Book Week for me, has taken the form of a laboratory, a testing ground and a celebration space. The programme is equal parts impressive and fascinating.
Adam Kammerling
Book Week 2024 events
Book Week 24 featured 90 in-person and online events.
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Lemn Sissay: Let the Light Pour In
Sat 2 Mar 2024 | 7:15pm
Kings Place, London
PEN Pinter Prize winner and Sunday Times bestseller Lemn Sissay comes to Book Week for the first time to perform the best of the witty, wonder-filled short poems he composes at the…
Being Jewish in Modern Britain
Sat 2 Mar 2024 | 7:30pm
Kings Place, London & Livestream
Emma Barnett, Sally Berkovic, Howard Jacobson and Hugo Rifkind on being Jewish in Britain today.
Livestream - Being Jewish in Modern Britain
Sat 2 Mar 2024 | 7:30pm
Kings Place, London
Emma Barnett, Sally Berkovic, Howard Jacobson and Hugo Rifkind on being Jewish in Britain today.
Burton & Taylor
Sat 2 Mar 2024 | 8:45pm
Kings Place, London
From romance to recrimination, Erotic Vagrancy: Everything About Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor biographer Roger Lewis joins Tanya Gold to discuss one of the most iconic relationships of the 20th century.
Torah & Tradition in an Age of Doubt
Sun 3 Mar 2024 | 11:00am
Kings Place, London
Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum discusses his reasoned responses to some of Judaism's most challenging questions of belief, science and ethics with writer Devorah Baum.
Genesis Emerging Writers 2024
Sun 3 Mar 2024 | 11:00am
Kings Place, London
The culmination of our Emerging Writers Programme in partnership with the Genesis Foundation, covering fiction, poetry and non-fiction.
What is Jewish History For?
Sun 3 Mar 2024 | 11:00am
Kings Place, London
Acclaimed historians Simon Schama, Jonathan Brent and Miri Rubin explore the importance of studying Jewish history.
Adi Toch: Place to Place
Sun 3 Mar 2024 | 11:00am
Kings Place, London
Acclaimed metal artist Adi Toch on her unique commission from the V&A.
Jewish Dimensions of the War in Ukraine
Sun 3 Mar 2024 | 12:30pm
Kings Place, London
Special free event on Ukraine and its Jewish community
Nicholas Hytner in Conversation
Sun 3 Mar 2024 | 12:30pm
Kings Place, London
Sir Nicholas joins fellow Olivier-winner Elliot Levey to reflect on an extraordinary stage and screen career, from Miss Saigon and The Madness of King George to running the National and…
Kindertransport and Beyond
Sun 3 Mar 2024 | 12:30pm
Kings Place, London
Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines, rescued by Nicholas Winton, joins educator Trudy Gold and the authors of The Kindertransport: What Really Happened and Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain.
The State of Desire
Sun 3 Mar 2024 | 12:30pm
Kings Place, London
Cultural anthropologist Lea Taragin-Zeller explores the conflict between the Israeli state’s attempts to discourage large families and Orthodox Jews’ traditional practices.
Book Week is one of my favourite festivals across the world. With a remarkable line-up of speakers and sessions, it nourishes souls, challenges minds and quietly, heals hearts.
Elif Shafak
Unique in its nature: excellent talkers; rational debaters and, above all, true listeners.
Irving Finkel
The year always begins for me with Jewish Book Week – here are old friends, faithful readers, new writers, a great melting pot of ideas, talk, collaboration and hope.
Howard Jacobson
There can’t be an audience more clued-in, attentive or enthusiastic than the one that gathers every year for Book Week. And no wonder: the programme is always bursting with unmissable events.
Nicholas Hytner
Book Week has become London’s non-party parliament, distinguished from the other one by people listening as well as talking. It’s the best.
David Hare
I love Book Week because, whether on stage or in the audience, it makes me feel smart and challenged at the same time.
Tracy Chevalier
Book Week for me, has taken the form of a laboratory, a testing ground and a celebration space. The programme is equal parts impressive and fascinating.
Adam Kammerling
Book Week is one of my favourite festivals across the world. With a remarkable line-up of speakers and sessions, it nourishes souls, challenges minds and quietly, heals hearts.
Elif Shafak
Unique in its nature: excellent talkers; rational debaters and, above all, true listeners.
Irving Finkel
The year always begins for me with Jewish Book Week – here are old friends, faithful readers, new writers, a great melting pot of ideas, talk, collaboration and hope.
Howard Jacobson
There can’t be an audience more clued-in, attentive or enthusiastic than the one that gathers every year for Book Week. And no wonder: the programme is always bursting with unmissable events.
Nicholas Hytner
Book Week has become London’s non-party parliament, distinguished from the other one by people listening as well as talking. It’s the best.
David Hare
I love Book Week because, whether on stage or in the audience, it makes me feel smart and challenged at the same time.
Tracy Chevalier
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