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07 July 2009
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07 July 2009 19:00 to 20:30 |
Kensington Central Library (Kensington and Chelsea) Opening hours and accessibility |
The state of Africa-Panel discussion Dambisa Moyo (author of Dead Aid), Alec Russell (author of Drinking Too Deeply from the Poisoned Wells: a portrait of post-apartheid South Africa) and Stephen Robinson (author of The Remarkable Lives of Bill Deedes) will talk about Africa's past, present and future. Dambisa Moyo is a global economist for an investment bank in London and she often speaks on issues of aid, debt and poverty in developing countries. Alec Russell is the World News Editor of the Financial Times and he spent five years based in South Africa as a correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. Stephen Robinson is a freelance journalist and he also reported from Africa for the Daily Telegraph. Price details: This is a free event |
02073613010 |
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07 July 2009 19:00 to 20:30 |
Kensington Central Library (Kensington and Chelsea) Opening hours and accessibility |
The state of Africa-Panel discussion Dambisa Moyo (author of Dead Aid), Alec Russell (author of Drinking Too Deeply from the Poisoned Wells: a portrait of post-apartheid South Africa) and Stephen Robinson (author of The Remarkable Lives of Bill Deedes) will talk about Africa's past, present and future. Dambisa Moyo is a global economist for an investment bank in London and she often speaks on issues of aid, debt and poverty in developing countries. Alec Russell is the World News Editor of the Financial Times and he spent five years based in South Africa as a correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. Stephen Robinson is a freelance journalist and he also reported from Africa for the Daily Telegraph. Price details: This is a free event |
02073613010 |
14 July 2009
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14 July 2009 18:00 to 20:00 |
Westminster Reference Library (Westminster) Opening hours and accessibility |
The Ram in the Thicket A dramatic reading by three voices of the epic poem by Adrian Brown Price details: This is a free event |
020 7641 5250 |
15 July 2009
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15 July 2009 18:30 to 20:00 |
North Kensington Library (Kensington and Chelsea) Opening hours and accessibility |
How to get published Juliet Pickering is a literary agent with A P Watt, the oldest literary agency in the world. She will be discussing the publishing process and current publishing trends in the UK. Juliet will also talk about the role of a literary agent: why an agent is necessary and how to go about getting one yourself. The talk will be followed by a question and answer session Price details: This is a free event |
02073613010 |
21 July 2009
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21 July 2009 18:30 to 20:00 |
Kensington Central Library (Kensington and Chelsea) Opening hours and accessibility |
Meet Jack Llewellyn Jack Llewellyn is the author of Surviving Addictions: Confessions of a Recovered Addict. He will be talking about his book which describes, with great candour, his slippery descent into addiction, to sex as well as alcohol and drugs, and his subsequent liberation from total dependency and looming death. Price details: This is a free event |
02073613010 |
27 July 2009
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27 July 2009 00:00 to 00:00 |
Brompton Library (Kensington and Chelsea) Opening hours and accessibility |
Burying London 27th July-28th August Burying London is a travelling exhibition created by Kensington Central Library in partnership with the Parliamentary Outreach section at the Houses of Parliament. Through images and contemporary documents it tells the story of how the campaign to create new public cemeteries worked through Parliament to establish Brompton and Kensal Green Cemeteries. The exhibition is also about some of the famous residents who found their resting place in these great Victorian institutions. Price details: This is a free event |
02073613010 |