The Southbank Centre is proud to announce its Spring Literature 2025 season from February to June 2025, with programming that spans authors from our home in London to literary talent around the world.
Celebrating new works by internationally-acclaimed names including Nnedi Okorafor (23 Feb),Abdulrazak Gurnah (27 Mar), Amitav Ghosh (10 Apr) and the International Booker Prize shortlisted writers (18 May), this season also celebrates the phenomenal talent of Maggie O’Farrell on the 25th anniversary of the publication of her debut novel After You’d Gone, marking her very first event at the Southbank Centre (30 Mar). Continuing to offer programming that aims to inspire the creators of the future, the National Poetry Library housed in the Royal Festival Hall welcomes back the European Poetry Festival (18 Jun) for the eighth consecutive year. Hosted for the first time at the Southbank Centre, the iconic live story competition, The Moth GrandSlam will decide the London storytelling champion in the Queen Elizabeth Hall (6 Jun).
Highlights from the event include:
JUDITH BUTLER: WHO’S AFRAID OF GENDER?
Sun 9th March, 7:30pm, Royal Festival Hall. Tickets £17.00. For ages 16+
Take a seat for a timely discussion with Judith Butler exploring how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics globally, in conversation with Ash Sarkar.
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CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE: DREAM COUNT
Sun 2 March, 7:30pm, Royal Festival Hall. Tickets £17.00. For ages 16+
Celebrate the launch of the author’s searing new novel, a story of four women and their loves, longings and desires, in conversation with Elizabeth Day.
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LAURA BATES: THE NEW AGE OF SEXISM
Fri 9 May 2025, 7.45pm, Purcell Room. Tickets £15. For ages 16+
The founder and author behind Everyday Sexism Project shatters the illusion of progress with her latest book about the future of sexism in an age of technology. Laura Bates traverses topics such as deepfakes, the metaverse, cyber brothels, to reveal how misogyny is entrenched in the technologies of the present day.
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KIT DE WAAL: THE BEST OF EVERYTHING
Wed 9 April 2025, 7.45pm, Purcell Room. Tickets £15. For ages 16+
The author of My Name is Leon celebrates the publication of their mesmerising new novel, The Bestof Everything with a special in-conversation event in the Purcell Room.
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WRITTEN BY: Nura Arooj
