Southbank Centre Book Club

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White Room, Spirit Level

Thursday 2 April 2009 Thursday 2 April 2009

'We do not usually associate wisdom with beginners, but here is a new writer endowed with the gift of ancient storytellers. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie knows what is at stake, and what to do about it...

EVENT TAGS:: Fiction | Literature & Spoken Word | Literature & Spoken Word | Literature & Spoken Word | Southbank Centre Book Club

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'We do not usually associate wisdom with beginners, but here is a new writer endowed with the gift of ancient storytellers.

St. Paul’s Pavilion

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Tuesday 7 April 2009 Tuesday 7 April 2009

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie answers questions on her short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck.

Please note - this free event requires a ticket.

EVENT TAGS:: Fiction | Literature & Spoken Word | Literature & Spoken Word | Literature & Spoken Word | Southbank Centre Book Club

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie answers questions on her short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck.

Spirit Level

Southbank Centre Book

Tuesday 5 May 2009 Tuesday 5 May 2009

This May, Southbank Centre's Book Club is reading The Soccer War (Granta Books, 2007) by Ryszard Kapuscinski.

EVENT TAGS:: Fiction | Literature & Spoken Word | Literature & Spoken Word | Literature & Spoken Word | Southbank Centre Book Club

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This May, Southbank Centre's Book Club is reading The Soccer War (Granta Books, 2007) by Ryszard Kapuscinski.

St. Paul’s Pavilion

Southbank Centre Book Club

Tuesday 9 June 2009 Tuesday 9 June 2009

Hosted by Rachel Holmes, Head of Literature & Spoken Word at Southbank Centre, the Southbank Centre Book Club discusses Colm Toibin's The Master.

EVENT TAGS:: Literature & Spoken Word | Literature & Spoken Word | Literature & Spoken Word | Creative Writing Summer School | Southbank Centre Book Club

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Hosted by Rachel Holmes, Head of Literature & Spoken Word at Southbank Centre, the Southbank Centre Book Club discusses Colm Toibin's The Master.

Weston Pavilion

Southbank Centre Book Club - L

Saturday 4 July 2009 Saturday 4 July 2009

Hosted by Rachel Holmes, Southbank Centre Book Club meets to discuss Laura Dockrill's groundbreaking Ugly Shy Girl, a twisted tale about the struggle of growing up in a place where you don't...

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Hosted by Rachel Holmes, Southbank Centre Book Club meets to discuss Laura Dockrill's groundbreaking Ugly Shy Girl, a twisted tale about the struggle of growing up in a place where you don't belong, surrounded by people you hate - and how delicious getting your own back can be.

St. Paul’s Pavilion

Southbank Centre Book Club: Sa

Sunday 5 July 2009 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.

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'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.

Weston Pavilion

Southbank Centre Book Club: Ar

Saturday 11 July 2009 Saturday 11 July 2009

Southbank Centre Book Club reads Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger, winner of the 2008 Booker Prize. Balram, the White Tiger, was born in a backwater village but nurses a dream of escape.

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Southbank Centre Book Club reads Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger, winner of the 2008 Booker Prize.

Sunley Pavilion

Southbank Centre Book Club: Br

Sunday 12 July 2009 Sunday 12 July 2009

Hosted by Rachel Holmes, the Southbank Centre Book Club discusses Caine Prize winner Brian Chikwava's Harare North, which tackles the realities of life as a refugee head-on.

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Hosted by Rachel Holmes, the Southbank Centre Book Club discusses Caine Prize winner Brian Chikwava's Harare North, which tackles the realities of life as a refugee head-on.

Blue Room, Spirit Level

Southbank Centre Book Club

Monday 14 September 2009 Monday 14 September 2009

Hosted by Rachel Holmes, Head of Literature and Spoken Word, Southbank Centre Book Club meets to discuss books by authors who are featured during the season.

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Hosted by Rachel Holmes, Head of Literature and Spoken Word, Southbank Centre Book Club meets to discuss books by authors who are featured during the season.

Blue Room, Spirit Level

Southbank Centre Book Club

Tuesday 13 October 2009 Tuesday 13 October 2009

Hosted by Greg Mosse, author and leader of the creative writing programme at West Dean College, Southbank Centre Book Club meets to discuss books by authors appearing live during the season.

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Hosted by Rachel Holmes, Head of Literature and Spoken Word, Southbank Centre Book Club meets to discuss books by authors appearing live during the season. Sadie Jones' 'The Outcast' paints a dark picture of post-war suburban life, with a gripping plot and multiple narrative viewpoints.

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Blue Room, Spirit Level

Southbank Centre Book Club

Monday 2 November 2009 Monday 2 November 2009

Hosted by Greg Mosse, author and leader of the creative writing programme at West Dean College, Southbank Centre Book Club meets to discuss books by authors appearing live during the season.

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Hosted by Greg Mosse, author and leader of the creative writing programme at West Dean College, Southbank Centre Book Club meets to discuss books by authors appearing live during the season

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Level 3 Function Room

Southbank Centre Book Club: The Consequences of Love

Wednesday 12 May 2010 Wednesday 12 May 2010

In advance of our event with Habesha Writers, hosted by Lemn Sissay on 17 May, this is your chance to read Sulaiman Addonia's debut novel The Consequences of Love, which centres on an Eritrean...

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In advance of our event with Habesha Writers, hosted by Lemn Sissay on 17 May, this is your chance to read Sulaiman Addonia's debut novel The Consequences of Love, which centres on an Eritrean refugee in Jeddah in 1989

Level 3 Function Room

Southbank Centre Book Club: The Life of Pi

Wednesday 2 June 2010 Wednesday 2 June 2010

Our final book club of the season is on The Life of Pi, the much-admired and much-loved Booker Prize-winning novel by Yann Martel.

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Our final book club of the season is on The Life of Pi, the much-admired and much-loved Booker Prize-winning novel by Yann Martel.

Level 3 Function Room

Southbank Centre Book Club: Lost World

Saturday 3 July 2010 Saturday 3 July 2010

Patricia Melo's Lost World takes us on a dark journey of revenge across Brazil and Bolivia.

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Patricia Melo's Lost World takes us on a dark journey of revenge across Brazil and Bolivia.

St. Paul’s Pavilion

Southbank Centre Book Club: A Golden Age

Sunday 4 July 2010 Sunday 4 July 2010

Tahmima Anam's debut novel A Golden Age focuses on the conflict between family loyalties and political zeal wrought by the Bangladeshi War of Independence in 1971.

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Tahmima Anam's debut novel A Golden Age focuses on the conflict between family loyalties and political zeal wrought by the Bangladeshi War of Independence in 1971.

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Poetry Library

Southbank Centre Book Club: Dark Matter

Monday 5 July 2010 Monday 5 July 2010

This book club looks to the stars through the poetry anthology Dark Matter - Poems of Space.

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Our opening London Literature Festival Book Club looks to the stars through the poetry anthology Dark Matter - Poems of Space.

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Level 3 Function Room

Southbank Centre Book Club: Less Than Zero

Friday 9 July 2010 Friday 9 July 2010

In the run-up to his appearance in Queen Elizabeth Hall on 13 July, we read Less Than Zero, the novel which put Bret Easton Ellis on the map.

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In the run-up to his appearance in Queen Elizabeth Hall on 13 July, we read Less Than Zero, the novel which put Bret Easton Ellis on the map.

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Level 3 Function Room

Southbank Centre Book Club: The Apple in the Dark

Saturday 10 July 2010 Saturday 10 July 2010

Discover a great Brazilian author of the twentieth century, whose novels and short stories have drawn comparison to Virginia Woolf.

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Discover a great Brazilian author of the twentieth century, whose novels and short stories have drawn comparison to Virginia Woolf.

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Sunley Pavilion

Creative Writing School: Dialogue (including playscripts)

Sunday 11 July 2010 Thursday 15 July 2010

Dialogue is a direct line to a character's thoughts. Dialogue is change of pace. Dialogue makes the dense page more inviting. Dialogue is rhythmic, like music.

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Dialogue is a direct line to a character's thoughts.

Level 3 Function Room

Southbank Centre Book Club: Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life

Sunday 11 July 2010 Sunday 11 July 2010

Join us for a Book Club brunch on the morning of the World Cup Final, when we'll be looking at Futebol - The Brazilian Way of Life by Alex Bellos.

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Join us for a Book Club brunch on the morning of the World Cup Final, when we'll be looking at Futebol - The Brazilian Way of Life by Alex Bellos.