{"title": "Lala Books presents: An Evening with Marlon James", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Lala Books", "address": "Grove Lane 4a, SE5 8SY London", "price": "", "price_from": "13.96", "price_to": "13.96", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lala-books-presents-an-evening-with-marlon-james-tickets-2003678300735?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/novel"], "description": "An evening with the author Marlon James at St Giles' Church in Camberwell, where he discusses his latest novel. The event is presented by Lala Books and features Marlon James, the best-selling author of six books including the Booker Prize-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings. He talks about his latest novel The Disappearers, which returns to the Jamaica of A Brief History of Seven Killings. Set partly in Kingston in 1988, the novel follows eight gay men who answer a casting call for an openly queer play and face a mob attack on one of their rehearsals.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lala-books-presents-an-evening-with-marlon-james-41622/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8d0fa7a59a75da44f69120b548a742d285fa7281ab207120260388709ede93b5-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Lala Books", "address": "Grove Lane 4a, SE5 8SY London", "tickets": "sold_out"}], "similar": [{"title": "The Man with Many Names: Georgi Gospodinov in conversation with Lea Ypi", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Librería", "address": "Hanbury Street 65, E1 5JP London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-man-with-many-names-georgi-gospodinov-in-conversation-with-lea-ypi-tickets-2003199287995", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/short-story"], "description": "An evening talk at a London bookshop in which the writer Georgi Gospodinov discusses his work with Lea Ypi. 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It is run by The Mill, with Jenny Mensah as the contact, and meets usually on the first Tuesday of each month in the Garden Room. The club reads and discusses one book per session, with this year's picks including Milkman by Anna Burns, Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healy, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén. Sessions are free, though a donation to The Mill is suggested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-mill-book-club-65744/", "official_url": "https://themille17.org/events/the-mill-book-club-6-2026-11-03/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/840d047b08dfb044a964b65d3533526866d65ef888fca7f41b3dabd7f1f2539b-600.webp"}, {"title": "New Beacon Books invites you to \"The Stories that Shape Us\", an evening of African storytelling, mythology and indentity", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "New Beacon Books", "address": "Stroud Green Road 76, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.newbeaconbooks.com/new-beacon-books-1", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word/storytelling", "history/africa"], "description": "New Beacon Books hosts \"The Stories that Shape Us\", an evening of African storytelling, mythology and identity. 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Paul Young (Author of The Shack) is an evening of conversation about faith, story and the questions that stay with us. Wm. Paul Young, author of the bestselling novel The Shack, will talk about The Shack and his new book, Return to The Shack, reading extracts from it, with time for questions afterwards. Copies of his books will be on sale and he will sign them after the event, with refreshments served. 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