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SUMMARY:Perilous Enchantment – The True History of Faeries (In person)
DESCRIPTION:In her new book\, Perilous Enchantment\, the acclaimed historian of myth and folklore\, Sarah Clegg\, tracks the fascinating history of fairies\, from the pre-Christian creatures of classical myth via medieval royal courts\, witch trials\, Victorian hoaxes\, fairy balls\, all the way to the modern phenomena of romantasy. Tracing their ubiquitous presence in storytelling and landscape across the globe\, the book considers the way folklore evolves in response to culture\, religion and politics and shines fresh light on the real and imagined world of fairies in all their terrifying darkness and seductive splendour. \nIn conversation with fellow historian and Betwixt the Sheets podcast host\, Kate Lister\, they’ll explore the enduring influence and our endless fascination with these mysterious\, magical\, mythical creatures. \nDr Sarah Clegg is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Dead of Winter. Her first book\, Woman’s Lore\, was shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown. She has a PhD in ancient history from the University of Cambridge\, is a former bookseller and now works in publishing. She was on The London Library Emerging Writers Programme from 2020-2021. \nDr Kate Lister is a writer\, historian\, and television presenter. She is the author of FLICK: The Story of Female Pleasure\, and the host of award-winning podcast\, Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex\, Scandal and Society. \nOur events programme is presented in partnership with Hakluyt & Company\, the global strategic advisory firm for businesses and investors. \nBooks by both speakers will be available to buy at the event and online from our partner bookshop Hatchards. \nNB This event will take place in person in the Reading Room at The London Library. Doors (and the bar) will open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Please see our Event Access Guidelines before you arrive.
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/perilous-enchantment-the-true-history-of-faeries-in-person/
LOCATION:The London Library\, 14 St James's Square\, London\, SW1Y 4LG\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts,Events in London,Literature
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SUMMARY:Under the Covers: Andrew Davies (In person) | The London Library
DESCRIPTION:Bibliotherapist Ella Berthoud brings her illuminating Under the Covers series of talks back to The London Library\, with the undisputed maestro of literary adaptation\, the mighty Andrew Davies. \nOver his incredibly illustrious career\, Andrew Davies has written his way into British cultural history\, adapting classic literature into classic works for the screen\, from Pride and Prejudice to House of Cards\, Bleak House to Bridget Jones. Now\, in his latest work\, he turns his razor-sharp pen on himself. An Unsuitable Boy is a memoir that weaves together wit\, irreverence and vulnerability to reflect on a life of writing\, loving\, adapting\, collaborating and surviving. From post-war Cardiff to the BBC boardroom\, from Broadway flops to French farmhouses with Robert Altman\, this is the story of what happens behind the scripts. \nIn conversation with Ella Berthoud\, on the biblio-couch\, he’ll discuss the memoir\, the life\, the scripts\, and the books that have shaped and inspired him\, before receiving his bibliotherapeutic analysis and prescription. \nAndrew Davies is a multi-award-winning screenwriter\, novelist and former academic. He is best known for his adaptations of Pride and Prejudice\, Middlemarch\, War and Peace\, Bleak House\, House of Cards and Bridget Jones’s Diary. His original work includes A Very Peculiar Practice\, Game On and Filthy Rich. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a BAFTA and Emmy winner. His memoir An Unsuitable Boy: A Life in Scripts is published in September 2026. \nElla Berthoud is a bibliotherapist\, artist and co-author of The Novel Cure: An A-Z of Literary Remedies. She has been prescribing literary cures to readers everywhere for many years. \nOur events programme is presented in partnership with Hakluyt & Company\, the global strategic advisory firm for businesses and investors. \nBooks by both speakers will be available to buy at the event and online from our partner bookshop Hatchards. \nThis event will take place in person at The London Library. Doors (and the bar) will open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Please see our Event Access Guidelines before you arrive. \nLondon Library events are subject to Terms & Conditions
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/under-the-covers-andrew-davies-in-person-the-london-library/
LOCATION:The London Library\, 14 St James's Square\, London\, SW1Y 4LG\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts,Charity Events,Events in London,Films,Literature
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SUMMARY:Translation Salon: Kafkaesque (In person) | The London Library
DESCRIPTION:The London Library contains books in\, on and translated from a whole world of languages. To celebrate the incredible scope of that collection\, we are delighted to introduce our new Translation Salon\, which will explore multiple perspectives and ideas around language and the intricate art of translation. \nFor our inaugural salon\, host\, translator and translation expert Daniel Hahn will be joined by Maïa Hruska\, author of a new book\, Kafkaesque\, which tells the story of the translators who saved the work of Franz Kafka from oblivion. \nFor years after his early death\, Kafka existed almost entirely through the wildly different readings of his words by his early translators\, many of whom would later be counted amongst the greatest thinkers and writers of all time. Primo Levi translated Kafka into Italian from the German he had learned in Auschwitz; Milena Jesenská lovingly into Czech before being deported; Bruno Schulz into Polish before being shot by an SS officer; and Jorge Luis Borges into Spanish as he slowly went blind in Buenos Aires. His French translator found new humour hidden inside Kafka’s work\, while his Russian translators were condemned to perpetual anonymity by the Soviet censor. \nCome along and join the conversation about this fascinating history of Kafka’s work\, the act of translation and some of the greatest minds\, tragedies and absurdities of the twentieth century. \nIn partnership with the Jewish Literary Foundation. \nMaïa Hruska was born to a Czech-French family\, raised in Germany and now lives in London\, working as a lawyer\, like Kafka. A graduate of University of Cambridge and Kings College London\, Hruska is fluent in Czech\, French\, German\, and English. Kafkaesque is her first book. \nDaniel Hahn is a writer\, editor and translator. Books published in 2026 include If This Be Magic: the unlikely art of Shakespeare in translation\, and translations of fiction from Mexico\, Peru\, Argentina\, Guatemala\, Brazil and Chile. He is currently translating an Angolan novel and co-editing (with Padma Viswanathan) The Penguin Book of Brazilian Short Stories. \nThe Jewish Literary Foundation (JLF) presents the best in contemporary Jewish literature and ideas. From its flagship annual festival Jewish Book Week\, to its free JLF Player streaming platform\, creative opportunities and live cultural experiences\, the JLF connects\, inspires and entertains year-round. For events\, creative opportunities\, new video releases and more\, sign up to their newsletter. \nOur events programme is presented in partnership with Hakluyt & Company\, the global strategic advisory firm for businesses and investors. \nBooks by the speakers will be available to buy at the event and online from our partner bookshop Hatchards. \nNB This event will take place in person in the New Room at The London Library. Doors and the bar will open at 6.30pm\, the talk will run from 7-8pm and the bar will stay open until 8.30pm. Please see our Event Access Guidelines before you arrive. \nLondon Library events are subject to Terms & Conditions
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/translation-salon-kafkaesque-in-person-the-london-library/
LOCATION:The London Library\, 14 St James's Square\, London\, SW1Y 4LG\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts,Events in London,Literature
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SUMMARY:Learning from Dead [Women] Poets: Poetry Workshop with Clare Pollard (In person) | The London Library
DESCRIPTION:Ahead of our Dead [Women] Poets Seance and in collaboration with Dead [Women] Poets Society\, come along to be inspired by the female writers who have come before you. Join the poetic conversation – and think about how to steal\, allude\, translate\, remix\, modernise and speak to the dead. \nClare Pollard\, poet and author of Lives of the Female Poets\, will run this warm\, friendly poetry workshop with lots of exercises\, ideas and prompts\, and a particular focus on the spirits we’ll be conjuring later that evening at our ‘séance’: Amy Levy and Christina Rossetti. \nClare Pollard’s sixth collection of poetry with Bloodaxe is Lives of the Female Poets. Her poem ‘Pollen’ was shortlisted for the Forward Prize. She translated Ovid’s Heroines for Bloodaxe\, which she toured as a one-woman show. Her play The Weather was performed at the Royal Court Theatre\, she wrote the non-fiction title Fierce Bad Rabbits: The Tales Behind Children’s Picture Books\, her adult novels are Delphi and The Modern Fairies\, which won the Tadeusz Bradecki Prize and her latest children’s novel is The Othernauts. \nOur events programme is presented in partnership with Hakluyt & Company\, the global strategic advisory firm for businesses and investors. \nYou will receive a 65% discount on séance tickets when you buy a ticket to the workshop. The séance ticket will be offered to you when the workshop ticket is in your basket\, and the discount will be applied at checkout. To book for the séance alone\, see listing. \nThis workshop takes place in person in the Study at the Library. Doors will open at 3.15pm for a 3.30pm start. Please see our Event Access Guidelines before you arrive. \nTea and coffee will be provided throughout and we will have pens and paper available but feel free to bring your own writing material. \nLondon Library events are subject to Terms & Conditions
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/learning-from-dead-women-poets-poetry-workshop-with-clare-pollard-in-person-the-london-library/
LOCATION:The London Library\, 14 St James's Square\, London\, SW1Y 4LG\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts,Events in London,Literature,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Dead [Women] Poets Séance: Sophie Herxheimer & Clare Pollard resurrect Amy Levy & Christina Rossetti (In person)
DESCRIPTION:Who are the Dead Women Poets? How dead are they? And what is our relationship to them\, as contemporary writers\, artists\, ‘queens of the whole world’? \nJoin us as we join forces with Dead [Women] Poets Society\, who\, since 2015\, have been resurrecting women and non-binary poets of the past. At The London Library – the perfect venue for resurrecting the ghosts of poets past – our spooky poet-mediums Sophie Herxheimer and Clare Pollard will commune with the spirits of Amy Levy and Christina Rossetti\, two subversive\, darkly imaginative\, outsider Victorian poets (whose friends and family once wandered the Library stacks). We’ll hear more about their lives and works\, and the influence they’ve had on our two living poets. We’ll also be treated to readings by our poet-necromancers\, haunted by the ghosts of these two dead women poets and all will be compered by poet Helen Bowell of the D[W]PS. \nThe resurrections will continue with the popular Dead [Women] Poets Society open mic\, for which we welcome poets and performers of all and no genders to the stage. The only rule: for every poem of your own\, you should also read/perform one by a dead woman or non-binary poet. \nThere’ll also be the chance to get your hands on books by our guest poets\, dead poets and D[W]PS merch. \nLearning from Dead [Women] Poets: Poetry Workshop – Clare Pollard will be teaching a poetry workshop\, inspired by dead women poets\, which will take place at the Library from 3.30-5.30pm the same day. If you book for the workshop\, you’ll receive a 65% discount on tickets for the séance. To book for both and to receive the discount\, please book through the workshop listing. \nSophie Herxheimer is an artist and poet. Her art has been shown at the National Portrait Gallery\, The Museum of Liverpool and Tate Modern. Her collection Velkom to Inklandt was a Sunday Times book of the year. 60 Lovers to Make and Do was a TLS book of the year and INDEX is a boxed deck of 78 prophetic collage poem cards. Her latest book\, Ode to Joy\, (in collaboration with film maker Sarah Gavron) combines drawing\, writing and collage to create a new type of graphic novel. \nClare Pollard’s sixth collection of poetry with Bloodaxe is Lives of the Female Poets. Her poem ‘Pollen’ was shortlisted for the Forward Prize. She translated Ovid’s Heroines for Bloodaxe\, which she toured as a one-woman show. Her play The Weather was performed at the Royal Court Theatre\, she wrote the non-fiction title Fierce Bad Rabbits: The Tales Behind Children’s Picture Books\, her adult novels are Delphi and The Modern Fairies\, which won the Tadeusz Bradecki Prize and her latest children’s novel is The Othernauts. \nHelen Bowell is a poet\, producer\, workshop facilitator and co-director of Dead [Women] Poets Society writer. Helen’s debut pamphlet The Barman was published by Bad Betty Press in 2022 and was selected as the Poetry Book Society Summer 2022 Pamphlet Choice. \nOur events programme is presented in partnership with Hakluyt & Company\, the global strategic advisory firm for businesses and investors. \nBooks by the speakers and resurrected poets will be available to buy at the event and online from our partner bookshop Hatchards. \nThis event will take place in person in the New Room at The London Library. Doors (and the bar) will open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Please see our Event Access Guidelines before you arrive. \nLondon Library events are subject to Terms & Conditions
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/dead-women-poets-seance-sophie-herxheimer-clare-pollard-resurrect-amy-levy-christina-rossetti-in-person/
LOCATION:The London Library\, 14 St James's Square\, London\, SW1Y 4LG\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts,Events in London,Literature,Poetry
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SUMMARY:What Makes Great Drama Great? - Screenwriting Masterclass with Eleanor Greene (In person)
DESCRIPTION:Why do great stories make us gasp\, or catch our breath in wonder? Why does a moment of raw\, flawed humanity stop us in our tracks? And why\, even in the darkest tales\, does a flash of levity increase our enjoyment of the story? \nIn this masterclass\, led by award-winning executive producer and script editor Eleanor Greene\, we will explore the key elements of successful drama\, starting not with structure or formula\, but with something more fundamental: how we experience our favourite stories\, and why some of them stay with us forever. \nEleanor has spent her career inside the room where stories get made: developing scripts\, working with writers\, and producing drama at the highest level. In this masterclass\, she shares the framework she has developed through that experience: the essential elements that every great story needs to move an audience. \nIn the morning session we will explore these elements through the lens of existing successful shows and films\, examining why they work\, why they affect us the way they do\, and what writers do to create those effects deliberately. \nIn the afternoon we move from theory to practice\, with a series of hands-on exercises designed to improve specific aspects of your writing: how to write sharper dialogue\, how to eradicate exposition\, how to use subtext to build tension in a scene\, and how to construct a series quickly and confidently using the tools we explored from the morning’s session. \nYou will leave with a framework you can apply immediately\, and a clearer sense of the writer you want to be. \nEleanor Greene is an award-winning creative with over 25 years experience in developing\, pitching and producing scripted TV and film. A BAFTA nominated Drama Executive Producer\, Script Editor and TV fanatic she has made shows across many genres and lengths\, including sitcom\, thriller\, police procedural\, political\, historical and factual drama\, multi episodic series and features. \nThis workshop takes place in person in the New Room at the Library. Doors will open at 10.15am for a 10.30am start. Please see our Event Access Guidelines before you arrive. \nTea and coffee will be provided throughout and we will have pens and paper available but feel free to bring your own writing material. We will break for an hour for lunch and you are welcome to bring your lunch with you – there is a fridge – or there are plenty of places to buy food nearby. \nLondon Library events are subject to Terms & Conditions
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/what-makes-great-drama-great-screenwriting-masterclass-with-eleanor-greene-in-person/
LOCATION:The London Library\, 14 St James's Square\, London\, SW1Y 4LG\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts,Events in London,Films,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Write & Shine: The Gothic City - Bram Stoker and MR James (Online) | The London Library
DESCRIPTION:Join Write & Shine bright and early\, live from The London Library for a 90-minute virtual writing workshop exploring London as a dark and gothic city. \nIn this workshop\, we’ll read fiction by London Library members Bram Stoker (1847–1912)\, whose Dracula stalks London’s fog-shrouded streets\, and MR James (1862–1936)\, whose ghost stories linger in the city’s corners. We’ll learn how Stoker used The London Library’s collection to research the novel\, conjuring his eponymous vampire from books he found in the stacks. And we’ll think about how London lends itself to gothic storytelling: a city of mist and mystery\, fog and flickering gaslight. \nThis workshop is part of a series of morning writing sessions led by author Gemma Seltzer\, inspired by The London Library’s rich literary heritage. Together we’ll uncover London as a secret city—a landscape of dreams\, disguises and shadows. \nWrite & Shine workshops take place in the early morning light – the best time to think\, dream and imagine! You won’t be expected to share your writing\, which offers great freedom and encourages all kinds of fascinating ideas to emerge. \nOur events programme is presented in partnership with Hakluyt & Company\, the global strategic advisory firm for businesses and investors. \nNB This is an online workshop via Zoom. Please log in at 7:30am for 7:45am start. You will be sent a Zoom link a few days before the workshop (if you do not receive it\, please check your junk file or email us). \nLondon Library events are subject to Terms & Conditions
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/write-shine-the-gothic-city-bram-stoker-and-mr-james-online-the-london-library/
LOCATION:The London Library\, 14 St James's Square\, London\, SW1Y 4LG\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts,Events in London,Literature,Virtual Events,Workshops
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SUMMARY:The 90s Nostalgia RAP Party @The London Library
DESCRIPTION:Poet and playwright Inua Ellams brings his exhilarating live literature phenomenon\, the RAP Party\, back to The London Library for a no-clutter\, no-fuss evening of music and words. This time\, we’re heading back to that decade when things could only get better. \n2026 is all about the 1990s: Tate’s mega autumn exhibition; every stadium comeback tour; the Cranberries on every screen soundtrack; indie kid Andy as our new PM. So\, join us as we get in on the act for some no-holds-barred nostalgia with specially commissioned words from a stellar line-up of writers and classic 90s tunes. Grunge\, hip hop\, banging house\, sexy RnB\, euphoric pop – whatever your vibe – come revel in those heady days and spice up your life with readings and song choices from: Bidisha\, Joe Dunthorne\, Inua Ellams\, Lauren Elkin\, Dominique Heyse-Moore\, Nii Ayikwei Parkes\, Daniel Rachel\, Miriam Robinson and Sathnam Sanghera\, plus music from RAP Party regular\, DJ Tone. Book DJs in London Here. \nTen writers + a DJ = the best night out you’ll ever have in a library – or anywhere\, for that matter. \n‘A truly fluid literary event not just mingling poetry and music together seamlessly\, but also bringing different tribes of poets: ages\, races\, gender\, styles together. You will be moved in your heart and in your head.’— Roger Robinson \nBidisha is a broadcaster\, presenter and journalist. She covers the arts and culture and current affairs for the BBC\, CNN\, Channel 5 and Sky News. Her most recent publication is the essay The Future of Serious Art. \nJoe Dunthorne is a poet and novelist. His debut novel\, Submarine\, was translated into fifteen languages and made into an award-winning film\, directed by Richard Ayoade. His second novel\, Wild Abandon\, won the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award in 2012. His first work of nonfiction\, Children of Radium\, is a bestselling\, award-winning family memoir\, and his other books include the novel The Adulterants and the poetry collection O Positive. \nLauren Elkin is an award-winning writer and translator. She has written several critically acclaimed books\, including the novel Scaffolding and the non-fiction books Art Monsters and Flâneuse. Her essays on art\, literature\, and culture have appeared in the London Review of Books\, the New York Times\, Granta\, Harper’s\, Le Monde\, Les Inrockuptibles\, and Frieze\, among others. Her most recent work of non-fiction is Vocal Break: On Women\, Music and Power. \nInua Ellams is a Nigerian-born\, UK-based poet\, playwright and performer who has written for the Royal Shakespeare Company\, the National Theatre and the BBC. His latest play was an adaptation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters set in Nigeria\, staged at the National Theatre. The Actual\, his fifth poetry release and first full collection\, was published in 2020 by Penned in the Margins. He is an Ambassador of The London Library. \nDominique Heyse-Moore is a writer\, artist\, and Senior Curator of British Contemporary Art at Tate Britain\, where she was Curator of the recent Hurvin Anderson exhibition and is Curator with Edward Enninful of The 90s\, opening late September. She is a Trustee of ActionSpace and a Contributing Editor for EE72. She was on The London Library Emerging Writers Programme 21/22. \nNii Ayikwei Parkes is an arts producer\, editor\, cultural commentator\, writer\, Chief Executive of Cultureword and the founder of Flipped Eye Publishing. Translated into multiple languages\, he has won acclaim as a children’s author\, poet\, broadcaster and novelist. His books include the novels Tail of the Blue Bird and Azúcar\, and two poetry collections\, The Makings of You and The Geez. \nDaniel Rachel is a former musician-turned-award-winning and bestselling author whose many books include: Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters; Walls Come Tumbling Down: the music & politics of Rock Against Racism\, 2 Tone and Red Wedge; Don’t Look Back in Anger: the Rise & Fall of Cool Britannia; and\, most recently\, This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll: Pop Music\, the Swastika and the Third Reich. \nMiriam Robinson has worked in the world of books and bookshops for over 15 years. Previously the host of the podcast My Unlived Life\, her short fiction has been shortlisted for a Pushcart Prize\, the inaugural Pindrop/RA Short Story Prize and the Pat Kavanagh Prize. Corsair published her debut novel\, And Notre Dame is Burning\, in 2025. \nSathnam Sanghera is the author of multiple bestselling and award-winning works of fiction and non-fiction\, including Empireland\, which won the British Book Award for Narrative Non-Fiction\, and Marriage Material\, which was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and his memoir\, The Boy with the Topknot\, which won the Mind Book of the Year and was a BBC TV film. His latest book\, about George Michael\, is Tonight the Music Seems So Loud. \nTone is a DJ and broadcaster. Her show\, Diaspora Distins on Oroko Radio\, showcases talent from the African continent and the global black diaspora\, and she has also appeared on Rinse\, Foundation FM\, Radio 1Xtra\, and more. Live\, she has played All Points East\, Afropunk\, No Signal and opened for Kokoroko\, Ragz Original\, Superjazzclub and more. \nOur events programme is presented in partnership with Hakluyt & Company\, the global strategic advisory firm for businesses and investors. \nThis event will take place in person at The London Library. Please see our Event Access Guidelines before you arrive. Doors (and the bar) open at 6.30 pm for a 7 pm start. \nBooks by the speakers will be available to buy at the event and online from our partner bookshop Hatchards. \nThis is a standing event but there will be chairs available in the room. \nLondon Library events are subject to Terms & Conditions
URL:https://eventsforlondon.co.uk/event/the-90s-nostalgia-rap-party-the-london-library/
LOCATION:The London Library\, 14 St James's Square\, London\, SW1Y 4LG\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Arts,Cheap Tickets,Events in London,Literature,Live Music
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