USA and Canada
Granta 123: Best of Young British Novelists
After the announcement of the 2013 list on 15 April, the line-ups of Best Young British Novelists at events will also be announced.
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
21-22 April, University of Southern California, the intersection of Exposition Boulevard and S Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Events to be announced.
The San Francisco Launch
22 April, 7 p.m., The California Book Club, 312 Sutter Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94108. Free.
California marks the first stop of an international tour of Granta's Best Young British novelists 4 , hosted in partnership with the British Council. Join Granta editor John Freeman for reading and conversation with two of the new Best Young Novelists. Opening statement by Peter Maravelis, City Lights Booksellers.
The Los Angeles Launch
23 April, 7.15 p.m., ALOUD at the Los Angeles Central Library, Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. Fifth Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071. Free.
In 1983, Granta devoted an entire issue to new fiction by 20 of the ‘Best of Young British Novelists,’ and did so again 10 years later. From Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie, Kazuo Ishiguro, to Zadie Smith, these lists have offered a revealing snapshot of a generation of writers about to come into their own. Join us for a reading and discussion with some of Britain’s best, including Granta editor and a judge of the 2013 series John Freeman and two of this year’s newly announced novelists.
The Seattle Launch
The Central Seattle Public Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104.
Join us for a reading and discussion with some of Britain’s best, including Granta editor and a judge of the 2013 series John Freeman and two of this year’s newly announced novelists.
PEN World Voices Festival
5 May, 2 p.m., New York, NY.
Details to be announced.
The New York Launch
6 May, 7 p.m., Barnes and Noble, 33 E 17th Street, New York, NY 10003. Free.
Details to be announced.
Brooklyn Academy of Music Event
7 May, 7 p.m., BAM, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11243.
Details to be announced.
The Washington DC Launch
8 May, 7 p.m., Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008.
Details to be announced.
The Boston Launch
9 May, 7 p.m., Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Details to be announced. In association with Porter Square Books.