Main Festival Performers
Main Festival Highlights

Football, philosophy, capitalist apocalypse, comedy and adventures in science are just some of the features of this year’s festival, which brings the world’s best writers and thinkers to Southbank Centre. Plus make history by taking part in the world’s first Litweeter festival.

Jeanette Winterson

London Literature Festival Podcast

Marking the 25th anniversary of 'Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit' Jeanette Winterson gives the annual Southbank Centre Lecture

Slavoj Žižek

London Literature Festival Podcast

Headlining the 2010 London Literature Festival Slavoj Žižek discusses his explosive new book 'Living in the End Times' with philosopher A.C. Grayling

Bret Easton Ellis

London Literature Festival Podcast

Always controversial and incisive, Bret Easton Ellis returns to Southbank Centre to launch his latest novel 'Imperial Bedrooms'

Marcus du Sautoy

London Literature Festival Podcast

For London Literature Festival 2010 Marcus du Sautoy gives a special lecture on the relationship between maths and music

Gary Younge asks ‘Who are we?’

Posted on Jul 21, 2010 by Alex Rowse

I have a confession to make. On Tuesday the 6th of July I had the opportunity to speak to the writer[...]

My Animal Life

Posted on Jul 20, 2010 by nkechi2010

The impression that  Maggie Gee gave me at her event for  My Animal Life,  was that writing for her[...]

Slavoj Žižek, Two Types of Rabble

Posted on Jul 20, 2010 by Slavoj Žižek

Photo: Matthew Field In talking about rabble, Hegel latently draws a key distinction (in the guise of[...]







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