Kim Noble: How to Write
Learn to write your own book, or at least how to draft an email, at the comedic artist’s witty lecture on his new book, other words and his mum’s writing advice.
To mark the publication of his first (and probably last) book, In Pursuit of a Wonderful Nothing, Kim Noble gives you a talk about writing, books and words.
In 2010, Noble started to write a book: a true love story about falling in love with someone who did not exist. The book has morphed and changed, has been rejected, abandoned, rewritten and eaten. This book talk and signing is a culmination of this process, where Noble attempts to make ‘a user’s guide to the written word’, taking advice from writers throughout the ages and his mum.
Your professor for the evening introduces himself:
Kim Noble was an award-winning comedic performance and video artist. He worked across theatre, TV, film, art, comedy and like every other loser he had a podcast. But because most of that came to nothing… he is now trying to be a writer. When will he f*cken learn.
Need to know
By Kim Noble
Outside Eye: Pol Heyvaert
Publisher: CHEERIO Publishing
Production: CAMPO
Co-production: Kanuti Gildi Saal & Frascati Producties
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05 Nov 2026, 6.30pm
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