2008 London literature festival unveiled-

Colm Toibin,(left), Antony Gormley, Sir Ian McKellen and Wendy Cope among the contributors to this year's events

Chris Moran writing in The Guardian, Friday May 23, 2008

The programme for the 2008 London literature festival, hosted at venues across the Southbank Centre in July, is announced today.
Highlights include readings of new fiction from Colm Toibin and Jenny Diski, Sir Ian McKellen in discussion with Bishop Gene Robinson, and Tony Benn and David Davis debating democracy.

Comedienne Josie Long will provide an evening of live comedy, while Zaha Hadid and Antony Gormley will take part in a discussion of urbanism. Poetry will be provided by Wendy Cope, Simon Armitage and Lavinia Greenlaw.

The full Guardian story here.