Literature & Spoken Word
The London Literature Festival is an exciting and eclectic mix of words, stories, ideas and laughter on London's original festival site.
An evening of outstanding
comedy from multi-award winning comedian Josie Long
London Literature Festival 2008
Josie Long's Splendid Evening
What's on this month
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Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer
Fresh Off The Wall
Saturday 5 July 2008 - Saturday 19 July 2008
From 5-19 July, a team of artists, from collective 13:54, transform the Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer with their creative responses to the music, words and text of the London Literature Festival.
Free
Members' Bar - level 6
Lemn Sissay - Southbank Centre Members' Event
Saturday 5 July 2008
Enjoy an introduction to the London Literature Festival in this Members-only event.
Admission free
Purcell Room
Andrew O'Hagan with Jenny Diski, Ferdinand Mount and Colm Toibin
Saturday 5 July 2008
This event examines the concept of the essay as a literary form.
£9
Purcell Room
Richard Sennett with Grayson Perry, Ian Bostridge & Marina Warner
Saturday 5 July 2008
Richard Sennett joins sculptor Grayson Perry, tenor Ian Bostridge and writer Marina Warner to discuss the value and importance of craftsmanship in the digital age.
£9
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Josie Long's Splendid Evening
Saturday 5 July 2008
Multi-award winning comedian Josie Long curates and hosts an evening of outstanding comedy and music for the London Literature Festival.
£12
Purcell Room
The Best of the Booker Prize
Saturday 5 July 2008
At this special event to celebrate the shortlist for the Best of the Booker Prize, a distinguished panel of writers champion the novel they think should win.
£9
St. Paul’s Pavilion
Dirty Books
Saturday 5 July 2008
Writers, readers and performers get down and dirty for a celebration of literary pornography presented by Rupert Smith (alias bestselling porn author James Lear), with Mathilde Madden, Suzanne Portnoy and Elizabeth Coldwell, editor of Forum magazine.
£7
Front Room
Fresh on the Stage
Saturday 5 July 2008
Southbank Centre Emerging Artists in Residence Riz MC and Yemisi Blake curate a late-evening show of music and spoken word, with a series of specially invited guests.
Admission Free
St. Paul’s Pavilion
Andrew Sean Greer with Colm Toibin
Sunday 6 July 2008
Andrew Sean Greer visits from San Francisco to read from The Story of a Marriage, an evocative novel set in 1950s America.
£7
Purcell Room
Wendy Cope
Sunday 6 July 2008
Wendy Cope reads both classic and brand new poems from her new book Two Cures for Love - a wonderful overview of her work to date.
£9
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