Women's writing
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jack
Friday 3 April 2009
Friday 3 April 2009
Advanced Booking | Literature & Spoken Word | Talks | Women's writing | Literature & Spoken Word | Talks & Debate | Literature April – June 09
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Princess Adwoa, Suzanne Bonnar and Jackie Kay unite in an inspiring evening of readings and song in celebration of WOMANKIND, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
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Level 5 Function Room
Natasha Walter
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Literature & Spoken Word | Talks | Women's writing | Literature & Spoken Word | Talks & Debate | Writing from the Frontline
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In Living Doll, Natasha Walter reveals what feminism means in 2010 through a series of interviews with women, from the parents of pre-teen girls to sex workers and lap dancers.
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Level 5 Function Room
A Woman's Eye on Brazil
Friday 9 July 2010
Friday 9 July 2010
Brazil | Fiction | Women's writing | Literature & Spoken Word | Brazilian Words | Festival Brazil | London Literature Festival 10
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Ana Maria Goncalves, Patricia Melo and Valéria Rezende are three different generations of women bringing Brazil to life in their fiction.
Level 3 Function Room
Southbank Centre Book Club: The Yellow Wallpaper
Saturday 17 July 2010
Saturday 17 July 2010
Festival | Fiction | Spoken Word | Women's writing | Literature & Spoken Word | Literature | Talks & Debate | Classic Stories | London Literature Festival 10 | Southbank Centre Book Club
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Our closing Book Club focuses on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper, an early classic of American feminist writing.
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Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre presents EQUALS Live
Friday 11 March 2011
Friday 11 March 2011
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Southbank Centre presents EQUALS Live.
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Southbank Centre
Friday 11 March Women of the World Festival Conference Day Pass
Friday 11 March 2011
Friday 11 March 2011
Conference | Women's writing | WOW Friday events | Literature & Spoken Word | Talks & Debate | Women of the World
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Best Available
Talks and discussions on Friday 11 March (10am – 7pm)
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Southbank Centre
Women of the World Festival Conference
Friday 11 March 2011
Friday 11 March 2011
Conference | Women's writing | WOW Friday events | WOW Saturday events | WOW Sunday events | Literature & Spoken Word | Talks & Debate | Women of the World
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WOW – Women of the World launches its first year with speakers from across five continents.
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Southbank Centre
Saturday 12 March Women of the World Festival Conference Day Pass
Saturday 12 March 2011
Saturday 12 March 2011
Conference | Women's writing | WOW Saturday events | Literature & Spoken Word | Talks & Debate | Women of the World
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Best Available
Talks and discussions on Saturday 12 March (10am – 7pm)
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Southbank Centre
Sunday 13 March Women of the World Festival Conference Day Pass
Sunday 13 March 2011
Sunday 13 March 2011
Conference | Women's writing | WOW Sunday events | Literature & Spoken Word | Talks & Debate | Women of the World
19134
Best Available
Talks and discussions on Sunday 13 March (10am – 7pm)
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Purcell Room
V-Day Southbank Centre 2011 Presents The Vagina Monologues
Sunday 17 April 2011
Sunday 17 April 2011
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Change the story of women! This is the first performance in the UK of Eve Ensler's award-winning play The Vagina Monologues with an entirely South Asian cast.
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Level 5 Function Room
Divine Divas, Curious Courtesans and Being Brit
Friday 22 April 2011
Friday 22 April 2011
Comedy | India | South Asian | Storytelling | Women's writing | Literature & Spoken Word | Talks & Debate | Alchemy | Literature April – June 11 | Opening Weekend
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Blending storytelling with performance and stand-up, and weaving literary legends with contemporary urban lore, Vayu Naidu Company brings you an alchemy of stories that are mellow but crackling with undeniable wit.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Orange Prize Shortlist Readings
Monday 6 June 2011
Monday 6 June 2011
Fiction | Talks | Women's writing | Literature & Spoken Word | Talks & Debate | Literature April – June 11
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The Orange Prize Readings are one of the highlights of our Literature and Spoken Word programme, offering exclusive readings and discussion with each of the shortlisted writers.
The Clore Ballroom
An introduction to Women of the World
Friday 3 February 2012
Friday 3 February 2012
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Free
Jude Kelly, Southbank Centre Artistic Director, gives an update on the WOW - Women of the World festival programme.
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The Clore Ballroom
WOW: Mentoring
Thursday 8 March 2012
Thursday 8 March 2012
Free | Women's writing | WOW Special Event | Literature & Spoken Word | Learning & Participation | Talks | Women of the World
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Free
One of the highlights of WOW 2011 was speed-mentoring and this year we've made it even bigger, with a mass speed mentoring session for hundreds of people on International Women's Day and mentoring throughout the weekend.
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Southbank Centre
WOW - Women of the World Festival 3 Day Pass
Friday 9 March 2012
Friday 9 March 2012
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Best Available
Join inspirational women from all walks of life to explore topics such as politics, arts, education, science, human rights, environment and the economy.
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Southbank Centre
WOW- Women of the World Festival Day Pass
Friday 9 March 2012
Friday 9 March 2012
23453
Best Available
Be inspired and gain useful tools in this packed day of talks, debates and performances
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Southbank Centre
WOW- Women of the World Festival Day Pass
Saturday 10 March 2012
Saturday 10 March 2012
23454
Best Available
Be inspired in this packed day of talks, debates and performances
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Southbank Centre
WOW- Women of the World Festival Day Pass
Sunday 11 March 2012
Sunday 11 March 2012
23455
Best Available
Be inspired in this packed day of talks, debates and performances
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Level 3 Function Room
Southbank Centre Book Club
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Fiction | Women's writing | Literature & Spoken Word | Literature | London Lit Festival 12 | Southbank Centre Book Club
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Best Available
Siri Hustvedt's 'The Summer Without Men' explores the marital rupture and mid-life crisis of Mia Fredrickson, a poet in her fifties who takes flight back to her native Minnesota to teach a summer school in the company of women and girls.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Siri Hustvedt
Thursday 12 July 2012
Thursday 12 July 2012
Fiction | Spoken Word | Women's writing | Literature & Spoken Word | Literature | Talks | London Lit Festival 12
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Siri Hustvedt gives the 2012 Southbank Centre Lecture based on her new collection of essays Living, Thinking, Looking, a book which explores art, memory and its relation to her own life.
