The London Library Lit Fest Events

 

Festival Pass

Your £25 Festival Pass includes one ticket to all main events from the online festival, meaning you won’t have to miss out on a single thing. Please note the events are now available as recordings.

Buying a Festival Pass is also the ideal way of supporting the Library and enabling us to run events like these.

Ticket holders are able to watch the events any time up until

13 June.

Filtering by: “Adult”

Zweig in London (recording)
May
2
to Jun 13

Zweig in London (recording)

Exiled by the Nazis from his native Vienna at the height of his glittering literary career, Stefan Zweig found refuge in London and The London Library. Philippe Sands, George Prochnik and Daria Santini discuss Stefan’s Zweig’s time in London. woven through with readings of his letters.

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Salman Rushdie: In Conversation (recording)
May
2
to Jun 13

Salman Rushdie: In Conversation (recording)

Salman Rushdie joins English PEN and The London Library to celebrate 40 years since the publication of his trailblazing novel, Midnight's Children. He’ll discuss the inspiration and genesis of his magical realist classic, his remarkable body of work since, literature and freedom of expression.

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A Room of One's Own (performance)
May
1
to Jun 13

A Room of One's Own (performance)

Marking the 80th anniversary of Virginia Woolf’s death, we premiere our dramatisation of her iconic 1928 feminist polemic, A Room of One’s Own, adapted by Linda Marshall-Griffiths, directed by Charlotte Westenra and filmed in the atmospheric spaces of The London Library.

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Buried Treasure (recording)
May
1
to Jun 13

Buried Treasure (recording)

Hannah Chukwu, editor of Bernardine Evaristo’s Black Britain: Writing Back series and Lennie Goodings, Chair of Virago Books, speak to writer and broadcaster Bidisha about the political nature of publishing and the importance of bringing forgotten works to new generations.

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Sarah Waters: In Conversation (recording)
May
1
to Jun 13

Sarah Waters: In Conversation (recording)

Sarah Waters talks to Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five, about the inspiration, motivation and discoveries which have informed her award-winning novels – all modern classics, beautifully and vividly told, which reveal the hidden histories of women’s lives and LGBTQ+ culture.

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Prefer a PDF?

Download the festival programme here.