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Get London Reading
Encouraging Londoners to make more time for reading.
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Get London Reading encourages Londoners to make more time for books in their busy days.
The 2008 campaign, managed by Booktrust with support from 3M – a leading supplier of technology systems for libraries worldwide – ran from 24 March to 16 April.
Between these dates, libraries across the capital held author events. The events are now over (see below for what you missed) but we will continue to highlight London's literary events if you send us the details (query@booktrust.org.uk)
Click on the author's names to find out more.
Tuesday 25 March
Courttia Newland, Stratford LibraryWednesday 26 March
Jerry White, Guildhall Library
Poetry evening with Neil Sparkes, BrentThursday 27 March
Deborah Moggach, Stanmore Library
John Harvey, Fulham Library
Zena Edwards, Islington Central Library
Catherine O'Flynn, Eltham Centre Library
Grand Monsters poetry festival, Foyles BookshopSaturday 29 March
Haringey Literary Festival starts
Storytelling, BrentSunday 30 March
Turn Over the Page literary walk, ShoreditchTuesday 1 April
Reading for All, Battersea Arts Centre
Refugee Voices, Stratford
Meeting poet refugees, BrentWednesday 2 April
Matt Beaumont, Hook and Chessington Library
Charlotte Mendelson, Hornsey LibraryThursday 3 April
Antony Clayton, Harlesden Library
Melissa Benn, Wallington LibraryFriday 4 April
Diran Adebayo, Brixton Central Library
Poetry and performance workshop, BrentSaturday 5 April
Book Feast, Croydon Fair Field Halls
Tales of the DeCongested's Short Story Festival, FoylesSunday 6 April
Louis de Bernieres, Barbican Cinema
Literary High Tea, Hotel Russell, BloomsburyMonday 7 April
Natasha Mostert, Brompton LibraryTuesday 8 April
Julie Myerson, Sutton Library
Sadie Jones, Ashburton LibraryWednesday 9 April
Marie Phillips, Hornsey Library
Women's histories, Women's Library, London Metropolitan UniversityThursday 10 April
James Twining, Islington Central Library
Joshua Levine, Barham Park Library
Home is ..., Willesden Green LibrarySaturday 12 April
Visit Your Local Library DaySunday 13 April
Black Heroes and Sheroes, Peckham LibraryTuesday 15 April
Simon Kernick, New Malden Library
Blake Morrison, Balham Library
Sam Delaney, Bethnal Green LibraryWednesday 16 April
Leo Hollis, Guildhall Library... and beyond:
Monday 21 April
Kate Mosse, Barking Central LibraryMonday 28 April
Tell Your Own Story, South Norwood LibraryTuesday 29 April
Refugee Voices, Kingston-upon-Thames
Women's histories, RichmondWednesday 30 April
Tell Your Own Story, New Addington LibraryTuesday 6 May
Tell Your Own Story, Thornton Heath LibraryThursday 19 June
Refugee Voices, Islington Central Library -
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