Thursday, 12 December 2024

Book Slam x Royal Society of Literature @ Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Town Hall Approach Road
Tottenham Green
London N15 4RX

Time: 7.00pm til lateish
Damage: £10 / £7 concessions [+b/f]

Welcome to RSL vs Book Slam, where London's leading literary juke joint brings together writers and readers for a high-energy night of page and stage, and established stars rub shoulders with some of the hottest new talent.

First up is LOVE AND LEGACY, which sees actor turned award-winning writer, PATERSON JOSEPH, on encountering the work of James Baldwin, and bestselling author DOROTHY KOOMSON on creating thrill-seeking, plot-twisting hi-octane thrillers - they're both in conversation with writer and editor, SAREETA DOMINGO. Meanwhile, one of the capital’s brightest young voices, JASON OKUNDAYE, joins the Booker Prize-winning legend that is BERNARDINE EVARISTO to revisit "Mr Loverman", her beloved 2013 novel, which has lately been adapted to brilliant effect on the BBC.

We are absolutely thrilled to welcome our friend and comrade, ESKA, to the line-up, a genre-defying “voice painter” who we’ve been banging on about for TIME, and the acclaimed poet-playwright, YOMI SODE as MC - prepare to be picked up and blown away.

There’s also wordsmith and sound artist BELINDA ZHAWI turning the tables on the turntables, a drop-in literary craft table featuring poet and artist SOPHIE HERXHEIMER, and a book stall from New Beacon Books.

Come down for more bang for your book!