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Events for June 2014

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						1 Helen Garner and Helen Simpson, King’s College Helen Garner and Helen Simpson, King’s College June 1, 2014 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Since her first novel, Monkey Grip, appeared in 1977, Helen Garner has been one of Australia’s most admired writers of fiction, reportage, essays and criticism. Her first non-fiction book, The First Stone (1995), in which she analyses a case of sexual harassment at Melbourne University, caused a sensation. In The Spare Room(2008), she fictionalises the harrowing story of a [&hellip
2 Alessandro Baricco talks to Jonathan Coe about The Save the Story series, LRB Alessandro Baricco talks to Jonathan Coe about The Save the Story series, LRB June 2, 2014 @ 7:00 pm The Save the Story series commissions celebrated writers from around the world to rewrite classic tales for children. Conceived by Alessandro Baricco in collaboration with Scuola Holden in Turin, the series is being published in English for the first time by Pushkin Press. Titles published so far have included Ali Smith’s retelling of Antigone, Yiyun [&hellip	3 Women’s Prize for Fiction, Southbank Centre Women’s Prize for Fiction, Southbank Centre June 3, 2014 @ 6:30 pm The shortlisted authors for the Women’s Prize for Fiction read their work. Now in its 19th year, the Women’s Prize for Fiction was set up to celebrate excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women throughout the world. Now sponsored by Baileys for the first time, this is the UK’s most prestigious annual book award [&hellip	4	5	6	7	8
9	10 Nick Harkaway talks to Sam Leith, Radisson Blu Edwardian Bloomsbury Nick Harkaway talks to Sam Leith, Radisson Blu Edwardian Bloomsbury June 10, 2014 @ 6:45 pm Literary fans will have a fantastic chance to delve further into the inspirations behind Tigerman, the latest work of the celebrated novelist Nick Harkaway. In Sam Leith’s words: “On June 10th, I’m very pleased to say, we’re going to be hosting the enviably smart and inventive Nick Harkaway at the next Hidden Prologues salon at the [&hellip Tristram Hunt on Ten Cities that made an Empire, Tristram Hunt on Ten Cities that made an Empire, June 10, 2014 @ 7:00 pm The award-winning author of The Frock-Coated Communist, and fast-rising political star Tristram Hunt MP has turned his attention to Britain’s imperial past and its continued legacy in the lives and structures of the cities which it shaped. In Ten Cities that Made an Empire he uses a primary accounts and personal reflection to chart the processes of [&hellip Pedro G Ferreira talks about The Perfect Theory with Marcus du Sautoy, LRB Pedro G Ferreira talks about The Perfect Theory with Marcus du Sautoy, LRB June 10, 2014 @ 7:00 pm Almost a century after Einstein first proposed it, the full ramifications of the General Theory of Relativity are still being debated. Pedro Ferreira is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, and his new book The Perfect Theory brings to life both the science and the scientific controversies which have surrounded the General Theory [&hellip	11 At Home With Penguins with Tim Blackburn, Vicky Fyson, Sara Wheeler, RSL At Home With Penguins with Tim Blackburn, Vicky Fyson, Sara Wheeler, RSL June 11, 2014 @ 6:30 pm In her twenties, travel writer Sara Wheeler spent seven months camping in the Antarctic as the US National Science Foundation’s first female writer-in-residence at the South Pole. Day after day, queues of Emperor penguins followed her about – they belonged there, after all, whereas she was just a visiting writer. But in the zoo, roles [&hellip	12 Lynn Barber on A Curious Career, Daunt Books Marylebone Lynn Barber on A Curious Career, Daunt Books Marylebone June 12, 2014 @ 7:00 pm Following on from the sparkling first part of her memoir, An Education, Lynn Barber takes us through her early career at Penthouse where she started out interviewing foot fetishists, voyeurs and men who liked wearing nappies, through her later more eminent career at the Telegraph, Sunday Express, Vanity Fair, Observer and Sunday Times for whom she interviewed politicians, films stars and musicians such as Gore [&hellip	13	14	15
16 Gruff Rhys, Ben Macintyre, Jonathan Beckman, Rupert Isaacson, Lynn Barber Gruff Rhys, Ben Macintyre, Jonathan Beckman, Rupert Isaacson, Lynn Barber June 16, 2014 @ 7:00 pm Gruff Rhys, Ben Macintyre, Jonathan Beckman, Rupert Isaacson, Lynn Barber. Reviews for A Curious Career by Lynn Barber More information Virginia Woolf In The 21st Century with Maggie Gee and Alexandra Harris, RSL Virginia Woolf In The 21st Century with Maggie Gee and Alexandra Harris, RSL June 16, 2014 @ 7:00 pm If Virginia Woolf came back to life today, what would she make of it? How would she feel about what’s happening to books, and to the reputation of her own books, and of the Bloomsbury group? The acclaimed novelist Maggie Gee, whose thirteen previous books include The White Family, My Cleaner and My Animal Life, this month publishes her [&hellip	17	18	19 Bloomsbury Book Club with Kwasi Kwarteng Bloomsbury Book Club with Kwasi Kwarteng June 19, 2014 @ 6:00 pm Historian and MP Kwasi Kwarteng discusses War and Gold, a unique look at the financial world and its troubled history, with his Bloomsbury Editor, Michael Fishwick. Join us for a captivating look at the financial world and its troubled history, with drinks and a book signing with Kwasi. Spanning from the disaster that befell Spain in the sixteenth century [&hellip Sigrid Rausing talks to Simon Sebag-Montefiore about Everything is Wonderful Sigrid Rausing talks to Simon Sebag-Montefiore about Everything is Wonderful June 19, 2014 @ 7:00 pm In 1993, Sigrid Rausing, the owner of publishers Granta, spent a year living in the village of Purksi in Estonia. Purksi was the site of the Lenin Collective Farm, a dilapidated reminder of the total control the USSR had enjoyed over the area just two years previously. This book charts her experiences on the former [&hellip	20	21 What We Remember on Penelope Lively, RSL What We Remember on Penelope Lively, RSL June 21, 2014 @ 10:30 am - 5:00 pm In this workshop, Penelope Lively will explore the borders between memoir writing and fiction. What do we remember, and why? How reliable are our memories? Discussion will focus on some of the books from the reading list, and class members will be invited to have a go themselves – a short burst of memoir, as [&hellip Lunch with Ivan Vladislavić and And Other Stories, Hardy’s Brasserie Lunch with Ivan Vladislavić and And Other Stories, Hardy’s Brasserie June 21, 2014 @ 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm The second supper club from And Other Stories – except that, as this is a Saturday, they thought they’d make it lunch instead! According to them… What to expect? A delicious meal, a chance to celebrate Ivan Vladislavić’s novels The Restless Supermarket and Double Negative, and a small gathering of like-minded people you will enjoy chatting [&hellip	22
23 Where Do You Go To, My Lovely? A Salon London at Foyles Where Do You Go To, My Lovely? A Salon London at Foyles June 23, 2014 @ 7:00 pm In a mid-year summer slump, want to hit your creative brain with a defibrillator? Wait, government tech advisor and digital pin-up Ben Hammersely has spent the last year working out how to get your brain in optimum health for creative thought. Pens out. Learn from Ben. Salon London makes you superhuman: Want to understand the colour of [&hellip	24 The Secret Life of Buildings: Bloomsbury Salon with Tom Wilkinson & Tom Campbell The Secret Life of Buildings: Bloomsbury Salon with Tom Wilkinson & Tom Campbell June 24, 2014 @ 6:00 pm What are the economic, erotic, political and psychological impacts of architecture on people? Novelist Tom Campbell and art historian Tom Wilkinson explore the secret life of buildings and their influence on people and their lives. Architecture moulds us just as much as we mould it, and understanding architecture helps us to understand our lives and our world, argues Tom [&hellip	25 Rachel Holmes on Eleanor Marx, Southbank Centre Rachel Holmes on Eleanor Marx, Southbank Centre June 25, 2014 @ 7:45 pm Rachel Holmes heads the bill with her new book on the life on Eleanor Marx. The former Head of Literature and Spoken Word at Southbank Centre, Holmes was recently one of the editors of Fifty Shades of Feminism. More information The Ultimate Romantic Hero: Darcy or Rochester? The Ultimate Romantic Hero: Darcy or Rochester? June 25, 2014 @ 8:00 pm Darcy and Rochester represent the epitome of the romantic hero. But what would they really have been like to live with? Are they better on the page? We debate the desirability – and the horror – of two of the greatest figures in English literature. Melvyn Bragg has edited, produced and presented a wealth of award-winning [&hellip	26 Matthew Tree discusses Snug at Blackwell’s Charing Cross Road Matthew Tree discusses Snug at Blackwell’s Charing Cross Road June 26, 2014 @ 6:30 pm The UK launch of Snug by Matthew Tree at Blackwell’s Charing Cross Road. Presented by KS Lewkowicz – composer and lyricist. The author will read some brief extracts from the novel, to musical accompaniment by Kadialy Kouyate, a musician and Kora player from Senegal. Read Matthew Tree’s Author Pitch. More information here Confronting the Classics: Mary Beard talks to Peter Stothard, Foyles Confronting the Classics: Mary Beard talks to Peter Stothard, Foyles June 26, 2014 @ 7:30 pm Mary Beard’s manifesto is simple: the Classics have a future, full of fascinating questions and problems to be argued about, investigated and (as the title has it) confronted with verve and wit. Join Mary Beard as she discusses her most recent book and also her notable career as one of the most original and best-known [&hellip	27	28	29
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