Wednesday, October 08, 2014

The Royal Society of Literature October News


October news
The Sri Lankan novel
 22 October, 7pm,
Somerset House

V.V. Ganeshanathan, Romesh Gunesekera and BBC journalist Razia Iqbal discuss the long shadow that war has cast over Sri Lankan literature, the challenges of writing fiction in the context of a troubled political climate, and the connection between writers living in Sri Lanka, and those of the diaspora working in Canada, America, Australia and the UK. Book now
Writing about monsters
5 November, 7pm, Somerset House

Richard Davenport-Hines, Lucy Hughes-Hallett and Selina Hastings discuss writing about dark characters. Are sinners more easily brought to life on the page than saints? Do such subjects get a writer down, or makes them feel better about themselves? And how do they think they would have got on with their chosen monsters in real life? Book now.
In Berlin
7 November, 7pm, Europe House

On 9 November, it will be a quarter of a century since East and West Germans tore down the wall that had separated them since 1961. Maxim Leo and Rory Maclean revisit the reality and myth of the Cold War capital, and explore its remarkable capacity for reinvention. Book now.

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