Literature April - June 2012

With his new book 'The Chemistry of Tears', two times Booker-winner Peter Carey has written an inventive novel linking London 2010 with the Victorian age.

This is a collaborative workshop designed to encourage writing, led by Greg Mosse, creative writing programme leader at West Dean College.

Clemens Meyer (Germany), Sanneke van Hassel (The Netherlands), and Duncan Bush (Wales) join us for a discussion about the their work and the complex map of contemporary European fiction.

Focussing on dance and movement, writer and critic Sanjoy Roy, with live artist Ansuman Biswasm, leads a free, interactive workshop open to all who want to get more out of a performance.

An international provocation, this debate will set the tone for Southbank Centre's Alchemy festival, bringing together three outstanding figures from the worlds of economics, philosophy, design...

Neel Mukherjee and Feng Tang discuss the role of the writer in India and China respectively, as the two countries emerge as the new global superpowers for the 21st century.

Nikesh Shukla, whom the media call an ethnic writer, presents a motivational speech on how to be a writer and not an ethnic writer, unless there's a lucrative reason to be.

Focusing on the heart of the world's most unstable region, Pakistan on the brink examines the complex relationship between Pakistan, Afghanistan and the West.

This is an intimate and interactive session, where you can hear some of the UK's finest poets share their humorous, romantic and topical poetry.