Books & Poetry
By Ellie Broughton

Book Review: London For Lovers By Sam Hodges And Sophie Vickers

Publication date just before Valentines might not be a coincidence.
By M@

Sherlock Holmes In Sci-Fi And Fantasy

To boldly go where no elementary Martians have battled dinosaurs, my dear Watson.
By Rachel Holdsworth

London Book And Poetry Events: 30 January-5 February

Joe Dunthorne, Boris Akunin, Samantha Harvey, Kat Francois and more.
By Rachel Holdsworth

Preview: LGBT History Month Events In London

Films, talks, art and walks in February.
By Rachel Holdsworth

London Book And Poetry Events: 23-29 January

Loads of launches and the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice.
By Lindsey

London Poems: High Street Haiku

Poetic comment on the plight of HMV and Blockbuster.

By Rachel Holdsworth

London Book And Poetry Events: 16-22 January

Andrew Kaufman, Gillian Slovo and Mark Billingham among the writers in London this week.
By Rachel Holdsworth

London Poetry: A Hornchurch Commuter By Luke Wright

Poem from Luke Wright's new collection, Mondeo Man.
By Londonist

High Impact – Literature From The Low Countries @ The Tabernacle

Six Dutch writers are joined by Deborah Moggach, David Mitchell and Tracy Chevalier.
By Londonist

Art Preview: Our Mutual Friends – A Celebration Of The Commonplace

Artworks inspired by Dickens's bicentenary.
By Rachel Holdsworth

London Book And Poetry Events: 9-15 January

London short stories, the TS Eliot Prize and more authors and poets.
By Rachel Holdsworth

London Book And Poetry Events: 2-8 January

Philip Pullman, Anjali Joseph, Chibundu Onuzo and more poets and authors in town this week.
By M@

Book Review: Murder & Crime In Islington, By Peter Stubley

Not exactly Christmas cheer.
By Rachel Holdsworth

Santa's Lap: Ten Poems About London

A poetic gift and card in one.
By Lindsey

Santa's Lap: Rare London Books & Prints

You'll have to have been very good to get one of these this Christmas.

By Rachel Holdsworth

London Book And Poetry Events: 12-19 December

Michael Rosen, Spitalfields Life, Ross Sutherland and Bidisha are here this week.
By M@

Santa's Lap: The Best London Books Of 2012

Find out what was London book of the year...then buy it as a gift.
By Lindsey

Cash Mobs Spread Across North London

Next up: the Big Green Bookshop in Wood Green
By Rachel Holdsworth

Book Review: Stations By Various Authors

Short stories inspired by the Overground.
By Rachel Holdsworth

Santa's Lap: Pop Up King's Cross Station

Gorgeous book about the history of the station.
By Rachel Holdsworth

London Book And Poetry Events: 5-11 December

Catch Michael Morpurgo, Ali Smith, Pat Barker, Ross Sutherland and more.
By M@

I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed...London

She's dead, of course.
By Rachel Holdsworth

London Book And Poetry Events: 28 November-4 December

AL Kennedy, John Cooper Clarke, Bookslam and Literary Death Match among this week's treats.
By M@

Book Review: Central London Then & Now By Laina Watt

Old and new photos side by side.