The line-up for this year's London Literature Festival at the South Bank Centre has been announced, and there are some corking events on to tempt the literary from their book-filled burrow.
Top of any list for bonkers pop-culture theorising, Slavoj Zizek is appearing to discuss the end of capitalism; the perpetually-controversial Bret Easton Ellis discusses his [...]

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When asked to write ten resolutions for a greener New Year, GB09 speaker Tamsin Omond instead came up with twelve. Twelve examples of "things that are filling the space between more radical activism and the real world – that are pulling the mainstream into a sustainable vision".
There are some great tips in there for Greenbelters [...]

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I'm a big fan of bookclub meetings with friendly banter, good books and being a meeting of minds. The bookclub meetings held at the Festival last year were an absolute treat. Following the comedic revelation that I was not Carol Ann Duffy there were some wonderful insightful comments about her poetry. Sally Nicholls also gave [...]

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If you enjoyed Frank Schaeffer's talks at GB08, you might be interested to know that Frank has a new book out:  Patience with God: Faith for People Who Don't Like Religion (or Atheism)
"Former evangelical Christian political agitator Schaeffer has been born yet again. This time, he has been reborn into what he calls the Church [...]

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Jon Bounds spoke at the Festival this year. One his excellent talks was about his 11-11-11 project.
He's written about the project he's conducting this year for the blog.
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I there’s one thing I like in the Old Testament is it’s grasp of the symbolic power of encircling a town. When Joshua brings down Jericho it's not [...]

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by Ben Whitehouse
I asked Jon Bounds to "write a post for the blog" and wasn't too sure what I'd get back. As usual I wasn't disappointed, Jon has delivered, in his own unique, way, something wonderful about his talks for the festival. Make sure you catch them, they're not to be missed!
The ways in [...]

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by Ben Whitehouse
The Third Tribe is the first book by newcomer novelist Rob Chidley and he's already attracting attention:
"Be prepared to be kept on the edge of your seats," says GP Taylor, the New York Times bestselling author of Shadowmancer. Rob Chidley's book is "gripping and exciting, The Third Tribe is a must read."
Russ Bravo, [...]

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Carol Ann Duffy has been named as the new Poet Laureate, the first woman to be appointed in the 341-year history of the post.

She's the first woman, the first mother, the first lesbian to be appointed to the post. She was widely regarded as the runner up to the post when Andrew Motion was appointed [...]

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Henry David Thoreau's Walden is one of the three books that will be discussed by the Greenbelt Book Club at this year's Festival.  Our Literature Coordinator, Ben Whitehouse, has now found a way to get the book for free – DailyLit will email you a chunk of the book direct to your inbox every morning. [...]

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by Ben Whitehouse
One of the things I'm most looking forward to at the festival this year is the book club because I know it's going to be interesting. (Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to lots of the Festival but I have a love affair with books which is why I'm the literature coordinator [...]

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