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  • The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

    Illustration to quatrain 48 by Niroot Puttapipat

    The British Library marks the 150th anniversary of Edward FitzGerald's publication of 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'

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  • The Road

    Photo for “The Road”

    When Cormac McCarthy’s brutal saga of post-apocalyptic angst won the Pulitzer Prize in 2007, a big screen adaptation became inevitable. Whether or not this was a...

  • London's best bookshops

    Photo for “London's best bookshops” Persephone Books © Rob Greig

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    London's independent bookshops need our support now more than ever. So, beat a retreat from the biblio multiplexes and discover the one-off joy of these literary hubs

Literary events

  • David Dimbleby

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    Wed Feb 10, Conference Centre, British Library

    An onstage Q&A with the broadcaster and 'Question Time' host, in conjunction with his BBC series'The Seven Ages of Britain' and the attached book.

  • LSE SPACE FOR THOUGHT LITERARY FESTIVAL At The Margins - Are Hard Times Good Times For Literature?

    FREE

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    Fri Feb 12, LSE

    John Lanchester, author of 'Whoops! Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay', and Adrian Wooldridge, editor and columnist for The Economist, discuss...

  • LSE SPACE FOR THOUGHT LITERARY FESTIVAL Speaking of Love

    FREE

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    Sat Feb 13, LSE

    Authors AS Byatt, Ben Okri, Helen Simpson and Colin Thubron discuss love and literature. Booking essential. For more info on the LSE Space for Thought...

  • Antonia Fraser

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    Tue Feb 16, Daunt Books

    An evening with historian Antonia Fraser, whose new book 'Must You Go? My Life with Harold Pinter', recounts the love story of her marriage to the Nobel...

  • Andrea Levy

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    Wed Feb 17, Bloomsbury Street Hotel

    Andrea Levy, author of 'Small Island', will be in conversation with journalist Suzi Feay about her new novel, 'The Long Song'.

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