Tagged in POETRY

Book Grocer: 2-8 March

World Book Day and Night, Jewish Book Week plus Alexander McCall Smith for starters...

Lit Preview: London Word Festival 2011

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

Book Grocer: 23 February-1 March

The week ahead in literary London: Alain de Botton, Eve Ensler, Dorian Lynskey and more at Jewish Book Week, 5x15, some Utter! Agony and tackling that men vs women vs Mars vs Venus stuff at the British Library.

Book Grocer: 16-22 February

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.

Book Grocer: 9-15 February

The week ahead in literary London: Blake Morrison, Firestation Book Swap on tour, John Hegley, Jackie Kay, English PEN's anniversary and as much romantic poetry as you can stomach.

Book Grocer: 26 January-1 February

The week ahead in literary London: have elevenses with John Hegley, see Antony Beevor, Luke Wright, Ali Smith and the return of Utter!'s Richard Tyrone-Jones plus a bit of original Chaucer.

Book Grocer: 19-25 January

The week ahead in literary London: Andrea Levy, David Vann, the Josephine Hart Poetry Hour (Charles Dance and Dan Stevens this time) and Ian McMillan introduces readings from the TS Eliot Prize nominated poets.

Book Grocer: 12-18 January

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.

Celebrate 25 Years Of Poems On The Underground

New Poems on the Underground are themed around the value of the written word.

Book Grocer: 5-11 January

Literary London eases gently back into gear with a handful of events, some of which include Blake Morrison and / or a comedic look at the language of sport.

Book Grocer: 15-21 December

The week ahead in literary London: things are slowing down for Christmas, but you can still catch Lauren Child, Justine Picardie and Phill Jupitus.

Preview: Hot Tap Festive Fridays

Hot Tap Theatre, New Cross, get festive on the two Fridays left before Christmas.

Preview: Peter And The Wolf @ Southbank Centre

Featuring Jarvis Cocker, children's classic Peter and The Wolf is returning later this month to the Southbank Centre as part of its Christmas season.

Book Grocer: 1-7 December

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.

Book Grocer: 24-30 November

The week ahead in literary London: David Starkey, John Crace and Geoff Dyer in Richmond, Book Slam returns and the Firestation Book Swap comes back within the M25. Plus some excellent storytelling, performance poetry and author chats.

Spoken Word Review: Bang Said The Gun

Book Grocer: 17-23 November

Review: Music Through Unconditional Means @ Southbank

Music Review: Let's Wrestle @ Lexington

London Poetry: Spread and Division (Basic Perinatal Matrices) By Barnaby Tidman

Book Grocer: 3-9 November

Preview: Ladyfest Ten

London Poetry: Hypoversion By Kirsten Irving

Book Grocer: 27 October-2 November