Literature & Spoken Word
Welcome to the 2009 London Literature Festival,
and our enticing programme of the world’s best writing, internationally renowned music, poetry and path-breaking debate
Lisa Dwan performs Samuel Beckett's Not
I, an intense 20-minute monolgue.
London Literature Festival 2009
Beckett Not I
What's on this month
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E4 Udderbelly
The Best of the Comedy Store
Saturday 30 May 2009 - Saturday 18 July 2009
The Comedy Store, dubbed comedy's 'unofficial National Theatre' by The Guardian, proudly presents the brightest comedy talent from the UK and international circuit.
£16
E4 Udderbelly
Political Animal
Thursday 4 June 2009 - Thursday 9 July 2009
Political Animal, the nation's only and probably best political stand-up gig, triumphantly returns to London from gardening leave for two nights only, to harangue and cajole a very naughty planet.
£15
E4 Udderbelly
The Early Edition presents The Sunday Roast
Sunday 7 June 2009 - Sunday 12 July 2009
Don't want to read the papers anymore? Don't worry, we do it for you. If you are of the opinion that every page of your Sunday paper is filled with doom, destruction and downfall, well... we understand.
£10
E4 Udderbelly
The Cutting Edge
Wednesday 24 June 2009 - Sunday 5 July 2009
The Comedy Store's resident satirical comedy show featuring a team of highly talented, razor-sharp stand-ups.
£15
Level 5 Function Room
The School of Life: You Are What You Read
Sunday 5 July 2009
What books are you made of and what journeys will your reading take in the future?
£7
Purcell Room
Jon King, Louise Wilson and John Wilson: New Deal of the Mind
Sunday 5 July 2009
Jon King, singer with seminal post-punk band Gang of Four, Louise Wilson, of the Wilson Sisters whose video-based art has been shortlisted for the Turner Prize discuss the role of art in an economic crisis at this New Deal of the Mind event.
Cancelled
Level 5 Function Room
Sam Miller and Vikram Seth
Sunday 5 July 2009
Sam Miller has described Delhi as being 'India's dreamtown - and its purgatory' and this event reveals the dual character of this beguiling megacity.
£7
St. Paul’s Pavilion
Southbank Centre Book Club: Sarah Waters - The Night Watch
Sunday 5 July 2009
'Waters is a very generous writer, who seems to want to give and tell us everything, so much does she love the fictional worlds she creates.
Admission free
Blue Room, Spirit Level
Fred D'Aguiar
Sunday 5 July 2009
Fred D’Aguiar reads from Continental Shelf, a reflective collection of poems which traces a journey across continents from youth to maturity.
£7
Level 3 Function Room
Southbank Centre Creative Writing Summer School
Sunday 5 July 2009
Sharpen your writing skills at our Creative Writing Summer School with Greg Mosse and guest writers including Aamer Hussein, Sue Eckstein, Craig Taylor and Josa Young.
£14
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