London Lit Plus

[ June 30, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Hannah Griffiths of Faber and Faber, will be in conversation with a novelist from the Faber list, and interviewer Bernardine Evaristo.

The evening will look at the relationship between editor and author, from the moment at which the manuscript lands on the editor’s desk, to promoting the book after it hits the shelves. Hear the story [...]

[ July 16, 2008; 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] 3:AM Magazine presents an evening with Chris Petit, novelist and film-maker, who will be discussing his work.

Chris Petit is the director of classic British road movie, Radio On, recently re-released on DVD by the BFI, and author of the essential london noir Robinson and the thrillers The Psalm Killer and The Passenger , among others.

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[ July 3, 2007; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Ghada Karmi is one of the world’s most renowned commentators on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a well-known figure on British radio and TV. Born in Jerusalem, she was forced to leave as a child in 1948 and grew up in Britain where she became a physician, academic and writer. Currently, Karmi is a research fellow [...]

[ July 3, 2007; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
3rd July 2007 is the official publication date for Guilty by Anna Kavan (1901-1968). Guilty is Kavan’s 21st published work, coming from a manuscript that was presumed lost till it turned up recently in the University of Tulsa archives. Anna Kavan herself is now being rediscovered as one of the most original voices in 20th [...]