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The London Literature Festival at Southbank Centre

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Time 11:00
Date 20/05/13
Price £10

Best-selling authors read from and discuss their work, including Barbara Kingsolver, Audrey Niffenegger, Lionel Shriver and William Dalrymple.

Literary stars join them at Southbank Centre this season at two prize-reading events – the 2013 Man International Booker Prize Readings and the Women’s Prize for Fiction Readings.

Celebrated biographer Claire Tomalin presents five lectures on literary icons such as Thomas Hardy and Jane Austen.

They mix things up with live poetry, short plays, music based on Pablo Neruda’s poetry and discussions on fame, communities and the graphic novel.

Run-Riot's highlights include:

Rachel Rose Reid's Fairytale Walk 25th,26th May

Granta Best of Young British Novelists: What is there left to write about? 26th May

Sarah Dunant and Lisa Jardine: Blood, Beauty and the Borgias 27th May

The Digital Alternative 5th June

See full programme here.

Monday 20 May 2013 - Sunday 14 July 2013

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