The Book Festival takes place across the buildings on our Greenwich campus each year and includes events for both adults and families, as well as providing a platform for local authors and London-themed books.
Headliner Michael Palin will deliver a globe-trotting presentation about his extraordinary book Erebus: The Story of a Ship; activist and musician Billy Bragg will discuss what actions we can take to protect democracy; while former Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman OBE and Women's Prize shortlistee Diana Evans join a panel celebrating the launch of New Daughters of Africa Anthology.
Working class activist Kerry Hudson is in conversation about Lowborn; gender equality campaigner Caroline Criado Perez will be interviewed about her Sunday Times bestseller Invisible Women; and LGBTQ poet Jay Bernard, winner of the Ted Hughes Prize 2018, introduces their Forward Prize-nominated first collection Surge.
The line-up for families includes: Cressida Cowell, the multi-million-selling author of How To Train Your Dragon, offering tips on becoming a writer; The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler delivering a live-drawing session themed around "kindness"; and Robin Stevens celebrating Murder Most Unladylike's fifth anniversary.
To find out more about the Festival and to book tickets, visit their website.
