Book Grocer: 9-15 February
The week ahead in literary London: Blake Morrison, Firestation Book Swap on tour, John Hegley, Jackie Kay, English PEN’s anniversary and as much romantic poetry as you can stomach.
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Lit Preview: Firestation Book Swap On Tour
One of our favourite lit events, the Firestation Book Swap, is coming to London for two dates in February with great authors, irreverent chat and lots of cake.
Book Grocer: 24-30 November
The week ahead in literary London: David Starkey, John Crace and Geoff Dyer in Richmond, Book Slam returns and the Firestation Book Swap comes back within the M25. Plus some excellent storytelling, performance poetry and author chats.
Lit Preview: Peckham Literary Festival
We’re rather excited about the Peckham Literary Festival – it’s packing some absolute corkers into a little less than a fortnight and everything’s free. We’re already looking up a suitable tome to take along to the Firestation Book Swap, which usually happens in Windsor but …
Book Grocer: 20-26 October
The week ahead in literary London Wednesday: Hanif Kureishi collects the PEN / Pinter prize at the British Library tonight (6.30pm, £7.50 / £5). Politician Chris Mullin reveals more from his diaries at Daunt Books Marylebone (7pm, £8). The Public Address Tour comes to Rich …
London Literary Locations: Gods Behaving Badly + Author Interview With Marie Phillips
Bestselling Gods Behaving Badly took the deities of ancient Greece and stuck them in a crumbling old house in Hampstead. But the gods could never resist meddling with mortals, and when you spend your days working on a phone sex line (Aphrodite) or running a …
Lit Preview: Book Swap @ London Review Bookshop
Photo by Kortni Rudge One of our favourite literary events is the Book Swap at the Firestation Arts Centre in Windsor, but because that’s technically out of our usual range we’ve not really said much about it. When we heard that the hosts, publisher Scott …
