

Squat life was sex, drugs and punk rock but it wasn’t all fun and games. The Peanut Factory shows Deborah navigating a male-dominated scene, moving every few months and living with drug dealers, sex workers, people on the run and working-class kids like her.

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Despite the chaos, the squatters were a family. They were kids creating their own rules. Making art. Living life on the fly. The Peanut Factory is an ode to the youthful rebellion of the 1970s and to London itself.

There are three book launches

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24 May 2022 at The Latest Bar in Brighton, 7:00 to 9:00pm GMT. This event is almost fully booked. Please visit our Eventbrite page for details: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-peanut-factory-brighton-book-launch-tickets-311714064157

26 May 2022 at The Bookseller Crow Bookshop in London (Crystal Palace), 7:30 to 9:00pm GMT. Please visit our Eventbrite page for details: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-peanut-factory-london-book-launch-tickets-311721857467

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1 June 2022 - Online Book Launch from 7:00 to 8:15pm GMT. This is a Zoom event. Please visit our Eventbrite page for details: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-peanut-factory-online-book-launch-tickets-318851061107