Book Slam South @ Clapham Grand

BOOK SLAM SOUTH ft Authors SHAMI CHAKRABARTI, LAURA BATES, and SALENA GODDEN, Poet CHIMÈNE SULEYMAN, Music from JAGAARA and hosted by our new BFF FELICITY WARD.

Book Slam in October will be full of highs, lows and so-now-you-knows, featuring some of the most stimulating writers and thinkers of our day. Guests include LAURA BATES, the woman behind the phenomenon that is the Everyday Sexism Project, and SHAMI CHAKRABARTI, the iconic director of Liberty, who tells us about her first book, 'On Liberty'. There is truly extraordinary poetry from CHIMÈNE SULEYMAN, reading from her debut collection 'Outside Looking On', and our old friend SALENA GODDEN introduces her long-awaited memoir 'Springfield Road'. Music comes in the form of epic pop thanks to JAGAARA who are cool like us only in a different way and cooler. Hosting duties are once again taken on by the brillo pads FELICITY WARD who apparently told the tenth funniest joke at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival (mathematical fact). For this event, we've teamed up with Women's Aid, the key national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children, and have added GBP 1 to our usual ticket price, which will go directly to the charity. Thank you in advance for your consideration and generosity to this vital cause. There'll be good food available from a menu created by the excellent CULT EVENTS, and the estimable NEWHAM BOOKS will be on hand to sell signed copies of the authors' books and other merchandise.