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8 Jul 2010 at 730pm 


Jeanette Winterson
Tickets: £10
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London
0844 847 9939
The novelist gives a lecture on the 25th anniversary of Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit.
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk


 
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14 Jul 2010 at 8pm 


LOOSE MUSE – London’s only regular event for women writers of all genres
Tickets: £5.00/£3.00 concs
Poetry Café, 22 Betterton Street, London
WC2 (closest tube = Covent Garden).
LOOSE MUSE – London’s only regular event for women writers of all genres

Wednesday, 14th July
Hosted by Sara-Mae Tuson and
featuring Isobel Dixon and Tania Hershman. Come along and sign up for
the Open Mic portion of the evening


 
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20 Jul 2010 at 6pm 


Louise Rennison, London
Tickets: £3.50/2.50
Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre, South Bank, London SE1
020 7452 3000
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
The author will talk about her new book for teenagers, Withering Tights

21 Jul 2010 at 7pm 


Peter Mandelson, Leeds
Tickets: £10
The Queens Hotel, City Square, Leeds
0113 244 4588
The politician will talk about his new book, The Third Man; Life At The Heart of New Labour

22 Jul 2010 at 7pm 


Tim Parks, London
Tickets: £6
The London Review Bookshop, 14 Bury Place, London
020 7269 9030
The author will talk to Miranda Seymour about his new book, Teach Us To Sit Still

23 Jul 2010 at 7:30pm-11pm 


Poetry Kapow! 10 (The Festival Special...)
Tickets: £5/ £4 performers and other concessions
MADCAP Performing Arts Centre, Creed Street, Wolverton, Milton Keynes MK12 5LY
Performance poetry slam competition, open mic, live acoustic music, written competitions, and featured artists.

Whatever floats your boat this festival season, you can get down and dirty with Poetry Kapow! for some poetic, artistic and music


 
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26 Jul 2010 at 12pm 


Writing the Spoken Word
Tickets: £15
Taking place at The Gallery on Redchurch Street, London
A rare insight into the world of top-level political speech writing and an in-depth discussion of the process involved in writing [b]'Candidates for Change'[/b], delving into its prevalent themes.

[b]Playwright Stuart Barrow[/b] is a


26 Jul 2010 at 7pm 


Hilary Spurling, London
Tickets: £20
Princess Marie Louise Room, Oxford and Cambridge Club, 71 Pall Mall, London SW1
0208 997 0848
http://www.some.ox.ac.uk
The biographer will discuss her latest book, Burying the Bones; Pearl Buck in China.

27 Jul 2010 at 8pm 


Jackie Kay, Bath
Tickets: £5 redeemable against book on night
Topping and Company, The Paragon, Bath.
01225 428 111
http://www.toppingbooks.co.uk

The poet and novelist will talk about her recent memoir, Red Dust Road

 
28 Sep
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