Southbank Centre: Your literature update
A new chapter
Turn a fresh page this year with our literature events. Get inspiration for your next read with the latest fiction picks, discover new voices with Indie Night andget a taste for poetry with the TS Eliot Prize Shortlist Readings.
January highlights
TS Eliot Prize Shortlist Readings
SUN 18 JAN
Hear the best new poetry coming out of the UK and Ireland, read by the ten shortlisted poets for this year’s prize, in an event hosted by poet Ian McMillan.
This event is British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) and Speech-to-Text transcribed.
New voices spotlight
Sonic Essays: Edward George
THU 5 MAR
Explore the music and language of Black sonic culture with the inimitable artist, broadcaster and founder of the Black Audio Film Collective.
Indie Night: February
WED 25 FEB
Join us for an evening of readings and conversation, celebrating independent publishers and books that defy the ordinary.
This event is Speech-to-Text transcribed.
Powerful women
Gisèle Pelicot: A Hymn to Life
FRI 20 FEB
Join Gisèle Pelicot for the UK launch of her extraordinary memoir, A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides, as she tells her story for the very first time.
This event is British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) and Speech-to-Text transcribed.
Mary Berry: My Gardening Life
WED 25 FEB
See Dame Mary Berry in conversation as she presents her new book on her lifelong love of gardening.
This event is Speech-to-Text transcribed.
Music with a message
Hidden Tracks
SAT 14 MAR
An incredible selection of storytellers recall how one song or piece of music has changed their life, in an intimate event from the much-loved OneTrackMinds.
This performance is British Sign Language interpreted (BSL).
Key figures in fiction
Yann Martel: Son of Nobody
SUN 29 MAR
This masterpiece of myth, history and domesticity from the winner of the Man Booker Prize explores how stories become facts, and the price we pay to share them.
Ruth Ozeki: The Typing Lady
FRI 22 MAY
Dive into Ruth Ozeki’s latest work, The Typing Lady, with the award-winning author herself at this in-conversation event.
Celebrating 75 years
Get £7.50 tickets to the Hayward Gallery
To mark the Southbank Centre’s 75th anniversary, we’re offering £7.50 tickets for the opening weeks of our forthcoming exhibitions:
- Yin Xiuzhen: Heart to Heart and Chiharu Shiota: Threads of Life (offer available Tue 17 – Sun 22 Feb)
- Anish Kapoor (offer available Tue 16 – Sun 21 Jun)
But hurry – there are only 750 of these special tickets available for each opening week, and once they’re gone, they’re gone. The offer ends at 10am on Friday 30 January.