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London Book And Poetry Events: 12-18 September
Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Thursday 12 September Bang Said the Gun launches its poetry anthology, Mud Wrestling With Words, at the Roebuck (8pm, £7 / £5)....
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London Book And Poetry Events: 19-25 September
Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Thursday 19 September Book Slam joins forces with the London African Music Festival at The Flyover in Westbourne Grove, with Noo...
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London Book And Poetry Events: 26 September-2 October 2013
Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Thursday 26 September John Hegley and Jack Rooke are the guests at Bang Said the Gun‘s stand-up poetry night in The Roebuck. £7 /...
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Poetry For People Who Don’t Like Poetry
Bang Said the Gun is a weekly “stand up poetry” night at The Roebuck in Southwark, a poetry night for people who don’t like poetry. We went a couple of years ago and found it hilarious and rabid,...
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London Book And Poetry Events: 3-9 October 2013
Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Thursday 3 October It’s National Poetry Day! The theme is water, but be a bit more original than just reciting The Ancient Mariner...
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London Book And Poetry Events: 10-16 October 2013
Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Thursday 10 October Helen Fielding is at Foyles signing copies of the new Bridget Jones novel. Yes, it’s out. You may have missed...
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London Book And Poetry Events: 17-23 October
Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Thursday 17 October Choose your branch of Daunt Books: either Marylebone for Penelope Lively talking about her memoir (£8, 7pm) or...
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Spoken Word Festival: The Last Word At Roundhouse
Tickets have gone on sale for London’s first festival focusing on spoken word performances in all their variety, The Last Word. The festival has been created by The Roundhouse, home to an annual...
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There’s More To Be Found At The Royal Albert Hall
This is a sponsored article on behalf of the Royal Albert Hall. When you think of the Royal Albert Hall, you might think Proms or that amazing gig you went to in its beautiful round red space. But did...
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London Book And Poetry Events: 24-30 October
Liz Bentley Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Thursday 24 October Tony White shows people round the Science Museum exhibition of Shackleton’s Man Goes South, for his...
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London Book And Poetry Events: 31 October-6 November
Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Thursday 31 October Julia Bird, Amy Key, Richard O’Brien and Sara-Mae Tuson read perform mildly erotic poetry at the Poetry Cafe....
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London Book And Poetry Events: 7-13 November 2013
Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Thursday 7 November Hear stories inspired by pop songs with Jukebox Story at The Harrison in Kings Cross. £6 / £5, 7.30pm The Very...
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London Book And Poetry Events: 14-20 November
Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Thursday 14 November Not your usual literary event: Viv Groskop, Jenny Colgan and Alex Marwood are doing a signing and Q&A at...
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London Book And Poetry Events: 21-27 November 2013
Go to Waterstones Covent Garden on Thursday Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week The week’s festivals The Richmond Literature Festival is on all week, with authors...
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Authors, Poetry, Stories For Not Much Cash In Peckham
Bernadine Evaristo We love a good literary festival, we do, and we especially like it when those literary festivals provide access to authors, ideas and general excellence for not much money. One of...
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Why Should Kids Have All The Fairytales?
Image by Kris Sayer Imagine sitting in a Victorian warehouse, all wrapped up against the cold, sipping a rum-laced hot chocolate and listening to a top notch spoken word performer tell dark and...
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London Book And Poetry Events: 28 November-4 December
Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Festivals Fantastic stuff as The Last Word at the Roundhouse comes to a close on 1 December. Much is sold out but you can still see...
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Have A Cup Of Tea With Paul Cree: A Tale From The Bedsit
Welcome to the recreation of Paul Cree’s first home away from home, a room at the Camden Lock Hotel transformed into a Brighton bedsit, strewn with comics and cassettes, decorated with caps and...
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London Book And Poetry Events: 5-11 December
Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Thursday 5 December Atilla the Stockbroker, Phil Herbert and Cheryl McLennan are at Kentish Town Library for A Bookish Evening,...
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London Book And Poetry Events: 12-19 December
Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Thursday 12 December There are late night shopping events with authors (Waterstones Gower Street, from 5.30pm) and mince pies...
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