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Thursday 30 May 2024:
Hari Kunzru: Blue Ruin Thursday 30 May 2024

Thu 30 May 2024, 19:30 - Southbank Centre, London
Hari Kunzru shares his searing new novel, a reflection on art and success against a backdrop of a global crisis, in conversation with Alex Peake-Tomkinson.
Read, watch and listen more Once, Jay was an artist. Shortly after graduating from his London art school, he was tipped for greatness, a promising career already taking shape before him.
Now, undocumented in the United States, he lives

Saturday 1 June 2024:
Dr Federica Amati: Every Body Should Know This Saturday 1 June 2024

Sat 1 Jun 2024, 19:30 - Southbank Centre, London
health research at Imperial College London alongside the NIHR and the WHO Collaborating Centre.
She

Wednesday 5 June 2024:
Special Edition: Joy//Us - Poems of Queer Joy Wednesday 5 June 2024

Wed 5 Jun 2024, 20:00 - Southbank Centre, London
Join us at the National Poetry Library for an unapologetically upbeat anthology of poems celebrating things that make LGBTQ+ people happy.
Read, watch and listen more Joy//Us was published to coincide with International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia - because how better to fight hate than with joy?
Alongside the more immediately obvious causes, joy is found in everythin
Richard Flanagan: Question 7 Wednesday 5 June 2024

Wed 5 Jun 2024, 19:30 - Southbank Centre, London
Booker Prize-winning author Richard Flanagan presents his magnificent memoir, a tale which weaves through history and continents, in this London-exclusive event.
Read, watch and listen more Beginning at a love hotel by Japan’s Inland Sea and ending by a river in Tasmania, Question 7 is about the choices we make about love and the chain reaction that follows.
By way of H. G. Wells and Rebec

Sunday 16 June 2024:
Ancestral Communal Listening: A Chaka Celebration Sunday 16 June 2024

Sun 16 Jun 2024, 14:00 - Southbank Centre, London
Jazz vocalist and bandleader Michael Mwenso is your guide on this interactive listening journey into Chaka Khan’s biggest hits and deepest cuts.
Read, watch and listen more As you the audience share your favourite music, lyrics and memories of the inimitable star, we celebrate her artistry and career through the protest, strength and resilience that has made her a positive force of change in

Wednesday 19 June 2024:
European Poetry Festival: Catalan Poetry Wednesday 19 June 2024

Wed 19 Jun 2024, 20:00 - Southbank Centre, London
Hear new work read live by contemporary Catalan poets and their British counterparts in the UK’s biggest celebration of continental poetry.
Read, watch and listen more The European Poetry Festival returns to the National Poetry Library for its seventh year, celebrating performance, experimentation and collaboration.
This event shares contemporary Catalan poetry, one of the most dynamic poe

Wednesday 3 July 2024:
European Poetry Festival: Norwegian Poetry Wednesday 3 July 2024

Wed 3 Jul 2024, 20:00 - Southbank Centre, London
Discover fresh new work by contemporary Norwegian poets and their Britain-based counterparts in the UK’s biggest celebration of continental poetry.
Read, watch and listen more The European Poetry Festival returns to the National Poetry Library for its seventh year, spotlighting performance, experimentation and collaboration.
This event celebrates contemporary Norwegian poetry, one of the m

Wednesday 10 July 2024:
Special Edition: Transgressive Poetics Wednesday 10 July 2024

Wed 10 Jul 2024, 20:00 - Southbank Centre, London
Join us for a reading and conversation focused on desire and defiance from two exciting voices in contemporary poetry, Esme Allman and Shanay Neusum-James.
Read, watch and listen more Poets Esme Allman author of Sweet Bone Girl (forthcoming with Broken Sleep Books) and Shanay Neusum-James, author of Surrender Dorothy (Bad Betty Press) discuss how they render desire in their poetry and how popu

Wednesday 17 July 2024:
A Gavin Selerie Celebration Wednesday 17 July 2024

Wed 17 Jul 2024, 20:00 - Southbank Centre, London
Discover the creative world and dynamic work of a poet who refused classification, in this celebration featuring readings and talks from contemporary poets.
Read, watch and listen more Join us for this celebration of one of the most skilful and imaginative exponents of the long poem in English, Gavin Selerie (1949 - 2023), whose work ranged in content from the life of Sheridan Le Fanu, to jazz

Thursday 18 July 2024:
Out-Spoken: July Thursday 18 July 2024

Thu 18 Jul 2024, 19:45 - Southbank Centre, London
, hosted by poet Joelle Taylor.
Read, watch and listen more Out-Spoken is the Southbank Centre’s






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