Over more than 19 years, Book Slam has featured an A to Z of literary, musical and comedic talent, including Adele, Ben Okri, Chuck Palahniuk, Don Paterson, Eska, Felicity Ward, Gilles Peterson, Hanif Kureishi, Jackie Kay, Kae Tempest, Lionel Shriver, Marlon James, Nick Hornby, Ottessa Moshfegh, PJ Harvey, Riz MC, Simon Armitage, Tim Key, United Vibrations, Val McDermid, Will Self, Xiaolu Guo, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Zadie Smith. You see? An A to Z. No Qs though. Gotta get some Qs …