Cityread London – Closing discussion panel event: “Writing London”

Every April, Cityread London unites thousands of lives through literature, placing one book at the heart of the capital. This year Gillian Slovo’s critically acclaimed novel Ten Days has been chosen as the Cityread London 2016, sponsored by Audible, the world’s leading provider of spoken audio entertainment.

Cityread invites you into the world of Ten Days, a thrilling journey through ten hot, tumultuous days in London that ruin lives, make careers and change a community forever.

To mark the closing of Cityread London 2016, a discussion panel on Saturday 7th May will be held to celebrate Cityread’s five years of London reading campaigns. The event “Writing London”, will be chaired by novelist Kamila Shamsie and will see four writers whose books have been Cityread’s annual choice to date. Speakers will include Sebastian Faulks with A Week in December, Louisa Young with My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You, Ben Aaronovitch with Rivers of London, and Gillian Slovo with this year’s Cityread, Ten Days.

Cityread are also hosting a free month long interactive digital installation “Stories from the City”, from 2nd April – 8th May at Foyles Charing Cross Road, with sounds and stories provided by sponsor Audible. The installation will allow visitors to explore the themes and evidence from the first 72 hours of Ten Days, leading up to the fictionalised riot in Rockham, London.