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We handpick the highlights of the upcoming London Literature Festival, IRL – yes, you read that right – at the Southbank Centre this October
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The Southbank Centre announces a Summer 2019 Literature Season packed with exciting events, talks, readings and masterclasses
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Author William Boyd discusses his latest short story collection in the Marylebone-based bookshop
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Explore London through different eyes with the author Iain Sinclair, as he discusses his upcoming release The Last London
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Explore ideas about art, sex, and the mind in a talk delivered by best-selling novelist and essayist Siri Hustvedt
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Join one of the best writers of our time for an insightful discussion with John Snow about his career and new novel, A Legacy of Spies
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Enjoy the complex nuances of great French literature old and new through talks, readings and performance
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Writers, radio presenters and the outgoing editor of Vogue have 15 minutes each to talk about topics ranging from the fashion world to the transhumanist movement
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What will you fuel up on in January to inspire your new year? Pick books to change how you think, eat, read - and even how you create
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Curl up and get an early night of literary escapism with Culture Whisper's favourite new autumn and winter reads 2016
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Vivienne Westwood's diaries reveal all about her wild punk life, fashion favourites and political passions, and she doesn't hold back.
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Meet Louis Theroux, Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood and many, many more – this autumn at 2016 London Literature Festival, Southbank Centre
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn talks to poet Ben Okri at the Royal Festival Hall
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Lose yourself in literature and binge on the best new books summer 2016 has to offer with our holiday reading guide
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Be the first to grab a copy of The Girls, Emma Cline's exciting debut novel, ahead of its launch as she comes to speak in London
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