Literature and ideas · Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London
Official poster or photo of the festival (fiche Festival TV ).
Dates
From Tuesday, October 20 to Sunday, November 1, 2026 (19th edition), according to the festival's official page at the Southbank Centre. The initial announcement was on October 21st: the festival's official page, which displays October 20, is held here.
Venue
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, Londres
Genres
Literature and ideas
Also known as the
LLF, London Literature Festival of the Southbank Centre
The festival
Every fall, the London Literature Festival makes the Southbank Centre the capital of books and ideas: it is the oldest literary and speech festival in London, born in 2007, the year of the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall. Its 19th edition, in 2026 — the year of the 75th anniversary of the house and the National Year of Reading — is placed under the precinct of Dua Lipa, founder of the Service95 Book Club, which programmes its established and emerging favourite writers.
Readings, conversations, poetry and free events are being held between Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room. Another way for Meltdown's house to have the scenes and pages discussed.
Good to know
Organizer: Southbank Centre; edition 2026, under Dua Lipa (Service95 Book Club) police station and supported by Bukhman Philanthropies. Official contacts published: [email protected] (Southbank Centre).
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