Festival of Italian Literature in London
Two days of events, over 30 speakers, authors and thinkers from different backgrounds, established writers and younger radical ones. Italian, British, and international voices will discuss literature...
View ArticleEuropean Day of Languages
Tuesday 26 September will be European Day of Languages, a time to celebrate the linguistic diversity of our continent and advance our own language learning. The European Commission Representation in...
View ArticleLondon Language Show
The UK’s biggest trade fair for the language sector, the London Language Show, will take place this Friday to Sunday, 13-15 October. The Show includes dozens of exhibitors, a comprehensive programme of...
View ArticleExtraordinary Tales from Slovakia and Serbia at Ilkley Literature Festival
Unmissable, imaginative novellas from Slovakia and Serbia. Dana Todorović’s The Tragic Fate of Moritz Tóth is a philosophical novel critics have compared to Bulgakov and Kafka. A former UN translator,...
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In from the Cold: Northern Noir. A symposium on Northern crime writing, crime...
18 October, 2017 (9am – 8.30pm), Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU Free but places are limited and must be reserved in advance. Full programme and registration here. Over the past decade...
View ArticleA Story a day: Lars-Henrik Olsen
25 Oct 2017, 3:30pm-4pm, Royal Festival Hall, The Clore Ballroom, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall Free, Part of London Literature Festival, more information here Family storytelling and poetry:...
View ArticleJustyna Bargielska in Brighton
Thursday November 30th, 7:15 pm, Pighog Poetry at the Nightingale in Brighton (just opposite Brighton station) Grand Central, 29-30 Surrey Street, BN1 3PA Brighton Tickets are £5 (£3 for open mic...
View ArticleNew Czech Writing: Petra Hulova in conversation with A. M. Bakalar and Peter...
Tuesday 21st November, 6:30 pm at Waterstones – Gower Street Tickets: £6 (standard),£4 (student). Book here. Join us for an evening of conversation with the highly-acclaimed Czech author, playwright...
View ArticleFrom Text to Screen and Back to Text Film and Literature: The Portuguese Context
Conference 13 -14 November 2017 King’s College London, Strand, WC2R 2LS The Camões Centre for Portuguese Language and Culture (King’s College, London) and Utopia – UK Portuguese Film Festival are...
View ArticleIlluminations III: Peter Handke
Wednesday 15 November 2017, 7 pm Austrian Cultural Forum London, 28 Rutland Gate, London SW7 1PQ Book tickets here. This series invites artists, writers and poets to make new work responding to the...
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Varujan Vosganian’s THE BOOK OF WHISPERS – Book Launch at RCI London
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 7 pm Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PH Free entry. Please confirm your attendance on Eventbrite. The Romanian Cultural Institute and Yale...
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Literally Swiss
“LITERALLY SWISS” A literary cabaret of writing from and about Switzerland at: The Tabernacle Notting Hill, London Friday, February 9th 2018 An All-Star literary evening of readings, conversation,...
View ArticleEuropean Poetry Festival 2018: Opening Night
EUROPEAN POETRY FESTIVAL 2018 : OPENING NIGHT 5th April, 7 pm, The Rose Theatre, Kingston, 24-26 High Street, Kingston KY1 1HL, Free entry With guest speaker Pierre Aliferi and many others, including...
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Literally Swiss: Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton was born in Switzerland and grew up speaking French and German. Aged 12 he went to school in England, followed by studies in Cambridge, London and Harvard. He published his first book...
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Literally Swiss: Xiaolu Guo
Xiaolu Guo is a gifted Chinese-British novelist and filmmaker, born in South China and moving to London in 2002. She studied film at the Beijing Film Academy and published 6 books in China before...
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Literally Swiss: Pedro Lenz
Pedro Lenz is one of Switzerland’s most exciting storytellers and performers, born in Swiss-German Langenthal and famous for his poems, articles and novels written in dialect. He studied Spanish at...
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Peter Stamm: Switzerland’s Greatest Living Writer
Thursday 8 Feb 2018, 7:15 pm – 8:30 pm; British Library, Knowledge Centre, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB London. More info and booking details here Get inside the head of Switzerland’s greatest living writer...
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Literally Swiss: Deborah Levy
Born in South Africa, Deborah Levy is an acclaimed British writer of theatre, fiction and essays. Intellectual and compassionate, visual and lyrical, her writing on trauma, exile, depression,...
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Literally Swiss: Monique Schwitter
Monique Schwitter is a renowned Swiss writer and actress. She was born in Zurich, studied in Salzburg, performed in theatres all over the German-speaking world and today lives in Hamburg, turning out...
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Literally Swiss: Peter Stamm
The Swiss-German author Peter Stamm has been compared with Camus, Chekhov and Carver – but he is uniquely Peter Stamm, calmly observing everyday life, ordinary people suddenly confronted with...
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