Southbank releases literature festival line up

A four-day live reading of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick featuring actors and writers including Liza Klaussmann, Chibundu Onuzo and A L Kennedy will be among the events at Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival. The festival, which takes place from 28th September to 12th October, will also include the world premiere of The Hollow of the Hand (Bloomsbury), the debut collaborative book by singer PJ Harvey and photographer Seamus Murphy. There will be poetry readings and new songs performed by Harvey, and a screening of a short film by Murphy. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Scribe is publishing a new B-format paperback edition of US president-elect Joe Biden’s 2007 memoir, Promises to Keep. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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