Carol Ann Duffy & Friends
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literature & poetry
Southbank Centre is the home of literature and spoken word events in the UK, the venue for London Literature Festival and Poetry International. Our programme is brimming with today’s best-selling 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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London Literature Festival 2018
In October we welcome some of today’s leading writers, thinkers and cultural observers to explore the burning issues of our times.
Highlights include exclusive memoir launches from The Who's frontman Roger Daltrey and Oscar-winning actor Sally Field, as well as award-winning writers Marilynne Robinson, André Aciman and Sir Salman Rushdie.
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all events
Free
Free
Various times
19 Oct 2018 - 31 Mar 2019
19 Oct 2018 - 31 Mar 2019
Free
Free
7:30 pm
Thu 18 Oct 2018
Thu 18 Oct 2018
7:30 pm
Thu 18 Oct 2018
Thu 18 Oct 2018
Multi-buy discount
Multi-buy discount
7:45 pm
Thu 18 Oct 2018
Thu 18 Oct 2018
7:45 pm | Thu 18 Oct 2018
In Search of a Better Life: Esi Edugyan & Aida Edemariam
In Search of a Better Life: Esi Edugyan & Aida Edemariam
Part of London Literature Festival multi-buy discount
Part of London Literature Festival multi-buy discount
7:45 pm
Thu 18 Oct 2018
Thu 18 Oct 2018
10:30 am
Fri 19 Oct 2018
Fri 19 Oct 2018
10:30 am | Fri 19 Oct 2018
Free
Free
1:00 pm
Fri 19 Oct 2018
Fri 19 Oct 2018
Free
Free
5:30 pm
Fri 19 Oct 2018
Fri 19 Oct 2018
7:00 pm
Fri 19 Oct 2018
Fri 19 Oct 2018
Multi-buy discount
Multi-buy discount
7:30 pm
Fri 19 Oct 2018
Fri 19 Oct 2018
7:30 pm | Fri 19 Oct 2018
Part of London Literature Festival multi-buy discount
Part of London Literature Festival multi-buy discount
