Literature

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Preview: Stoke Newington Literary Festival

A Londony slant to an excellent lit fest.

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Preview: European Literature Night @ British Library

Presenting nine fine writers from across Europe, and across genres (sponsored post)

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Book Review: The Sugar Girls

Sweet tales from the Silvertown sugar factories.

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Selfridges’ Words Words Words Literary Season Kicks Off Today

Let your inner bookworm wriggle free within the safety of Oxford Street’s finest…

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Manga Preview: Professor Munakata’s British Museum Adventure

Manga intrigue at the Bloomsbury attraction.

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Preview: The London History Festival

Big name authors talk history in Kensington next week.

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Preview: Richmond Literature Festival

Head south-west for the likes of Jeremy Paxman, Claire Tomalin, Joe Dunthorne, David Kynaston and a big party on a boat.

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Could You Sub-Edit Charles Dickens?

Help transcribe the novelist’s journals in time for the big 200th birthday.

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New London Books Roundup

Four new(ish) books about London.

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Book Review: Pavement Poetry by Maria Vlotides

An art project based on coal hole covers.

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Out Of This World: Science Fiction But Not As You Know It @ British Library

Curse these exhibitions with stupidly long names.