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EXHIBITIONS
Giorgio Morandi: Lines of Poetry
Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, 16 January to 7 April 2013.
In 2013 the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art celebrates its ...
Listings: November–December 2012
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas—so we have a special selection of seasonal events and attractions for you to choose from this month, including a Santa’s Eye View ...
2012 Waterstones Book of the Year shortlist
Hilary Mantel recently won the Man Booker prize with her Tudor tome about Thomas Cromwell, Bring Up the Bodies—the sequel to Wolf Hall, which also won ...
Digital Subscriptions, Litro #119: Ghosts, Past Events
Listings: October 2012
Digital Subscriptions, Litro #118: China, Past Events
Listings: September 2012
The 2012 Man Booker Shortlist Unveiled
The shortlist celebrates heavyweights next to new writers published by small presses.
Get Lost in a Book Maze
The word “maze” usually conjures up images of verdant hedges perfectly pruned into sinuous shapes, but this is not true of the maze with the punning title, ...
Olympic Fashion for Non-Olympians
from the Adidas Originals X Opening Ceremony collection
The UK has gone Olympic crazy. Companies and their rather un-Olympic products are plastered all over television adverts, with babies in nappies recreating ...
Digital Subscriptions, Litro #117: America, Past Events
Listings: July–Nov 2012
Preview: London Literature Festival, 3-12 July 2012.
It’s a big year for London. There’s the Diamond Jubilee, the Olympics, and it’s about to get bigger still with the sixth annual London Literature Festival (part of the ...
Poetry You Can Eat
Two poetry events you should try to catch at the Southbank this summer:
The Poetry Takeaway
26 June – 1 July 2012; 12:00-5:00 p.m. everyday
You won’t ...
Until 9 Sep: Afternoon Tea & Cocktails Inspired by The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Aslan apple and almond slice, Fluffy Lucy lemon tart, Peter and the Professor peach tiramisu, white raspberry witches hat, Brownie wardrobe to Narnia… If you were mesmerised by C. S. Lewis’ ...
Digital Subscriptions, Litro #115: Work, Past Events
Listings: Summer 2012
Preview: Words in the Park, 18-20 May 2012.
Ways With Words has been running festivals of words and ideas for over 20 years across the UK in Devon, Suffolk, Cumbria, and in Italy and France. This May, it ...
Digital Subscriptions, Litro #114: Rio, Past Events
Listings: Apr 2012
Digital Subscriptions, Litro #113: Double Dutch, Past Events
Listings: Feb 2012
Words Words Words at Selfridges
The pop-up library in Selfridges
The seriously stylish department store, Selfridges, has opened their very own pop-up library until March 1st. The 15,000-book library set up in the UltraLounge space in ...
Digital Subscriptions, Litro #112: Food, Past Events
Listings: Dec 2011
George Condo Short Story Competition
To coincide with Mental States, an exhibition by George Condo being held at Gallery, organisers are inviting the public to write 300-word short stories inspired by Condo’s portraits.
Digital Subscriptions, Litro #111: France, Past Events