Literary Festival

September brings Michael Palin, Gillian Slovo, Alison Weir and David Aaronovitch to north London.

Celebrating its own diamond jubilee at new venue, Kings Place

The weekend sees the start of a North London bookfest.

YARN Fest, the acclaimed East London storytelling festival, is back for a second year of literary madness and interactive fun.

There are so many goodies on offer at Jewish Book Week, we’re having difficulty knowing where to begin. So, rather than damage this monitor by sticking a pin in it, we’ll start at the beginning (it’s a very good place to start). JBW kicks off …

If you’ve raced through all of the top London books and need something to keep you occupied until the London Word Festival, you might want to check out YARNFest, an exciting new storytelling festival happening at the end of February. Taking place at The Book …

The second LSE Literary Festival runs 11th-13th February, exploring the edges of the arts and science – and it’s all completely free. Ian Visits has a comprehensive run-down of the talks on Saturday 13th (we like the sound of Reading London with Dan Cruickshank; Lionel …

There may have been more of them this summer than you could shake a freshly sharpened quill at, but there’s still at least one more that might merit your attention. The SW11 Literary Festival, running between 7th and 30th September, offers a vast array of …

Dusting off the snow from last year, every day this month the Londonist team will be pointing you in the direction of a Christmas present that (with a bit of luck) you won’t already have on your list. Climb up onto our collective lap and …

Get thee to Peckham this week, where the good citizens are organising the inaugural Peckham Literary Festival. Apparently Dell Boy moved out a number of years ago…. It is billed as ‘2 shops, 4 days, 8 events,’ although Londonist counted 5 days, 3-4 venues and …