Weekly literary event listings plus book reviews, London poems and spoken word happenings.
Bubble opens with fresh ground being broken, but it’s only when the camera pulls back that you realise it’s a grave that’s being dug. It’s a loaded opening not only for the plot, but for what the film perhaps represents as an alternative to the …
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. The late summer/early fall book publishing frenzy seems to be finally dying down, and the announcement of the Booker Prize winner yesterday is appearing to …
Everyone knows about Chinese New Year – when the novelty of Christmas and the western New Year wears off, along comes the feasting and lion dances and lucky red envelopes as well as a surge of interest in Chinese horoscopes. But there is far more …
Reading may be a solitary and silent pastime, but when there’s an award at stake you can expect to hear many a raised voice. The
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. It’s finally here — this year’s Booker Prize winner will be announced this Monday in a ceremony at Guildhall. The finalists, for those who may …
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. The celebs of the London literary world seem to be keeping quiet this week in the lull before the Booker Prize is announced, leaving space …
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. It’s a bit of a slow week in the world of literary London, but never mind that, because we have tracked down a list of …
Be a beachcomber, a Parisian wino, an Italian pimp, or a Danish pervert, but stay away from the Armed Forces Good advice from Hunter S Thompson back in 1957 still stands today. Even though their names change over the years it’s a sad truth that …
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. The Edinburgh Festival ended last month and we literary Londoners were finally allowed to have some interesting stuff to do around here for awhile. But …
The Short Version: It’s been quite a couple of days for British literature. First, the Booker Shortlist comes out and most of the names you’re sure are going to be on there are nowhere to be seen. Then, Zadie Smith says all this awful stuff …
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. All the big releases came out last week (Zadie Smith, Rushdie, Coetzee, etc). This week, there’s little in the way of new stuff to read, …
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