London bloggers can be a lonely bunch, hunched over their laptops, leaving comments all over the place but not actually meeting and greeting much. All that will change on Tuesday 29 January for this is the date scheduled for the London Bloggers Meet Up, kicking off at 7pm at the Camel and Artichoke pub in Waterloo. It's a good chance for a post-work drink and chat with fellow bloggers, and a rare opportunity to......

We love London Lit Plus - it's the capital's independent festival as packed as any other London book-based love-in, such as the London Literature Festival. Sadly, all good things must come to an end and London Lit Plus is finishing its two weeks of literary doings today. If you haven't been to any events yet, tonight is your last chance... * Anything But Hackneyed: Niven Govinden reads from his acclaimed debut novel Graffiti My......

This Week In London’s History Monday – 9th July 1968: The Hayward art gallery on the South Bank is opened by the Queen. Tuesday – 10th July 1958: Britain’s first parking meters are installed in Mayfair. Soon there would be 625 of them in the district, charging 6 pence per hour. Wednesday – 11th July 1848: Waterloo Station is opened. The original station would survive just 52 years until 1900, when it would be......

Just a quick reminder about the Londonist guided walk on Saturday. Now, the BBC’s weather forecast says this: But we say this: A bit of rain will just add atmosphere, to this spooky, kooky walk. Full details here, but the essentials you need to know are: 1. It’s free. 2. Meet outside Crockett and Powell bookshop, Lower Marsh Street near Waterloo, 2pm. 3. You’ll get an offbeat tour of the Waterloo area, taking in William......

It’s the second Londonist guided walk. When: Saturday 23 June. What: An offbeat tour of the Waterloo area, taking in William Blake, Spring Heeled Jack, dead sailors, weird tombs, the woman who started the French revolution and some stuff about the real spooks at MI5 & MI6. Who: Chris Roberts, your genial guide from our previous walk is back. Chris is a veteran tour guide, author of Cross-River Traffic, resurrector of the Penny Dreadful,......

The Londonist Literary List appears (almost) every Tuesday. If you'd like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. STOP THE PRESS: We have a late edition to the list, "Golden Handcuffs - Scandals, Drugs & Lies" by Polly Courtney is being launched on Thursday 12 - 2pm and promises "A cynical, gritty look at what it really means to sell your soul to the city." D202, St. Clements Building, London School......

The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you'd like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. Wednesday If know your manga from your anime, your Akira from your Ghost in the Shell, tonight's Tokyopop Manga looks set to draw a dedicated fan-crowd with an evening of music, film and art, including a masterclass and competitions, at the Foyles Gallery, 6.30pm. Tickets are free, but reserve yours by emailing mangaATfoyles.co.uk. The......

Well, once we've recovered from the excesses of the Chap Olympics, we shall be embarking on the next part of this week's Cultural Crawl. There's so much to see, so much to do, the sun is out and anyway, sleep is for the weak... get out and about and let us know what you got up to on Monday. Take your pick and plan your schedule around the following: Friday 14 July Waterloo Carnival......

The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. First off, a resounding thank you to Sarah who authored this column so expertly each week and has only abdicated the role because she was forced back to the Big Apple. We’re not sure if they have “books” or “literature” over there Sarah, so this one’s for you… Events Around London: Tonight: The crime......

The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. There's a wide range of events to choose from this week, with something on offer nearly every night of the week. We also have new releases from, among others, Douglas Coupland (pictured), Peter Carey, Monica Ali, Will Self, and A.M. Homes... Events Around London: Tonight, Turkish author Elif Safak celebrates the English translation of......

The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. Along with a wealth of events this week, new books by Margaret Atwood and Jay McInerney (pictured) are also of particular interest... Events Around London: Tonight, David Runciman discusses his new book, The Politics of Good Intentions, which claims that Blair and Bush have abused history in order to further their goals for the......

We've already featured the rather brilliant London Review of Breakfasts on Londonist, so we were intrigued to see that another foody blog had cropped up recently in the form of World's Best Burger Hunt. As has been noted in the press recently London is currently being overrun with a better class of burger joint, and with the pubs also getting in on the act we do need some kind of patty barometer to sort......

The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. Should we bother copyrighting our work in the age of the internet? Can a Booker Prize-winning novelist be wild? Are George W. Bush's abuses limited to the present, or do they affect the past as well? Is all of our complaining responsible for the current surge in literary events? And if so, does that......

Just thought we'd alert you to two new blogs that have caught our eye in the past few days. First up is World Weary Detective (thanks to Link Machine Go for the link), the tagline for which reads "Metropolitian Police detective London UK. A view of life from the thin layer between you and the underclass." Bloody hell, a copper with a sense of humour. Whatever next? Browsing through the archives shows that as......