LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival: Off the Edge

What? Half a century after C. P. Snow's two cultures, the arts and sciences remain distinct domains. While the social sciences might have built bridges, they each continue to occupy a space of their own. This festival aims to push those boundaries, exploring the edges of social science and asking what can be learnt in the borderlands between social science, natural science and the humanities about mind, self and society.

When? Thursday 11- Saturday 13 February 2010

Who? Highlights include events with Dan Cruickshank, Giles Foden, Susie Orbach, Mark Lawson, Lionel Shriver, Ben Okri, Colin Thubron and A S Byatt; an afternoon of events for children; a morning of creative writing workshops; and a collective recitation of the Declaration of Human Rights with artist Monica Ross. 

Other events at LSE inspired by the Literary Festival include an open-mic night and performance of Sweeney Agonistes organised by the Language Centre, and an exhibition and series of talks in the LSE Arts programme.

Where? The London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London,
WC2A 2AE, The festival forms part of the celebrations surrounding the completion of LSE's New Academic Building on Lincoln's Inn Fields. The events will take place in the new building designed by Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners – the award winning architects for the Eden project. AA Route Planner | multimap | See transport details below

Festival website and contact: www.lse.ac.uk/spaceforthought or the ticket request line 020 7955 6100.

How much? This event was free to attend in 2009 but you still neeed a ticket. 2010 Program

Buses
Buses that stop on or near
the Aldwych are numbers:
1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 26,
59, 68, x68, 76, 87, 91, 139,
168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243,
341 and 521
Parking
NCP, Parker St (off Drury Lane)
WC2
Other than parking meters on
Portugal Street, Sardinia Street,
Sheffield Street and Lincoln’s
Inn Fields there is no parking
available near the School.

The London School of
Economics and Political
Science, Houghton Street,
London,
WC2A 2AE

2009 Festival

Friday 27 February – Sunday 1 March 2009.

Will include discussions on political satire, migrant literature, blasphemy in the 21st Century and biography writing. There will also be a series of creative writing workshops with advice for writers on how to get published.

Several authors will be discussing their latest works. Booker prize winner, Ben Okri, will showcase Tales of Freedom , which brings together poetry and prose. Iain Sinclair will discuss his new book Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire and its focus on the landscape, history and people of East London. Moshin Hamid, author of Man Booker Prize shortlisted The Reluctant Fundamentalist, will consider literature as social commentary. Will Self will look at the social aspects of death and dying in contemporary society.

Who? Moshin Hamid, Ben Okri, Meg Rosoff, Iain Sinclair, Morris Gleitzman, Will Self, Elizabeth Laird, Patrick Ness, Anthony McGowan, Anthony Giddens, Alistair Beaton, Tim Parks, Victoria Glendinning, Caroline Moorehead, D J Taylor, Michael Holroyd, Patrick French, Howard Jacobson, Kenan Malik

How to get there
Underground
Holborn (Central/Piccadilly)
Temple (District/Circle)