The week ahead in literary London: festivals at the LSE and YARNfest, book swaps for grown ups and smaller people, Liz Lochhead and Andrew Motion provide a big name poetry fix, a housewarming party and a man called Zolan Quobble.
Two new developments for fans of the aged London detectives.
Did you go the library on Saturday?
A round-up of our top 15 titles about the capital. And, yes, we've read them all.
A new novel weaves London folklore and Metropolitan Police procedure in a bewildering tale of magical mayhem.
One of our favourite lit events, the Firestation Book Swap, is coming to London for two dates in February with great authors, irreverent chat and lots of cake.
And that's just for starters. A curious run of events at Treadwells bookshop also includes Ethical Psychic Vampirism and pagan BDSM.
Sherlock Holmes is back. Again! But this time he's all official and everything.
The week ahead in literary London: a mixed bag this week. Audio installations featuring Douglas Coupland and Tom McCarthy, Greek myths at the BM, a tour round the Poetry Library, Bookslam and words on cakes.
London's river goes other places as well. This fascinating volume takes you from source to sea on a current of trivia.
The week ahead in literary London: Charlie Brooker and the Private Eye team sign some books, Polly Toynbee ponders whether Labour changed anything, and plenty of poetry and authors to keep you going for a chilly week.
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