You are viewing your 1 free article this month. Login to read more articles.
Salman Rushdie and Kazuo Ishiguro to headline Southbank Centre's Spring Literature Season
London’s Southbank Centre has announced the line-up for this year’s Spring Literature Season, featuring Salman Rushdie, Maggie Nelson, RuPaul and Kazuo Ishiguro.
At the festival, which will be held from March to June, Rushdie will be discussing his new memoir Knife (Jonathan Cape) in a UK-exclusive hybrid event, which will be live-streamed globally for free. Meanwhile, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Ishiguro and jazz singer Stacey Kent will celebrate their long-running collaboration with an interview and live music performances.
International drag star RuPaul and twice Booker-shortlisted Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma will speak at the festival, and writer and filmmaker Miranda July and author Sheila Heti will talk about their new books.
Nelson will present her book Like Love (Fern Press) in conversation with writer and journalist Shon Faye. The BBC’s disinformation correspondent Marianna Spring, historian Peter Frankopan and political commentator Grace Blakeley will explore "key cultural" debates and brothers Manni and Reuben Coe will discuss their book, brother.do.you.love.me (Little Toller Books/Canongate), in one of the festival’s mental health-themed events.
A line-up of authors, artists and musicians, including Jarvis Cocker, Sheena Patel and Musa Okwonga, will host "An Evening with Rough Trade Books". Meanwhile, comedian Sara Pascoe will celebrate her debut novel Weirdo (Faber) with an evening of stand-up comedy and readings. Author David Nicholls will be in conversation with writer and broadcaster Dolly Alderton about his latest novel, You Are Here (Sceptre).
Ted Hodgkinson, head of literature and spoken word, said: "From Salman Rushdie to RuPaul, Kazuo Ishiguro to Maggie Nelson, this is a season brimming with must-see moments, shedding new light on iconic cultural figures and, in turn, the world around us. This programme offers unique events interweaving spoken word and music, alongside talks illuminating the historical underpinnings of the present and uplifting storytelling about experiences that are often under-represented in literature.”
The full list of events is available online, and tickets will go on sale to Southbank Centre’s Members at 10a.m. on Thursday 25th January, and to the general public on the same time on Friday 26th January.
