Penguin Live

A dreamy breakfast spread from Ottolenghi Islington! Over half of tickets sold for this September's event...😮 Have you got yours yet?

Just over a week to go! have you got your tickets yet?

Highlights from an incredible night with Arundhati Roy at the Emmanuel Centre back in June, discussing her long awaited book The Ministry of Utmost Happiness on the Penguin Podcast.

Check out this brilliant video of Michael Palin introducing the fascinating journey of the HMS Erebus.

This mouthwatering collection of Ottolenghi's seafood recipes has got us so excited for this September's event! Did we mention he'll be doing a live demo?👌

Not long till we come up to Manchester for #PenguinPride. If you're starting to make plans for #ManchesterPride then make sure you add this to your agenda, join us on 23rd Aug at Z-arts

Footage from our event last month celebrating Windrush's 70th anniversary with Sadiq Khan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt9RNH_WV aQ

This is happening in September AND we’re offering a free glass of wine to the first 50 purchasers - hurry!

This Thursday, Penguin Pride is happening with a incredible line up!

Penguin Pride comes to Manchester for the first time ever this August with an awe-inspiring line-up of LGBTQ+ writers, poets, musicians and activists to celebrate the city’s incredible diversity and to shine a light on new voices in the community.
Hosted by award-winning poet and playwright Toby Campion, this multi-arts festival-style event will showcase published authors alongside local writers and performers in what promises to be a truly inspiring evening of queer talent....
£1 per ticket sold will go towards the great work of The Albert Kennedy Trust, a national LGBTQ youth homelessness charity.
Hosted by poet Toby Campion
Featuring:
Kate O’Donnell (Artist) Kirsty Logan (PRH author) Andrew McMillan (Poet/PRH author) Paul Flynn (PRH author) Ella Otomewo (Poet)
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In partnership with GAY TIMES.
Penguin Pride comes to Brighton for the first time ever this July with an awe-inspiring line-up of LGBTQ writers, poets, musicians and activists to celebrate the city’s incredible diversity and to shine a light on new voices in the community.
Hosted by award-winning poet and playwright Toby Campion, this multi-arts festival-style event will showcase published authors alongside local writers and performers in what promises to be a truly inspiring... evening of queer talent.
Names on the bill include award-winning poets Jay Bernard and Dizraeli, writer Matthew Todd and trans campaigner Fox Fisher to name but a few.
£1 per ticket sold will go towards the great work of The Albert Kennedy Trust, a national LGBTQ youth homelessness charity. Hosted by poet Toby Campion
Featuring: Artist - Heather Peace Author - Matthew Todd Musician - Paul Diello Poet - Jay Bernard Trans activists - Fox Fisher and Owl Poet - Dizraeli
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Penguin Pride in partnership with Gay Times and Paradise London LIVE comes to London this summer with an awe-inspiring line-up of LGBTQ+ writers, poets, musicians and activists to celebrate the city’s incredible diversity. Hosted at Cargo in Shoreditch by award-winning poet and playwright Toby Campion, this multi-arts festival-style event will showcase some of the UK’s most prolific queer authors alongside award-winning poets, writers and musicians in what promises to be a tr...uly inspiring evening of queer talent. Names on the bill include award-winning poets Jay Bernard and Dizraeli, lauded writer,journalist and ex-Attitude editor Matthew Todd and iTunes UK #1 musician Kal Lavelle to name but a few.
£1 per ticket sold will go towards the great work of The Albert Kennedy Trust, a national LGBTQ youth homelessness charity.
FEATURING
Poet - Toby Campion Author - Matthew Todd Poet - Jay Bernard Poet - Travis Alabanza Musician - Kal Lavelle Poet/rapper - Dizraeli Band - Playing House Author - Ben Wilson Musician - Kit Rice
Penguin Pride afterparty hosted by Paradise London LIVE. Valerio Lysander, Andrea Di Giovanni and Kalon Rae will all be joining us! 🐧 Til 1am :O
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Penguin Pride is on tour in 2018. London, Brighton and Manchester.

Gabourey Sidibe, Oscar-nominated star of Precious and Empire, is in London to talk about her much anticipated memoir This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare and deliver her hilarious and perceptive truths.
Get ready for an honest depiction of Hollywood behind the glamour, and an exhilaratingly frank discussion on friendship, depression, celebrity, haters, fashion, race, and weight. There is no topic that Sidibe doesn’t refreshingly tackle with relish and humour.
Don’t miss thi...s fantastic opportunity to join Gabourey Sidibe at the Genesis Cinema for an evening of laughter and conversation, as she takes you on a whirlwind tour of her life so far.
Gabourey Sidibe will be in conversation with Terri White, editor-in-chief of EMPIRE magazine. There will be a chaired audience Q&A during the event.
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Twenty years after Arundhati Roy took the literary world by storm with her debut novel, the universally adored The God of Small Things, winner of the 1997 Booker Prize, she returned with an equally moving masterpiece, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. To mark the paperback publication of this critically acclaimed novel, Arundhati Roy will be taking part in the Penguin Podcast in front of a live audience. The Penguin Podcast gives listeners the chance to understand the origins... of a story and the experiences that influenced its development. This is a unique opportunity to be in the audience as Arundhati Roy enjoys an intimate conversation with Kirsty Lang, discussing five objects that inspired or shaped the writing of her books, telling us the stories behind her stories.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness spools outwards from the cramped neighbourhoods of Old Delhi into the burgeoning new metropolis and beyond, to the Valley of Kashmir and the forests of Central India, where war is peace and peace is war, and where, from time to time, 'normalcy' is declared. A resident unrolls a threadbare carpet in a city graveyard. A baby appears quite suddenly on a pavement, a little after midnight, in a crib of litter. A father writes to his five-year-old daughter about the number of people that attended her funeral. Through a rich cast of characters, the novel tells a story spanning many years and an entire subcontinent. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is at once an aching love story and a decisive remonstration.
Arundhati Roy lives in Delhi. As well as her two novels, she has also published several works of non-fiction, including The Algebra of Infinite Justice, Listening to Grasshoppers and Broken Republic. She has written about Hindu Nationalism, Maoist rebels, the War on Terror and India’s nuclear test.
Kirsty Lang is a British journalist and broadcaster who works for BBC Radio and Television. Kirsty presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Front Row. She was a chair of the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2008.
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Marian Keyes: talking books, talking life, just talking…
…The Break, Strictly, scribing, Ailment of the Month, shoes, reading lists, fillums, inspirational celebs, make-up, Sudden Wild Enthusiasms and everything in between. So gather your friends and family for an event that will be gloriously, poignantly, hilariously MARIAN.
Marian Keyes is one of the most successful novelists writing today. Every ticket includes a paperback copy of Marian’s most recent bestselling novel The Break, described as ‘just brilliant’ (Sunday Times) and ‘mercilessly funny’ (The Times), adjectives that we could happily substitute for the author herself. Don’t miss this chance to spend the evening with one of our most talented writers.

Marian Keyes: talking books, talking life, just talking…
…The Break, Strictly, scribing, Ailment of the Month, shoes, reading lists, fillums, inspirational celebs, make-up, Sudden Wild Enthusiasms and everything in between. So gather your friends and family for an event that will be gloriously, poignantly, hilariously MARIAN.
Marian Keyes is one of the most successful novelists writing today. Every ticket includes a paperback copy of Marian’s most recent bestselling novel The Break, described as ‘just brilliant’ (Sunday Times) and ‘mercilessly funny’ (The Times), adjectives that we could happily substitute for the author herself. Don’t miss this chance to spend the evening with one of our most talented writers.

London date at Royal Festival Hall - now on sale!

Inimitable comedian Caitlin Moran dives into a hilarious and thought-provoking discussion of all things famous in this laugh-out-loud event.
She talks about who the best famous people are and how to deal with it when they’re ‘problematic’; the video to Charlie XCX’s ‘Boys’; why the stone Rihanna keeps gaining and losing is awesome and normal; why ‘bad boys’ have had their day; how to tell if it was just ‘a regrettable shag’, or #metoo; #timesup; the forthcoming film of How to... Build A Girl, and why we’re on the verge of a Lady Revolution.
There’s no Glastonbury this year, so Moran thought she’d put on her own version. Join in this subversive and delightful take on the best bits of the festival – dress up, gather with like-minded people, and spend the evening laughing, drinking and having thought-provoking discussions about how to change the world.
A copy of Caitlin Moran’s new book How to Be Famous is included with every ticket, and the author is signing books after the event.
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