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Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The first night of the London Literature Festival is opened by Sayaka Murata, interviewed by Octavia Bright. Sayaka Murata is a new-generation Japanese writer, celebrating the translation of her speculative fiction novel ‘Vanishing World’ into English. She has sold over two million copies of her books in over forty countries; famous for challenging family, romance and societal conventions in her blunt, defiant writing.  Her book ‘Vanishing

Photo from Steven Miller, Creative Commons Novelist Claire-Louise Bennett appeared in conversation with writer and psychoanalyst Josh Cohen as part of the 2025 London Literature Festival at the Southbank Centre. Bennett’s acclaimed first book Pond  (2015), a short story collection, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize , and her novel Checkout 19  (2021) was a 'Books of 2021' pick in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, and   The New Statesman . Her latest, “Elatingly risk

“ We love words .” When preparing for my interview with Ted Hodgkinson, head of literature and spoken word at the Southbank Centre, I...

As part of this year’s London Literature Festival at the Southbank Centre, Sir Ian Rankin graced Queen Elizabeth Hall to discuss his new...

Photo by Caroline Tompkins, Courtesy of Southbank Centre From How to Catch a Star and The Way Back Home, Oliver Jeffers has written and...

Photo by Tereza Linhartová, Courtesy of Southbank Centre “The sense we make gets broken all the time,” as in life as it is in art. What...

Photo by Anainah Dalal The publishing world is often seen as this big, scary machine, that no one ever really understands the workings...

Photo by Pal Hanson, Courtesy of Southbank Centre “I think that might be the first time that someone’s started a question at the London...

Photo by Katsumi Omori, Courtesy of Southbank Centre In the Purcell Room on the 22nd of October, I heard The End of August read aloud for...

Photo by Pete Woodhead, Courtesy of Southbank Centre When talking about his new book A Slice of Fried Gold, Nick Frost giggles like a...