08/10/2026
Introducing our first headliner... Koushik Banerjea! Koushik will be reading from his most recent novel Animal Nightlife: A rapturous, kaleidoscopic portrait of contemporary Britain and the myriad immigrant experiences that informed it, from the 1950s to a present-day landscape of racism, class division and economic decay, told through the voices of othered outsiders who just happen to be half-human, half-avian...
Koushik Banerjea is a London-based writer and novelist. His debut novel, Another Kind of Concrete, was published in 2020 by Jacaranda Books. The follow-up, Category Unknown, was published by London Books in 2022. Animal Nightlife won 2nd Prize in the 2023 Novel London Literary Competition. His short stories and poetry have appeared in multiple magazines and small presses including Minor Literatures, Tangerine Press, Renard Press, Writers Resist and Aeos, and have been finalists for the London Independent Story Prize 2025, the REIGN Prize 2025 and the Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Contest 2024. He has been a guest on the Robert Elms BBC Radio London show, and usually has plenty to say away from the mic too.
Copies of Animal Nightlife will be available for purchase on the night (cash only).
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