Literature & Spoken Word
Chris Patten has been a key figure in China's recent history, and he interviews two of the country's most exciting new authors.
Leading thinkers Peter Dews, Mark Kurlansky, Ernesto Laclau, Jacqueline Rose and Goran Therborn discuss the history and future of radical thought at this centrepiece event in our literature series All Power to the Imagination.
Chris Patten with Ha Jin and Zhu Wen
Peter Dews, Mark Kurlansky...
What's on this month
6 productions found
Blue Room, Spirit Level
Yan Lianke
Sunday 18 May 2008
Yan Lianke's novel Serve The People was banned in China, and his work exemplifies the issues of Freedom of Expression so pressing in China today.
£7.50
Poetry Library
Liz Mathews: Working With Words 2
Monday 19 May 2008
Liz Mathews talks about the texts which she has chosen to set for this exhibition, and how the themes which have emerged both confirm Valentine Ackland's idea of a community of poets who were her 'friends and protectors' and honour this gathering of minds.
Admission Free
Purcell Room
Chris Patten with Ha Jin and Zhu Wen
Monday 19 May 2008
As the last British governor of Hong Kong during the handover to China, Chris Patten has been a key figure in China's recent history.
£10
Purcell Room
Peter Dews, Mark Kurlansky, Ernesto Laclau, Jacqueline Rose and Goran Therborn
Tuesday 20 May 2008
Our leading thinkers discuss the history and future of radical thought at this centrepiece event in our literature series All Power to the Imagination.
£12
Purcell Room
Allen Fisher, Tom Pickard and Iain Sinclair
Thursday 22 May 2008
The poetry scene of the late 1960s was a diverse and dynamic territory.
£10
The Clore Ballroom
Notes into Letters: The Listening Conversation
Saturday 31 May 2008
Poets, including Maura Dooley and Matthew Hollis search for ways to describe the listening experience, in conversation and poetry.
Admission Free
