Royal Society of Literature panel event
Date: Saturday 13 February 2010
Time: 7-8.30pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: AS Byatt, Ben Okri, Helen Simpson, Colin Thubron
Chair: Anne Chisholm
Four very different writers consider four very different aspects of love: love as enchantment, and love as madness; passion in youth, and compassion in age. They read their favourite passages on love both from their own work, and from the work of others, and, on Valentine’s eve, discuss Shakespeare’s notion that ‘The lunatic, the lover and the poet are of imagination all compact’.
A S Byatt is renowned internationally for her novels and short stories, which include the Booker Prize-winning Possession, and most recently The Children’s Book. Ben Okri is a world-famous novelist and poet, author of Booker-prize winning The Famished Road and most recently Tales of Freedom. Helen Simpson is an award-winning short story writer, her collections include Constitutional and the forthcoming Geography Boy. Colin Thubron is an award-winning travel writer and novelist, his books include The Lost Heart of Asia, In Siberia and Shadow of the Silk Road.
For more information about the Royal Society of Literature please call 0207 845 4677, email rachel@rslit.org, or visit www.rslit.org.
This event closes the LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival 2010, and will be followed by a complimentary drinks reception featuring the LSE Jazz Band.
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