Narrating London

Join editors Kit Caless and Gary Budden along with author Eley Williams in a special discussion about London writing. How do we find new ways of writing about the capital? How do we step out of the shadow of all those great books that have come before us?

Kit, Gary and Eley have all contributed to An Unreliable Guide to London, which brings together 23 stories about the lesser known parts of a world renowned city. Stories that stretch the reader's definition of the truth and question reality. Stories of wind nymphs in South Clapham tube station, the horse sized swan at Brentford Ait, sleeping clinics in N1 and celebrations for St Margaret's Day of the Dead. Taking its cue from travel guides, London histories and books like Tired of London, Tired of Life, An Unreliable Guide To London shakes up the canon of London writing with a tongue firmly rooted in its cheek.