A Most Wanted Man

In a rare public appearance, John le Carre will be talking about his new book A Most Wanted Man at the Southbank Queen Elizabeth Hall, on Wednesday October 1 2008, at 8pm. For details and tickets (£12) telephone Phone 0871 663 2500 or see telegraph.co.uk/lecarre

Posy Simmonds at the Dulwich Picture Gallery

The writier and cartoonist Posy Simmonds will be talking about her latest work Tamara Drewe on Thursday 15th November at 7.30pm in the Linbury Room, Dulwich Picture Gallery. Tickets are £10 or £8 (concessions) you can order them via the website http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/ in person or on the telephone 020 8299 1859

Men in space

Alma Books are suitably going to launch OA Tom McCarthy's new novel M e n i n S p a c e on Wednesday 5th September 2007, at 7 pm in the Mezzanine Bar, Young Vic Theatre, 66 The Cut London SE1 8LZ

If you would like to go, RSVP to: info@almabooks.com or by telephone on: 020 8948 9550.

Steve Jones lecture at Dulwich College

Dulwich Books are hosting a lecture and book signing by Professor Steve Jones author of Coral a pessimist in paradise: why intelligent design is stupid in the Old Library, Dulwich College on Wednesday 23^rd May at 7pm and would like to extend the invitation (complimentary tickets) to any staff who might like to attend.

Tom McCarthy in conversation with JOHN CALDER

Old Alleynian and author of Remainder and Tintin and the Secret of Literature is being interviewed about Remainder by John Calder the greatest publisher of the twentieth century, the person who brought us Beckett, Burroughs, Robbe-Grillet, Simon, Trocchi, Ionesco and, frankly, just about every writer worth reading for the last fifty years. The event's timed to coincide with the UK paperback launch of the novel by Alma Books. It's in the Calder Bookshop, on The Cut, by the Old Vic Theatre, 7 p.m. on Thursday 31st May, free but come in good time as space is limited There will be a reading featuring actors from the Godot Group, a question and answer session and refreshments.