Literary Calendar
Events for October 9, 2013 through October 28, 2013
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Scott Jurek at the Bloomsbury Institute
Scott Jurek, ultrarunner extraordinaire and bestselling author of Eat and Run, will be here in the UK for a special event at the Bloomsbury Institute. Scott Jurek has been a dominant force in the gruelling and growing sport of ultrarunning for more than a decade. In 1999, as a complete unknown, he took the lead in the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile race over the Gold Rush trails of America’s Sierra Nevada. He went on to win that race an&hellip
5×15 goes Soho, The Other Club
5×15 is an evening of weird and wonderful 15-minute stories, where speakers take to the stage to talk about their lives, passions and inspirations. On the 9th October, 5×15 is let loose in Soho, curating an evening of stories from Soho’s club scene at The Other Club. Speakers include Sophie Parkin talking about The Colony Room Club, and Dr. Matthew Green on Soho’s bars in the 1950s, and the 1674 women’s petition against coffee along the way. More information/book tickets
Sarah Dunant at the British Italian Society, University Women’s Club
Sarah Dunant answers questions at the British Italian Society. Sarah Dunant is the author of the international bestseller The Birth of Venus, which has received major worldwide acclaim and In the Company of the Courtesan. With the publication of Sacred Hearts, she rounds out a Renaissance trilogy bringing voice to the lives of three different women in three different historical contexts. More information/book tickets
Artemis Cooper and Colin Thubron on Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Broken Road, Daunt Bookshop, Marylebone
The long awaited third part of Patrick Leigh Fermor’s famous trilogy that began with A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water was not published during his lifetime but Artemis Cooper and Colin Thubron have now brought it to publication and we are thrilled that they will be here to talk about it. This completes the account of the journey that Patrick Leigh Fermor made on foot across Europe from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople as&hellip
Catherine Hakim presents The New Rules, The Other Club
The Other Club’s agony aunt, LSE sociologist and Honey Money Author Catherine Hakim teaches you The New Rules of dating in the internet age. Come and find out how the web has changed who we sleep with and why. And ask Hakim’s advice on your own Millennial love love. More information/book tickets
Khaled Hosseini at the Royal Institution
In a rare visit to the UK and his only public event, Khaled Hosseini, the bestselling and much-loved author of The Kite Runner, will be talking about his new novel And the Mountains Echoed at the Royal Institution. Read all the reviews for And the Mountains Echoed here. Khaled Hosseini’s new novel And the Mountains Echoed is the story of two siblings, Pari and Abdullah. Crossing generations and continents, moving from Kabul, to Paris, to San Francisco, to the Greek island of Tinos, with profound wisdom, depth,&hellip
Man Booker Prize 2013 Readings, Southbank
An evening of readings from the books written by the six short-listed authors. Hear the work that could win one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world. Below are the authors long-listed for the prize: Harvest by Jim Crace The Kills by Richard House The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri TransAtlantic by Colum McCann The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris Five Star Billionaire by Tash&hellip
5 x 15, The Tabernacle
Simon Garfield, Rowan Pelling, Geordie Greig, Meg Rosoff and Andrew Motion. More information/book tickets
Graeme Obree on The Obree Way, Bloomsbury Institute
Cycling legend Graeme Obree joins us at the Bloomsbury Institute to for an evening of biking wisdom, radical training tips and an insight into his world land speed attempt and the building of his bike, ‘The Beastie’. Graeme Obree’s innovative approach to cycling has taken him to the top of world cycling, twice breaking the world hour record, as featured in his biography, later made into a Hollywood biopic, The Flying Scotsman. Cycling journalist and author Richard Mooreinterviews Obree about the best kept secret&hellip
Mary, Mary, quite contrary: Mary Beard at The Other Club
Cambridge classics professor and presenter of the BBC’s recent series Caligula, Mary Beard will be at The Other Club to discuss the Roman province of Syria and how statesmen ancient and modern manage rebellion. More information/book tickets
Penelope Lively on Ammonites and Leaping Fish, Daunt Bookshop, Marylebone
Penelope Lively’s wonderful memoir looks back at the context of her life and times, her memories, her reading and writing and the identifying cargo of possessions amongst which are found two ammonites, a cat, a pair of American ducks and a leaping fish. Talks take place at Daunt Books, Marylebone High Street Tickets are £8 (including wine). They may be purchased from our Marylebone High Street shop in person, with credit/debit card by telephone (0207 224 2295). More information/book tickets
Dinner with Darcy, Kings Place
Later this month we’ve got something very exciting: an evening of authentic and delicious Georgian dishes, inspired by the novels and letters of Jane austen, and recreated by Rotunda’s head chef, Nick Foley. Discover how to impress Mr Darcy, the evening’s esteemed guest, what delights to expect at the Netherfield Ball supper, and what Jane Austen reveals about her most entertaining characters through the food they eat. Food historian and author Pen Vogler serves up fascinating insights into the food,&hellip
The Hatchards Bloomsbury Book Club with Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert and her UK editor Alexandra Pringle discuss The Signature of All Things, an extraordinary new novel of botany, exploration and desire by the author of Eat, Pray, Love. It is 1800 and Alma Whittaker is born into a perfect Philadelphia winter. Her father, Henry Whittaker, is a bold and charismatic botanical explorer whose vast fortune belies his lowly beginnings as a vagrant in Kew Gardens. Alma’s mother, a strict woman from an esteemed Dutch family, is conversant in five living languages&hellip
David Runciman in conversation with John Lanchester, LRB
Regular LRB contributor and professor of politics at Cambridge David Runciman believes modern liberal democracies are remarkably good at recovering from crises, but remarkably bad at avoiding them. In his latest book The Confidence Trap (Princeton) he focuses on debt, climate change, the rise of China and the war on terror to argue that what we have learned from history, rather than wisdom, is a dangerous complacency. David Runciman will be in conversation with LRB contributing editor John Lanchester. More information/book tickets
Paul Morley talks about The North (And Almost Everything in It), Foyles
Paul Morley has always thought of himself as a northerner, without really knowing what it meant. In his recent book The North (And Almost Everything in It) he commences a journey of self- and regional discovery. From Wordsworth’s elegant verses to Larkin’s wry reflections, Morley shows that northern-ness goes far deeper than just an accent. Austin Williams puts the questions. More information/book tickets
Elizabeth Gilbert on The Signature of All Things, Southbank Centre
The bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love discusses her first novel for 12 years. The Signature of All Things is a big novel about a big century, soaring across the globe from London, to Peru, to Philadelphia, to Tahiti, to Amsterdam. At its centre is Alma Whittaker, a woman of the Enlightened Age who stands defiantly on the cusp of the modern. In association with Glamour Magazine’s G-Book Club, and introduced by Glamour editor, Jo Elvin, with the Q&A chaired by bestselling author&hellip
Ali Smith and Jonathan Coe invite you to join them in launching ‘Save the Story’, Daunt Bookshop, Marylebone
Jonathan Coe and Ali Smith will be here to talk about their wonderful retellings for children of the classic tales Antigone and Gulliver. Ali Smith was born in Inverness, where she was quite good at ice-skating and spent a lot of time on the back of a black Shetland pony called Hodrum. When she was about seven years old she began to write stories and poems. The first poem that she remembers writing was about a girl called Isabel debating&hellip
Jeremy Paxman in conversation with Prospect, Royal Geographic Society
Prospect editor Bronwen Maddox in conversation with one of Britain’s most renowned authors and broadcasters, Jeremy Paxman, to mark the launch of his new book and TV Series: Great Britain’s Great War: a sympathetic history of our gravest folly. More information/book tickets
Malcolm Gladwell – The David and Goliath Tour, Lyceum Theatre
Malcolm Gladwell – global phenomenon, icon of the unexpected, no.1 bestselling author of Blink, The Tipping Point and Outliers – will transform the way you think about power and advantage forever. If you thought small was weak – think again … More information/book tickets