Book Break

Looking for something to do at lunchtime? Southbank Centre, Coin Street and The Reader Organisation invite you to come along and take part in a re ...

SPIN

Join Apples & Snakes' word-wizards as they cook up wonderful ways to play with words.

Aleksandar Hemon

Bosnian-born writer Aleksandar Hemon tells the story of 'The Book of My Lives', is a love song to his birthplace, Sarajevo, and his adopted city, ...

James Salter

At 87-years-old, James Salter has written what is likely to be his final novel, 'All That Is', a sweeping, seductive love story set in post-Second ...

On Work

Roman Krznaric

Finding work that satisfies us is one of the major desires of our times.

Roof Garden Renga

Free Workshops with James Wilkes

Become part of a poetry-writing collective in this eight-day celebration of the art of Renga.

Southbank Centre's Fairy Tale Walk

With Rachel Rose Reid

Join Rachel Rose Reid on a magical mystery tour of Southbank Centre, allowing you to experience the building in a way you've never seen it before.

On Money

Mark Boyle and Richard Glover

Mark Boyle has lived completely without money in England for over two and a half years.

Wordkeys: A Translation Game

Literary translator Rosalind Harvey presents an interactive journey in and around Southbank Centre for the curious and the adventurous.

On Technology

Tom Chatfield

Over half the planet now spends more of their waking hours 'plugged in' than not.

Take Your Memory for a Walk

with Ed Cooke

Do you know your Hard Timesfrom your Great Expectations?

Rupert Everett

Vanished Years

Rupert Everett, one of the leading actors of his generation, discusses his career and his best-selling memoirs.

Tadeusz Różewicz

Mum, Dad, I'm a Poet

Tadeusz Rósewicz is the most celebrated living Polish author, the great 'anti-poet' who has succeeded in writing poetry after Auschwitz

The Poetry Parnassus Postscript: It's Back! To the Future

After last year's phenomenal Poetry Parnassus festival at Southbank Centre - the biggest ever gathering of world poets - what is left for verse to ...

Translation Duel: Alejandro Zambra

Expect heated discussion as two eminent translators, Edith Grossman and Margaret Jull Costa, go head-to-head with rival versions of the same text.

Ask Me Anything

'Ask Me Anything' invites you to come face to face with people from all walks of life.

On Silence

Tim Parks

In a world increasingly dominated by chaos and noise, Tim Parks' critically acclaimed <i>Teach Us To Sit Still</i> champions the trans ...

On Optimism

Mark Stevenson

Mark Stevenson is a writer, deep-thinker and stand-up comedian.

Translation for Beginners

Learn the basics of the art of translation in this free workshop.

What Is There Left to Write About?

Granta Best of Young British Novelists: Adam Thirlwell, Sarah Hall and Adam Foulds

In a time when more stories are being published, broadcast and shared online than ever before, what is there left to write about?