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In a special edition of Open Book, Mariella Frostrup discusses the rise of live literary events with writers Damian Barr, Evie Wyld and Joe Dunthorne before a live audience in London. Over the past few years there's been a renaissance on live literary events from Literary Death Matches to scratch nights, Bookslams to Bookjams, salons to flash fiction nights. Mariella Frostrup will be finding out what they all are, what they mean for authors and book-lovers, and whether live literary nights really are the new rock'n'roll.
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