Philip Pullman
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Hear Philip Pullman launching the 2011 festival discussing daemons, Jesus and the Festival of Britain.
Owen Jones
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Owen Jones discusses his book 'Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class'.
Zaha Hadid
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Groundbreaking architect Zaha Hadid discusses her work and vision for the future of London.
Why Boycott Culture?
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Omar Barghouti, Jonathan Freedland, Carol Gould and Seni Seneviratne debate cultural boycotts.
Join us for Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival 2011 – an exciting mix of talks and events from brilliant writers, thinkers and artists.
This year, with our riverside site transformed in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain, we explore the past, present and future of Britain and its capital.We investigate the complexities of modern Britain in our State of the Nation series, and articulate our dreams and nightmares of the future in our Futurology events.
With writers from over 30 countries joining us, we invite you to immerse yourself in a momentous London Literature Festival this summer.
Poetry biscuits (totally edible, yum) at #NPDlive - come down and make your own with @Poetreetwit http://t.co/UHvZXm0T 4 months ago
Afternoon all, it's National Poetry Day Live today so we have a riddle game on @southbankcentre twitter, win signed poetry goodies! #NPDlive 4 months ago
RT @WetBlackBough: We're looking forward to welcoming Lidija Dimkovska and George Szirtes to the Poetry Library tonight. Come along! htt ... 5 months ago
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Reflections by Anita Sethi
Posted on Aug 02, 2011 by Anita Sethi
By Anita Sethi www.twitter.com/anitasethi Poetical Reflections: An Audience with Owen Sheers The wonderful[...]
Rhythm and Poetry: an evening of Hip Hop in the Purcell Room
Posted on Jul 22, 2011 by Alex Rowse
The wonderful Yemisi Blake introduced me to the world of spoken word a couple of years ago, and some[...]
LOVE FEST: AN EVENING WITH LISA APPIGNANESI
Posted on Jul 18, 2011 by filmaluation
“Everything is about love, and love is about everything.” So begins Lisa Appignanesi. On Monday 4th[...]
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