{"title": "An Evening with Booker Prize-Winning Author Marlon James", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T21:00:00Z", "place": "St Mary's Walthamstow", "address": "8 Church End, London, United Kingdom", "price": "£10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "An evening with the Jamaican writer Marlon James, a former Man Booker Prize winner who is shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize. 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