top of page



Women of the World Festival 2022: Sunday Afternoon with Elizabeth Day
Journalist, author, and broadcaster Elizabeth Day has become extremely well-known in recent years thanks to her popular podcast, How to...
Maisie Allen
Apr 16, 20224 min read


Women of the World Festival 2022: Women of Greek Myth with Natalie Haynes and Nikita Gill
From the 11th to 13th March 2022, the WOW (Women of the World) Festival returned to London, this time back in person! For a whole...
Thalia Khadi
Apr 5, 20223 min read


Women of the World Festival 2022: Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan's Tangled in Terror
On March 11th, the opening night of the Women of the World festival, renowned writer, poet, educator and activist, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan...
Shaheena Uddin
Apr 3, 20224 min read


Women of the World Festival 2022: Lisa Taddeo and Pandora Sykes in Conversation
Each year the Women of the World Festival celebrates International Women’s Day with world-class speakers, activists, and performers. The...
Holly Cornall
Apr 1, 20223 min read


London Literature Festival 2021: Booker Prize Shortlist Readings
For the finale of the 2021 London Literature Festival and on Halloween no less, the Southbank Centre hosted an author discussion of this...
Maisie Allen
Feb 18, 20224 min read


London Literature Festival 2021: Mieko Kawakami's Heaven
Centred on the expansive theme of friendship, this year’s London Literature Festival inaugurated Japanese writer’s Mieko Kawakami’s novel...
Isabela Palancean
Feb 9, 20223 min read


London Literature Festival 2021: Creative Future Writers' Award
As part of the 2021 Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival, the organisation Creative Future hosted their annual Writers’ Award,...
Maisie Allen
Jan 24, 20225 min read


'Bring It On' at Southbank Centre
Southbank Centre’s latest addition at Queen Elizabeth Hall features a powerful musical based on the 2000’s cult classic Bring It On. At...
Sakeena Haider
Dec 16, 20212 min read


Friendship in Fiction: Open Book at the 2021 London Literature Festival
The second day of the Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival was marked by a special episode of BBC Radio 4’s Open Book, bringing...
Talia Andrea
Dec 5, 20214 min read


Common Ground: Friendships and London at the 2021 London Literature Festival
Of London, friendships and friendships with London. “Common Ground” with Caleb Azumah Nelson, Vanessa Onwuemezi and Naomi Ishiguro Image...
Majka Wankiewicz
Dec 3, 20213 min read
bottom of page