London Penny Readings

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London
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This event ended on Sunday 12th of October 2014
Admission
Free (1p entry)
Venue Information
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Waterloo 0.17 miles

The Reader Organisation is proud to announce that our second London Penny Readings will be taking place next month.

The Reader Organisation's extremely popular public reading event, based on a tradition made famous by Dickens, is coming to the Southbank Centre on Sunday 12th October as part of the London Literature Festival. This year’s festival concentrates on the themes of freedom, justice and democracy, celebrating the optimism of the human spirit and the ability of the arts to transform and change lives, and we will hear some of the greatest classic and contemporary literature that touches upon and celebrates the freedoms and struggles faced in human life.

Joining us for the London Penny Readings are special guest readers including writer, The Guardian columnist and patron of The Reader Organisation Erwin James and Frank Hewetson, one of Greenpeace’s ‘Arctic 30′ activists who was held in prison in Russia for protesting against oil exploration in 2013.

We will also be joined on the day by some of our shared reading group members from our London project, where we currently run a number of groups in a variety of community settings, and for whom literature has played a special role in helping to shape their lives.

Sticking to Dickensian traditions, entry into the event will cost no more than a penny on the day, but you can register to guarantee your place for the evening.

Tags: Festival

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