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Today at the Southbank Centre 1.00 pm to 6.00 pm

Poetry Society & the Southbank Centre present a star-studded afternoon with readings from some of the most exciting poets & spoken word artists in the UK – Roger McGough, Grace Nichols, John Cooper Clarke & many more.

The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall.

The £2,500 PEN/Ackerley Prize has been awarded to Duncan Fallowell for How to Disappear published by Ditto Press. He fought off competition from an exceptionally strong and diverse shortlist that included Sherard Cowper-Coles, Brian Sewell, Roger Garfitt and Mirabel Osler. This is Britain’s only literary prize dedicated to memoir and autobiography – established in memory of JR Ackerley, the author and literary editor.

Peter Parker, chair of the judges said: ‘Duncan Fallowell’s How to Disappear is a subtle, beautifully written and often very funny example of autobiography by stealth. The fact that this book, having been turned down by numerous major publishers, was taken up by a small independent company is particularly heartening in the current climate.’

Review – 9 Days to Feel Fantastic by John Whiteman

How to create happiness from the inside out

As a born sceptic, as soon as I see anything that promises to change my life, my financial position or my well-being, I reach for a large quantity of salt. We are currently awash with this stuff which is probably why the human race seems to be in a permanent state of flux.

John Whiteman, creator of The Way, was new to me and certainly his ‘Way’ was a complete mystery. Maybe I was feeling melancholy at the time, or the idea of creating internal happiness made me look at his current offering, 9 Days to Feel Fantastic, (published by Hay House) in more detail. What a pleasant surprise.

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