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Head to the ICA on the 19th March to discuss the state and importance of radical publishing.

On Saturday 19 March, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London will play host to an afternoon devoted to a discussion of the state of radical publishing. The event is a collaboration between the ICA and the international political writers’ group Through Europe. Invited panellists include renowned activists, academics, political philosophers and writers.

With popular protests springing up all over the world, this would certainly seem to be a good moment to take a fresh look at the relevance of the pamphlet, the thesis, and the ‘zine in the age of Twitter calls-to-action and always-on social networking; and indeed the discussion looks to cover a lot of ground. Four panels are planned, with the perhaps suitably-vague titles of Tactics of Struggle, New Psychic Landscapes, New Public and New Economics.

Radical publishing has always aimed to articulate the grievances of the protesters out in the streets, but just how well is this being accomplished? Do the old-school of radical thinkers and publishers still matter today?

Radical Publishing: What Are We Struggling For? will take place from 12–5pm on 19 March 2011 at the ICA in London. Full-price tickets for the afternoon are £12, with cheaper rates available for concessions, members and students.

Find out more at the Institute of Contemporary Arts site, at www.ica.org.uk.

Euan Monaghan.

Litro Events: November 2010

Among this month’s feast of events we see the best of British creativity being showcased together for the first time in five years. There’s live beats, storytelling and literary-themed champagne tasting, in November’s round-up by Alexander James.

Until December 4, The British Art Show. Only taking place once every five years – an exhibition of the most ambitious and influential contemporary British art, launches in Nottingham. All artworks included have been produced since 2005 and encompass short stories, painting, installation, photography, film, video and performance. See: www.britishartshow.co.uk

1 – 13 November, Urban Narratives 1, The Coningsby Gallery. A new exhibition by the Urbanite Collective documents the urban crowd, the buzz and theatre of the city and travel, to form new perceptions of faraway places. Featuring works by Raziye Parmle, Marcus Berns, Julia Martin, Jane Pam-Gold and Ethel Shoul. See:  www.coningsbygallery.com

3 November, The Book Club Events, OneTaste Workshop, 6.45pm-10.30pm. This workshop will teach you how to wake up in your dreams – no really, it will. Charlie Morley is a Lucid Dreaming teacher and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism specialising in Western Lucid Dreaming and Tibetan Dream Yoga techniques. The main emphasis will be placed on learning “how to lucid dream” through a variety of scientifically proven techniques. See: www.wearetbc.com

5 November, Fireworks Concert with the Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra, St John’s, Smith Square. This November includes a treat for classical music fans, as the Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra perform music for the whole family, opening with Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks. International soloists Emma Johnson (clarinet) and Lucy Landymore (marimba) will perform Nocturne, and the concert finishes with Haydn’s London Symphony. See: www.sjss.org.uk

8 November, Thinking and Drinking, The Book Club, 7.30pm, E1. A night of music, comedy and live literature from experienced and experimental acts. Featuring Kesty Morrison (Sky Must Be The Music semi-finalist), Steve Mould (science expert & comedian) and Katie McCullough (award-winning playwright). See: www.wearetbc.com

11 November 2010, ‘Champagne Train’, Orient Express. Hopefully there’ll be no murders on this, one of London’s most luxurious dining experiences. Guests will be taken on a delicious journey of culinary delights along with a selection of Laurent-Perrier champagnes, in the haunt of one of Agatha Christie’s most famous thrillers. The food and wine menu has been crafted by Executive Chef de Cuisine, Matthew Smith, and Laurent-Perrier’s Master of Wine, David Hesketh. See: www.orient-express.com

12 – 21 November, The London Jazz Festival, various venues. Featuring a mix of premieres, new commissions and collaborations with world-famous stars and emerging talent. The event has more performances in more venues than any other live event in the capital, along with the Festival’s renowned education programme and its Jazz for Free strand, to create the UK’s biggest international jazz festival, with Hamid Drake performing at Baltic restaurant. See: www.balticrestaurant.co.uk.  See also: www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk

12 – 14 November, Greenwich International Early Music Festival and Exhibition 2010, Old Royal Naval College. A lively mix of exhibition and performance featuring Quartet New Generation, Café Mozart, the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Rachel Brown, the Golden Lyre of Ur and much more. The Old Royal Naval College will come alive with the sounds of all things early music during the ninth Greenwich International Early Music Festival & Exhibition. Across three days, a diverse programme of performance featuring acclaimed musicians will run alongside the world’s largest and most esteemed early music exhibitors fair. See: www.oldroyalnavalcollege.org

20 November, Wam Bam, Café De Paris, W1D 6BL. Experience an explosive cocktail of comedy, live story-telling and, burlesque at London’s most prestigious variety night hosted by the sensational Lady Alex. Kick-starting with free burlesque taster classes by the UK’s first school of burlesque, Burlesque Baby, this month’s Wam Bam features the velvet-clad comedic duo Raymond and Mr Timpkins, burlesque beauty Betsy Rose, and vocal voyeurs Scales of the Unexpected. See: www.wambamclub.com

Until 22 November, Museum of London, near Barbican, Digital Photo Class. Sign up for this hands-on introductory course in digital photography, based in the new state-of-the-art e-Learning Studio at the Museum of London. You will learn how to use functions of your digital camera and how to capture meaning in a photograph through composition, content and use of light. The focus of this course is the City of London – its buildings, architecture, museums and events. See: www.museumoflondon.org.uk