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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · 1d

American fiction this October: from Henry James to Percival Everett via Ernest Hemingway, we're ranging wide and free this month (and Hemingway is pay-what-you-want charity donation!) Check us out!

London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · 4d

A 5 x Zoom study of WHAT MAISIE KNEW. In Maisie’s world, love is conditional, truth is fragmented, and care is a performance. BOOK HERE: www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/what... #HenryJames #WhatMaisieKnew #LiteraryFiction #Modernism #BookClub

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · 5d

STARTS TOMORROW, BOOK NOW: The Art of Ekphrasis: Poetry and Painting - a 4-study meeting 5-26 October: www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/poet...
#EkphrasisExplored #Ekphrasis #ArtInspiredPoetry #ArtLovers

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · 10d

Ekphrasis is poetic or prose response to visual art, evoking imagery even when the artwork is absent. Poetry and Painting – The Art of Ekphrasis - 4-study meeting 5-26 October BOOK NOW: www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/poet...
#EkphrasisExplored #Ekphrasis #ArtInspiredPoetry #ArtLovers

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · 20d

BOOK NOW for our 6-meeting study on Zoom of W. G. Sebald’s THE EMIGRANTS, starts 8 October at 7pm #Sebaldian, #PostwarLiterature, #AmReading, #BookClub HERE www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/the-...

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guslegend.bsky.social @guslegend.bsky.social · 29d

All set for my Proust reread with the wonderful @litsalon.bsky.social

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · 25d

Virginia Woolf’s childhood summers in St. Ives shaped her. Join our 4-day deep dive into The Waves in Cornwall. 28 Sept–1 Oct. Book your place for this immersive literary study HERE: www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/virg... #VirginiaWoolf #TheWaves #ModernistLiterature #LiteraryFiction #StIves

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · 29d

“They are ever returning to us, the dead.” BOOK NOW for our 6-meeting study on Zoom of W. G. Sebald’s THE EMIGRANTS, starts 8 October at 7pm www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/the-... #Sebaldian, #PostwarLiterature, #AmReading, #BookClub

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Sep 6

STARTS 16th September, 8 x Zoom meetings 6-8pm; DUBLINERS by James Joyce. Read our BLOG here: www.litsalon.co.uk/2025/08/29/r... and BOOK your place here: www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/dubl... #JamesJoyce #Dubliners #ModernistLit #IrishLiterature

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Sep 2

“The things people don’t say, the truths that hover just beyond language.” Join us in St Ives this October to explore Virginia Woolf’s first novel, The Voyage Out BOOK HERE: www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/virg... #VirginiaWoolf #ModernistLiterature #BloomsburyGroup #StIves

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Aug 26

4-day literary study of The Waves by Virginia Woolf in St Ives from 28 September to 1 October 2025. BOOK NOW:
www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/virg... #VirginiaWoolf #ModernistLiterature #WomenWriters #BloomsburyGroup

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Aug 21

BOOK NOW to study Toni Morrison’s A MERCY. Tuesdays, 2, 9 & 16 September, 5.30 – 7.30pm on Zoom. MORE HERE: www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/a-me... #ToniMorrison #LiteraryZoomTalks @PBSBooks @WellReadBlackGirl @LiteraryHub

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Aug 17

Woolf’s childhood summers in St Ives deeply influenced her writing. BOOK NOW www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/virg... 4 days in St Ives reading Virginia Woolf's THE WAVES 'There was a star riding through clouds one night, and I said to the star, ‘Consume me.’ #VirginiaWoolf #BloomsburyGroup #TheWaves

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Aug 14

“I dream a dream that dreams back at me” BOOK NOW to study Toni Morrison’s A MERCY. Tuesdays, 2, 9 & 16 September, 5.30 – 7.30pm on Zoom. MORE HERE: www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/a-me... #ToniMorrison

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Aug 7

STARTS TONIGHT, BOOK NOW. “If I had known what the sea of love was like—so bitter—I would never have placed myself upon that ship.” TRISTAN AND ISOLDE study www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/tris... #TristanUndIsolde #SalonStudy #anglonormanpoetry

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Aug 4

STARTS THIS WEDNESDAY! Loneliness and human connection as seen through Klara’s eyes in Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun. 4 x Zoom study sessions, 6-27 Aug, 6-8pm BST. BOOK NOW: www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/klar... #Literature #BookDiscussion #KlaraAndTheSun #KazuoIshiguro #BookClub

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Aug 2

We are in today's Financial Times with Horatio Clare writing about our recent Moby Dick Afloat travel study. Check out our website for details of next year's study (and much more): www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/moby...

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Jul 31

“She watched his breath falter, not from battle, but from love's wound”. TRISTAN AND ISOLDE study STARTS next THURSDAY 7th august.book NOW: litsalon.co.uk/Studies/tris... #TristanUndIsolde #SalonStudy #anglonormanpoetry

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Jul 30

STARTS NEXT WEDNESDAY 6th August, 4 x Zoom study sessions, 6-8pm. BOOK NOW: www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/klar... Loneliness and human connection as seen through Klara’s eyes in Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun. #Literature #BookDiscussion #KlaraAndTheSun #KazuoIshiguro #BookClub

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Jul 28

STARTS THIS FRIDAY. Book for our 2 x Zoom study on Joel Coen’s film THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH - 1st & 8th August 4-6.30pm BOOK NOW: lnkd.in/eMYixdMA #JoelCoen #DenzelWashington #FrancesMcDormand #TheTragedyOfMacbeth #FilmStudy #CoenBrothers

London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Jul 25

“She watched his breath falter, not from battle, but from love's wound”. TRISTAN AND ISOLDE guide us into a world of forbidden desire. FROM 7th August.BOOK NOW: www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/tris... #TristanUndIsolde #SalonStudy #AngloNormanPoetry

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Jul 21

Loneliness and human connection as seen through Klara’s eyes in Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun. 4 x Zoom study sessions, 6-27 Aug 2025, 6-8pm BST. BOOK NOW: www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/klar... #Literature #BookDiscussion #KlaraAndTheSun #KazuoIshiguro #BookClub

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · Nov 20

Eventually you have to accept that no matter how many different notebooks you buy, they won’t make you a better writer. For that, you need to spend a lot of money on the right pen.

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Jul 16

"O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!" Join us for a 2-meeting study on ZOOM on Joel Coen’s film THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH - 1st & 8th August 4-6.30pm BOOK NOW: www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/the-... #JoelCoen #DenzelWashington #FrancesMcDormand #TheTragedyOfMacbeth #FilmStudy #CoenBrothers

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London Literary Salon @litsalon.bsky.social · Jul 7

In conjunction with the exhibition at the British Museum, read our blog about #JapaneseArt HERE: www.litsalon.co.uk/2025/07/02/t... BOOK OUR SALON HERE: www.litsalon.co.uk/Studies/hiro... #ArtHistory #Hiroshige #ArtSalon

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