Ted Hodgkinson

Head of Literature and Spoken Word @southbankcentre | Chair of #InternationalBooker2020 | @TheOrwellPrize judge 2019 | Trustee @englishpen & @NewWritingNorth

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

Just a handful of the many highlights of 2024 @southbankcentre featuring Sally Rooney, Nazanin-Zaghari Ratcliffe, Ru Paul, Yulia Navalnaya, Keanu Reeves, Angela Merkel and our best year yet for London Literature Festival, with an opening weekend co-curated by Ghetts & much more.

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

A pleasure to speak with @georginagodwin on the @Monocle_Radio airwaves 📻

We talked about the upcoming programme for London Literature Festival (21 Oct - 2 Nov), from Self Esteem and Zadie Smith, to Malala and Reese Witherspoon, to name a few.
https://t.co/hZNVDhsH6M

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

ICYMI: Former Vice-President @KamalaHarris will visit London's Southbank Centre in October to promote her memoir, 107 Days (@simonschusterUK). The event is part of the London Literature Festival 2025 programme 👇 https://t.co/NndLaAxDYx

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

The news is out! Honoured and thrilled to be hosting Vice President Kamala Harris for her only onstage appearance in the UK @southbankcentre for a conversation about one of the wildest and most consequential campaigns in US history.

https://t.co/rOtA8Tc79x

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

Ted Hodgkinson (@TeditorTed), head of literature and spoken word at the @southbankcentre, has organised around 3,000 events during his 10-year tenure at the London arts centre 👇 https://t.co/luestvSV3C

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

Excited to share @southbankcentre's London Literature Festival 2025 line-up, with a day curated by the @SELFESTEEM___ and wider programmer featuring Zadie Smith, Sayaka Murata, Malala Yousafzai and Reese Witherspoon & Harlan Coben, to name a few: https://t.co/xHq9YmzHTU

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

A brilliant week celebrating the #InternationalBookerPrize2025, from our sold out shortlist readings @southbankcentre to a wonderful ceremony @tate last night. Chair Max Porter delivered a beautiful, moving speech and announced an exciting winner. Huge congratulations to all!

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

It has been great to see the level of interest in this Literature Programmer role @southbankcentre which is now live on @_CreativeAccess & @ArtsEmergency. Please do share with anyone you think might be interested. Applications close 23 March. https://t.co/v3xnwdreOI

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

@BenjaminAddy Thanks Ben! Hope you're well.

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

I'm looking for a brilliant Literature Programmer to join my team on a part-time basis, working across the full breadth of our year-round programme @southbankcentre. An exciting opportunity for a talented programmer. Apply by 23 March. Please share.
https://t.co/v3xnwdreOI

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

A joy to join @InuaEllams for a conversation ranging across quantum physics, ghostwriting and Hamlet in the West Bank, hosted by the incomparable @HarriettSG Just aired on @BBCRadio4 and up on @BBCSounds With huge thanks to @MairBosworth https://t.co/fHSaSO7GtI

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

I'll be talking with @InuaEllams and @HarriettSG shortly on @BBCRadio4 about some haunting and electrifying reads by Isabella Hammad, Benjamín Labatut and Jennie Erdal. With thanks to @MairBosworth for inviting me on a programme I love https://t.co/fHSaSO7GtI

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

What a joy to welcome back Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie to @southbankcentre to launch her first novel in 12 years, Dream Count, her most ambitious, moving and masterful yet. @elizabday chaired the conversation with all the insight, wit and warmth you would expect. A special night!

[Emma Harding @EmmaHarding01]

A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 Quantum theory, ghostwriting and Hamlet in the West Bank: writer @InuaEllams and Southbank Centre's Head of Literature @TeditorTed discuss books they love with @HarriettSG Producer @MairBosworth https://t.co/k7WZaSNUUO

[Harriett Gilbert @HarriettSG]

A haunting programme today, what with Hamlet's father in the West Bank and a ghost writer in London. Also, the double face of science. Join @InuaEllams + @TeditorTed on A Good Read, @BBCRadio4 3pm or, thereafter, @BBCSounds https://t.co/okMssB5Gew

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

What an elegant and enticing announcement of the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist. Much to feast on.

Can't wait to welcome the shortlist to @southbankcentre on 18 May for a conversation with @ShahidhaBari https://t.co/BPfLlRZXEx

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

We are delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist – a feast of fiction from around the world, featuring ‘stories from everywhere, for everyone’.

➡️ Discover the full list: https://t.co/IL8S162F8L

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

Not long until we reveal the International Booker Prize 2025 longlist…!

Here's a reminder to mark Tuesday 25 February in your calendar. 🗓️

[T. S. Eliot Prize @tseliotprize]

We can’t wait! Get your tickets now: https://t.co/6VOlRkDLHW

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

Another brilliant piece of programming from my colleague @aaronzimbra bringing this exciting adaptation of @OlgaRavn's spellbinding sci-fi epic 'The Employees' directed by Łukasz Twarkowski to @southbankcentre (Thu 16 Jan – Sun 19 Jan). Tickets here: https://t.co/NNmZykC16j

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

@markball @southbankcentre Thank you Mark!

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

Just a handful of the many highlights of 2024 @southbankcentre featuring Sally Rooney, Nazanin-Zaghari Ratcliffe, Ru Paul, Yulia Navalnaya, Keanu Reeves, Angela Merkel and our best year yet for London Literature Festival, with an opening weekend co-curated by Ghetts & much more.

[Ted Hodgkinson @TeditorTed]

@GoldRosie @southbankcentre Thank you, dear Rosie! Wishing you a Happy Christmas too! See you in the new year.