Literature & Spoken Word
Authors including Joe Bageant,
Barbara Ehrenreich and
Simon Schama discuss American society in the run up to the US election in a special series of live Literature events
Joe Bageant
Barbara Ehrenreich
What's on this month
9 productions found
Level 5 Function Room
Joe Bageant
Tuesday 9 September 2008
Joe Bageant opens our series on contemporary America, with his reports from the ‘heartlands’ of the nation.
£7.50
St. Paul’s Pavilion
Nadeem Aslam
Wednesday 10 September 2008
Nadeem Aslam reads from his latest novel The Wasted Vigil, a modern portrait of love in a time of conflict set in present day Afghanistan.
£7.50
Purcell Room
Barbara Ehrenreich with Polly Toynbee
Wednesday 17 September 2008
Barbara Ehrenreich discusses Going to Extremes, her new essays on the great wealth divide in America society.
£10
Level 5 Function Room
Richard Dowden
Monday 22 September 2008
Richard Dowden knows Africa like no other foreign correspondent, and he discusses his landmark book Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles in the light of this experience.
£7.50
Purcell Room
Candace Allen, Kenan Malik David Roediger
Tuesday 23 September 2008
Barack Obama’s presidential nomination has put race on the US political agenda like never before.
£10
Blue Room, Spirit Level
Ben Goldacre
Wednesday 24 September 2008
Ben Goldacre, author of the popular Guardian column Bad Science and practising doctor, brings his incisive and irreverent take on science to Southbank Centre.
£7.50
Purcell Room
Julian Clary
Sunday 28 September 2008
Julian Clary talks about his amazing life and career with author and journalist Paul Burston.
£15
Purcell Room
Michael Rosen and Anushka Ravishankar
Monday 29 September 2008
The Children's Bookshow annual tour brings you picture books and poetry with performances from our Children's Laureate, the brilliant Michael Rosen and Indian star, Anushka Ravishankar.
Adults £5, children £4
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Louis de Bernieres
Monday 29 September 2008
Louis de Bernieres, author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, gives this year’s Sebald Lecture on Literary Translation.
£10
