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What's on this month
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Purcell Room
2008 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Readings
Monday 13 October 2008
The Man Booker Prize comes to Southbank Centre with readings and discussion by the shortlisted authors for one of the world's top literary prizes.
£10
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Simon Schama
Thursday 16 October 2008
On the eve of the 2008 American presidential election, Simon Schama discusses recent American history and how it impinges on the present day.
£12
Queen Elizabeth Hall
EAR Present
Saturday 18 October 2008
Enjoy a night of diverse music, poetry and contemporary dance, with some of London's brightest emerging talent.
Admission free
Poetry Library
Giving Breadfruit
Monday 20 October 2008
An evening with poets Malika Booker and Karen McCarthy.
Admission free
Purcell Room
Sarah Thornton with Charlotte Higgins and Julian Stallabrass
Tuesday 21 October 2008
Sarah Thornton's book Seven Days in the Art World lifts the lid on the contemporary art scene, which she discusses with Charlotte Higgins, Chief Arts Writer for the Guardian and writer and critic Julian Stallabrass, author of High Art Lite.
£10
Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall
Washing Lines
Friday 24 October 2008 - Saturday 1 November 2008
Washing Lines is performance poetry without the performance poet. Enter a darkened room armed with a torch and let the poems speak for themselves.
Free
Front Room
Poetry International Opener - Featuring Reem Kelani
Friday 24 October 2008
A special edition of the regular Friday evening free performance slot combines live music and poetry to mark the opening of the festival, and drawing particular inspiration from the work of John Berger.
Admission free
Queen Elizabeth Hall
John Berger with David Constantine and Rema Hammami
Friday 24 October 2008
John Berger, David Constantine and Rema Hammami talk about the Palestine edition of Modern Poetry in Translation, and the importance of poetry in translation, including readings and film clips.
£10
Purcell Room
Anne Carson
Saturday 25 October 2008
Anne Carson is one of the most distinctive poets writing in the English language.
£8.50
Purcell Room
Mourid Barghouti, Mark Doty, Jorie Graham, Valzynha Mort
Saturday 25 October 2008
An international mixed bill of poets from Palestine, the US and Belarus read their new work.
£8.50
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