Zadie Smith interview, January 22

Zadie Smith will be interviewing Philip Gourevitch, the current editor of the Paris Review, at the ICA on January 22 at 7 pm. Tickets are £10. Phone 020 79303647.
The Paris Review is a literary magazine founded in 1953; the recently published collection of interviews from the magazine includes Hemingway, Truman Capote, Rebecca West.

My Book Your Book

www.mybookyourbook.co.uk is an online library. You contribute your own books to a pool to become a member - it costs £4.50 plus postage costs. A great idea, and a good way to dispose of those books you've finished with to other keen readers.

Doris Lessing, January 17

Join the author for a discussion with John Mullan about her novel, the Golden Notebook. At the Guardian Review Book Club, the Newsroom, 60 Farringdon Road, EC1. Doors open at 6:30, the talk begins at 7:00. Entry £7 including a glass of wine. To book email book.club@guardian.co.uk or phone 020 7886 9281.