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May 2019
Clear Bright Future: Paul Mason with Mary Ann Sieghart
Join us for an evening with the award-winning writer, broadcaster, and film-maker Paul Mason as he discusses his new work, Clear Bright Future. In Clear Bright Future, Paul Mason calls for a radical, impassioned defence of the human being, our universal rights…
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Yara Rodrigues Fowler (Balham Literary Festival)
Thursday 13th June: 19.00 Yara Rodrigues Fowler Join local author Yara Rodrigues Fowler as she discusses her stunning debut novel, Stubborn Archivist (longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize) – a lyrical reflection on growing up in a Brazilian-British household, of finding your space within different cultures…
Find out more »Today South London, Tomorrow South London (Balham Literary Festival)
Friday 14th June: 19.00 Today South London, Tomorrow South London Andrew Grumbridge and Vincent Raison have published their unique portraits of life below the river in Today South London, Tomorrow South London. These born and bred South Londoners record offbeat days out and half-remembered urban adventures featuring…
Find out more »Storytime: The Dinosaur Department Store (Balham Literary Festival)
Saturday 15th June: 10.30 Storytime: The Dinosaur Department Store The Dinosaur Department Store is a beautifully illustrated tale of Eliza Jane who, on her birthday, has her heart set on owning a prehistoric pet. When her family get to the store and meet…
Find out more »Vegan Eats with Rachel Ama (Balham Literary Festival)
Saturday 15th June: 12.30 Vegan Eats with Rachel Ama Londoner and YouTube sensation Rachel Ama is vegan goals – she makes vegan food fun, inviting and absolutely delicious. Rachel takes inspiration from naturally vegan dishes and cuisines as well as her Caribbean and West African…
Find out more »Local Women of Westminster (Balham Literary Festival)
Saturday 15th June: 15.00 Local Women of Westminster Join Rachel Reeves, MP for Leeds West, as she celebrates the inspirational achievements of women in parliament over the course of the past 100 years with renowned journalist & presenter of Channel 4 News Cathy Newman,…
Find out more »Alex Wheatle (Balham Literary Festival)
Saturday 15th June: 17.00 Alex Wheatle Don’t miss this special event with Alex Wheatle, the brilliant Brixton Bard, as he discusses his life as a writer and his fiction, including Home Girl, the latest book in his multi-award winning Crongton series. “Alex Wheatle is…
Find out more »Climate Change Today (Balham Literary Festival)
Sunday 16th June: 11.30 Climate Change Today In Kings of the Yukon, Adam Weymouth recounts his remarkable four-month journey canoeing the great Yukon River, paddling against the flow of the magnificent Kings, and discovering how the decline in salmon is affecting the indigenous communities. “Dazzling,…
Find out more »Sara Collins and Bernardine Evaristo (Balham Literary Festival)
Sunday 16th June: 13.30 Sara Collins & Bernardine Evaristo In Girl, Woman, Other, celebrated novelist Bernardine Evaristo follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the…
Find out more »Sabine Durrant in conversation with Parker Bilal & Bev Thomas (Balham Lit Fest)
Sunday 16th June: 15.30 Parker Bilal (The Divinities) & Bev Thomas (A Good Enough Mother) talk crime fiction with bestselling thriller writer & Balham resident Sabine Durrant. Don’t miss the chance to hear from these gripping chroniclers of London, whose characters inhabit settings…
Find out more »Molly Case and Christie Watson (Balham Literary Festival)
Sunday 16th June: 17.30 Molly Case & Christie Watson Taking us from birth to death and from A&E to the mortuary, The Language of Kindness is Christie Watson’s astounding account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness. “It made me cry. It…
Find out more »A. C. Grayling: The History of Philosophy (Balham Literary Festival)
Tuesday 18th June: 19.00 A. C. Grayling “If there is any such person in Britain as The Thinking Man, it is A. C. Grayling” The Times Philosophy is the fountainhead of ideas that drive history and shape our world. Professor A. C. Grayling’s…
Find out more »Max Porter (Balham Literary Festival)
Wednesday 19th June: 19.00 Max Porter “It’s hard to express how much I loved Lanny. Books this good don’t come along very often. It’s a novel like no other, an exhilarating, disquieting, joyous read. It will reach into your chest and take…
Find out more »Mick Herron: Joe Country
Tuesday 25th June: 19.00 19.00 Mick Herron “Mick Herron is the John le Carré of our generation” Val McDermid Jackson Lamb would sooner be left brooding in peace, but even he can’t ignore the dried blood on his carpets. So when the man responsible…
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