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    • Persephone Books © Rob Greig

      London's independent bookshops need our support now more than ever as the recession bites. So, beat a retreat from...

    • Dita Von Teese

      • Burlesque star Dita Von Teese will be signing copies of her new book 'Dita: Stripteese'.

    • London Book Club

    • London Book Club

      Time Out goes to the boozer to talk prostitutes, dogs and monsters with the capital's bookworms

    • Michael Palin

      • The former Python, actor and travel presenter chats about his latest diary publication 'Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988', including the filming of 'The Meaning of Life' and 'A Fish Called Wanda'.

    • Book Slam Christmas Party

    • Andreya Triana

      Lionel Shriver, who won the Orange Prize for Fiction for 'We Need to Talk About Kevin', Paul Lyall, Andreya Triana and The Great Western Singers usher in the last Book Slam of the year.

    • Farrago Slam! Championships

      • The Farrago Festival of Spoken Word continues with the championships, hosted by John Paul O'Neill. Plus current UK champion Hollie McNish, two previous holders of the title, Nii Parkes and Zena Edwards, and poets AF Harrold and Idil Sukan,...

    • Robert F. Barsky

      • Professor Barsky, on a rare visit from the USA, will be exploring the work of Noam Chomsky, considering his role as a both analyst and activist, and trying to assess why he has come to mean so much to so many.

    • Snail Mail Letter Writing Workshop

      • As part of the Slow London Project designed to inspire Londoners to challenge the cult of speed, poet Miriam Nash will lead a workshop that uses letter writing to explore creativity. Booking essential.

    • Glitterbest

      • Glitterbest's Andreas Grant hosts a weekly poetry night.

    • Judith Kerr

      • The award-winning author and illustrator of 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' and the Mog picture books will be signing copies of her new book 'One Night in the Zoo'.

    • Iain Banks: interview

    • Iain Banks: interview

      At 52, Iain Banks has no intention of mellowing with age – the Iraq war alone has left him furious

    • James Putnam

      • Curator and writer James Putnam, a former curator of the British Museum's department of Egyptian antiquities and the author of 'Art and Artifact - The Museum as Medium', gives the Last Tuesday Society lecture on 'The Museum as Art Form'. Booking...

    • Martin Amis: interview

    • Martin Amis: 'All I was doing was trying to express what I felt' (image: Tom Craig @ Bill Charles Agency)

      Martin Amis‘s maligned collection of essays and short stories, ’The Second Plane‘, is more than ’a book about...

    • Latest book reviews

    • Latest book reviews

      Time Out's critics help you decide which new books are worth a read and which you should leave on the shelf

    • The 'manor' as muse

    • The 'manor' as muse

      New novels, Londostani‘ is set in Hounslow, while’Disobedience‘ centres on the Orthodox Jews of Hendon.

    • Writer's Block- Charity Show

      • Poetry and music from Writer's Block, and all for charity. With Polar Bear, shortMAN and Ade Omotayo, a backing singer for Amy Winehouse. Plus open mic.All proceeds go to the Boyhood to Manhood Foundation.

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