Notes from a Small Island By Anita Sethi I began writing this blog whilst suspended over the Atlantic Ocean at an altitude of 38, 000 feet, on a journey from the sceptred isle of England to two small but beautifully formed islands, Trinidad & Tobago for the Bocas Lit Fest - fittingly my World Book [...]
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By Anita Sethi I’ve just finished chairing the Southbank Book Club on the Booker Prize-winning novel True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey which provoked some fascinating responses, veering from loving to loathing. The novel is written in a challenging style, stripped of punctuation marks such as the comma, and switching between perspectives and [...]
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By Anita Sethi Celebrating 45 years of Enitharmon Press – An evening with Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitage, Helen Dunmore, Michael Longley and Seamus Heaney. “We know we have to fight for small poetry presses; this is a world in which we have to fight for everything we hold dear – including the NHS”, said [...]
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By Anita Sethi A huge map of the world hung on the screen of the Purcell Room during the inspiring and thought-provoking talk, New Maps for an Island Planet. Yet it was the maps of the mind that were also at the heart of the talk as a panel consisting of geographer Doreen Massey, architect Carolyn Steel, [...]
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By Anita Sethi Nadine Gordimer appears at the Southbank Centre on Wednesday 14th March, 7:30pm as the first in a series of events in conjunction with Index on Censorship. I caught up for a chat with the author during her stay in London. Could you explain the title of your new novel, “No Time Like the [...]
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By Anita Sethi The daffodils have nudged their way out of the earth and the sun is straining over the River Thames. Despite the cold, Spring is upon us and and there are plenty of Literature and Spoken Word events to look forward to. My highlights include: Nadine Gordimer I recently chaired the Southbank Centre [...]
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Southbank Centre’s Imagine Children’s festival runs throughout this february and we’ve put aside a special allocation of tickets just for bloggers. If you’re a blogger and would like to come along for free (with up to 3 guests) to some of the biggest shows at Imagine including the Red House Children’s Book Awards featuring Michael [...]
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Probably like you, I meet and talk to lots of people in any one week. Some of the conversations are uplifting and the words uttered are reaffirming, staying with me for a long time, causing me to pause and consider, shaping my mind. Other conversations are fleeting with a promise to follow up soon. [...]
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Comedian Markus Birdman brings his show A Stroke of Luck to Southbank Centre as part of Death: Southbank Centre’s Festival for the Living. They say life begins at 40. But then you have a stroke. Oh goodie. Markus talks to us about life, love and death, and laughing in the face of it all…. What effect [...]
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