Leonard Cohen has finished his new book, Book of Longing, a collection of previously unpublished poems and drawings, many of them written and drawn on Mount Baldy and India. The book will be published on September 5, 2006, by McClelland And Stewart Ltd. (Toronto) and HarperCollins (New York). 328 pages. ISBN 0771022344.
Cohen is now working on new songs for his next album (for mid-2006 release?) Leonard Cohen and Anjani Thomas have been working on new songs for Anjani's forthcoming album BLUE ALERT. The album will be released in Spring 2006 by Sony.
The next International Leonard Cohen Event (in Berlin, August 2006) Montreal, Hydra, and New York have been stations on our way - and now we take Berlin, the old and new capital city of Germany. Plan your summer holidays for 2006 by registering for the Leonard Cohen Event in Berlin 2006. The official program opens on August 11, and will close on the 13th. The Leonard Cohen Event is a gathering for fans from all around the world to come together and enjoy their common taste in music and poetry. The link here will give you some impressions of what you may expect there: The Berlin Event pages
(הו, אני בטח צעיר יתר על המידה מכדי להשתתף בכזה ארוע. כולם שם יהיו.. אממ.. how shall I say this..? בעלי יותר נסיון חיים.) נשמע מרהיב להחריד. רק חבל שלא עשו שנה שעברה במנהטן. זה יכול היה להיות משעשע. =]