LET’S GET LITERARY: JANUARY

CHARACTER THROUGH DRAMA
YOUR BEST CHARACTERS ARE COMPLEX, THREE-DIMENSIONAL PEOPLE, BUT YOU CAN’T SHOW ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR PERSONALITIES AT ONCE
SOUTHBANK CENTRE CREATIVE WRITING SCHOOL
10TH JAN, 6.30PM

http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/literature-spoken-word/tickets/southbank-centre-creative-writing-school-62315

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T.S. ELIOT PRIZE READINGS
SHORTLISTED POETS WILL READ FROM THEIR COLLECTIONS ON THE EVE OF THE JUDGE’S DECISION
ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL
15TH JAN, 7PM

http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/literature-spoken-word/tickets/t-s-eliot-prize-readings-62036

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‘HA HA HA’ WITH LUCY PORTER: SPREAD THE WORD
COMEDY AND NETWORKING FOR WRITERS
THE COMEDY PUB
16TH JAN, 6.30PM

http://www.spreadtheword.org.uk/index.php?id=events&event=1035

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FIRST FICTIONS
FEATURING IAN RANKIN AND ELLEKE BOEHMER
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX CAMPUS
20TH-22ND JAN

http://www.myriadeditions.com/home

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WHITE CITY BOOK CLUB
TWENTY THOUSAND STREET UNDER THE SKY
FOYLES WESTFIELD WHITE CITY
24TH JAN, 7.30PM

http://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=1406

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BOOK OF THE MONTH:

CRAIG TAYLOR’S LONDONERS

HERE ARE THE VOICES OF LONDON – RICH AND POOR, NATIVE AND IMMIGRANT, WOMEN AND MEN.

FROM THE WOMAN WHO IS THE VOICE OF THE LONDON UNDERGROUND TO THE MAN WHO PLANTS THE TREES ALONG OXFORD STREET; FROM A PAKISTANI CURRENCY TRADER TO A GUARDSMAN AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE; FROM THE MARRIAGE REGISTRAR AT WESTMINSTER TOWN HALL TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE BIGGEST BETHNAL GREEN FUNERAL PARLOUR – TOGETHER, THESE VOICES AND MANY MORE PAINT A VIVID, EPIC AND WHOLLY FRESH PORTRAIT OF TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY LONDON.