Joe Dunthorne

Power. Who has it? Who wants it? Who tries to take it from you? The poets know.

The week ahead in literary London: Jo Shapcott, Austen on stage and an absolutely storming Book Slam.

The London Word Festival returns! With excellent guests (Alan Moore, anyone?), inventive and immersive performances, witty and intelligent ideas, and a Scrabble tournament.

Tim Clare, Dockers MC and Luke Brown – by Zoe Jankel Culturally invigorated from Latitude Festival, Londonist attended this first outing of Literary Death Match in London last night – an evening of combative word-play ending in a Play Your Cards Right themed battle. LDM …

Image courtesy of Annie Mole under the Creative Commons license In the next seven days: six Czech poets, five Yeats devotees, four more poets (but of eight minds), three ace events from the London Word Festival crew, two Shakespeare-inspired outings, and one under-the-radar reading from …

Image courtesy of an untrained eye under the Creative Commons license A happy confluence of events this week – the launch of the London Word Festival and a bibliophile’s international holiday – and the book grocer’s finally risen from her seasonal slumber. Wintry weather or …

Will we please shut up about these books already? Yes, we will. But not before telling you one last time just how much we enjoyed Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris and how much we look forward to reading Apples by Richard …