Tagged in SPOKEN WORD

Book Grocer: 6-12 April

The week ahead in literary London: Gillian Slovo, Wendy Cope, James Frey, a couple of smashing festivals and a lot of Russia.

Book Grocer: 30 March-5 April

The week ahead in literary London: Jo Shapcott, Austen on stage and an absolutely storming Book Slam.

Book Grocer: 23-29 March

The week ahead in literary London: Jennifer Egan, Nii Parkes, Michael Frayn, Michael Rosen and Costa winner Jo Shapcott. And more like that.

Book Grocer: 16-22 March

The week ahead in literary London: Jawdancing, book swapping, storytelling and fighting to the (metaphorical) death in aid of Comic Relief.

Book Grocer: 9-15 March

The week ahead in literary London: SLAMming, wordPLAYing, POLYplying and other events with normal capitalisation.

Book Grocer: 2-8 March

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

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.

Preview: Clocks and Clouds – In The Dark Audio All-dayer

Indulge your ears in dark, cinema-like surroundings...

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.

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.

Last Minute Listing: The Attic @ The Oubliette Arthouse

Curated by Londonist favourites EastEnd Cabaret at the former Limelight Club in Shaftesbury Avenue in conjunction with professional squatters and itinerant arts group The Oubliette, the deliciously twisted duo present The Attic, three nights (28-30 December) of entertainment with something for everyone.

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.

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

Book Grocer: 3-9 November

Book Grocer: 27 October-2 November

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Book Grocer: 13-19 October