Rebecca Lucy Taylor a.k.a Self Esteem to curate at this year’s Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival

Highlights include:

• Mercury Prize-nominated artist Rebecca Lucy Taylor, a.k.a Self Esteem to curate a day of exclusive events (Sat 1 Nov). Rebecca will be joined by Dolly Alderton for the launch of her debut book, A Complicated Woman, followed by a night of music and poetry alongside multi-disciplinary artists Tom Rasmussen, Marged, Travis Alabanza, Seraphina Simone and Pam Ayres and more to be announced. Free events will take place across the Southbank Centre’s site.
• International women writers come to the fore as the festival celebrates new works from Sayaka Murata, Chris Kraus, Alexis Wright, Bora Chung and Olga Ravn.
• Launching the best new fiction and non-fiction from key cultural voices including Sebastian Faulks, Jimi Famurewa, Zadie Smith, Adam Buxton, Malala Yousafzai, Claire-Louise Bennett and Reese Witherspoon & Harlan Coben.
• Families and children can enjoy free and ticketed events throughout the festival: including exclusive events with the children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce and a run of Mog the Forgetful Cat.
• Poetry dominates the festival on Saturday 25 October with new works from Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, Out-Spoken, Rachael Boast and the National Poetry Library open day.