Talk of the week

Catch Graham Swift reading from his new novel,

Swift reduces his protagonist's voice to a simple, often plodding monotone --chapters and sentences are short: 'They know me here, by now. A regular. Every other week. And sometimes I make separate trips, just to the Parcel Office. Clothes, bits and bobs, things they're allowed.

Door-to-door service.' Tue 1 Apr, 7.30pm, Purcell Room, South Bank, SE1 (020-7960 4242).