Byline: Rachel H

Jan. 12, 2011 (Londonist (http://www.londonist.com/) delivered by Newstex) --

(http://londonist.com/2011/01/book-grocer-12-18-january.php/bookgrocer1-5) The week ahead in literary London

Wednesday: Jeremy Corbyn MP, Alex Callinicos and Nathaniel Mehr are at Housmans (http://www.housmans.com/events.php) to celebrate the republication of JA Hobson's Imperialism: A Study (7pm, Au3).

Agnes Meadow hosts Loose Muse, a night of women poets at the Poetry Cafe (http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/events/event/1488/) (8pm, Au5 / Au3).

Thursday: Bookslam (http://www.bookslam.com/) brings you Booker winner Howard Jacobson, the also-award-winning Jackie Kay, Jacob Sam-La Rose and Kirstenana does the music (6.30pm, Au6 / Au8).

English PEN (http://www.freewordonline.com/events/?event_id=206) presents an evening launching the winter edition of Poetry Review, with Sean O'Brien, Karen McCarthy Woolf and Fiona Sampson (6.30pm, Au8).

There's a mix of poetry, music, dance and performance at POLYply 6 (http://polyply.wordpress.com/) in Acton (7pm).

Friday: Peter Morton reads Chaucer's The Miller's Tale at the Poetry Cafe (http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/events/event/1490/) from 8pm (Au8 / Au6).

Saturday: Take your kids to the British Museum (http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/january_2011/greek_myths_storytelling.aspx)Cys Greek myths storytelling throughout the day (12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm, free).

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