Date Published: 7th November 2019

Alexander travels to London tomorrow to participate at an event at The British Library with Stig Abell, Syima Aslam, Juno Dawson, Mariella Frostrup, Kit de Waal and Jo Whiley. Together they will discuss the list of 100 novels that they have selected for their impact in having shaped their world. The full event is now available to view here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/emb3v2/live/cn4hzc

This event will be live streamed via BBC iPlayer and local libraries via the Living Knowledge Network from 13:00 – 14:15 GMT.

Participating libraries are:

Leeds Central Library

Poole Library

Huddersfield Central Library

Manchester Central Library

Middlesbrough Central Library

Suffolk Libraries

Portsmouth Central Library

Millenium Library– Norwich

The Mitchell Library – Glasgow

Edinburgh Central Library

Hull Central Library

Pontefract Library

Liverpool Library

Cambridge Library 

Warwickshire Library

The Hive– Worcester

Libraries NI

Hampshire Library Service

Newcastle Central Library

Sheffield Library

BBC Two are also showing at 3 part series called NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD, each examining the novel from three unique perspectives, starting on Saturday at 21.45 with ‘A Woman’s Place’, showing the way that women writers, women readers and women’s lives have been central to the novel.