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literature & poetry
Southbank Centre is the home of literature and spoken word events in the UK, and the venue for London Literature Festival and Poetry International. Our programme is brimming with today’s bestselling authors, award-winning poetry and spoken word, and dramatised readings of iconic novels from some of the world’s most inspiring writers.
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When you write, you are a despot, you’re a dictator. You have absolute power over life and death.
Philip Pullman, speaking at Southbank Centre in 2017
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Literature can take us into lives we might think are far from our own
Ted Hodgkinson, Southbank Centre Senior Programmer, Literature & Spoken Word
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all events
Free
Free
5:30 pm
Mon 17 Dec 2018
Mon 17 Dec 2018
5:30 pm | Mon 17 Dec 2018
Free
Free
Various times
until 17 Dec 2018
until 17 Dec 2018
Various times | until 17 Dec 2018
Free
Free
12:00 pm
Sun 30 Dec 2018
Sun 30 Dec 2018
2:00 pm
Sun 13 Jan 2019
Sun 13 Jan 2019
2:00 pm | Sun 13 Jan 2019
7:00 pm
Sun 13 Jan 2019
Sun 13 Jan 2019
7:00 pm | Sun 13 Jan 2019
7:00 pm
Mon 14 Jan 2019
Mon 14 Jan 2019
7:00 pm | Mon 14 Jan 2019
Free
Free
Various times
18 Jan 2019 - 5 Apr 2019
18 Jan 2019 - 5 Apr 2019
Various times | 18 Jan 2019 - 5 Apr 2019
7:00 pm
Mon 21 Jan 2019
Mon 21 Jan 2019
7:00 pm | Mon 21 Jan 2019
7:30 pm
Mon 28 Jan 2019
Mon 28 Jan 2019
7:15 pm
Mon 04 Feb 2019
Mon 04 Feb 2019
7:15 pm | Mon 04 Feb 2019
