Yiyun Li & Octavia Bright: Music Against the Night
Tue 27 Oct · 19:00
London Review Bookshop
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Yiyun Li and Octavia Bright will discuss Li's novel Music Against the Night at the London Review Bookshop on 27 October 2026. The novel explores the love story of two musicians, and the event will feature a conversation between the author and Bright. Attendees are advised to arrive on time as the event starts promptly at 7 p.m.
Yiyun Li & Octavia Bright: Music Against the Night
Yiyun Li’s novel Music Against the Night (https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/music-against-the-night-yiyun-li) (4th Estate) takes as its protagonists two musicians – John Field, inventor of the nocturne, and Adelaide Percheron, pianoforte virtuoso – and tells their unlikely, epic, love story, in what Ann Patchett has described as ‘the most perfectly constructed, moving, and beautiful novel I've ever read’. Yiyun Li will be in conversation with Octavia Bright, author of This Ragged Grace (https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/this-ragged-grace-a-memoir-of-recovery-and-renewal-octavia-bright) (Canongate, 2023).
Please note: our events start promptly at 7 p.m., so please arrive in good time. St. JOHN (https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/st.-john-at-the-bookshop)next door will be open until 6.55 p.m. for wine, house cocktails and snacks.
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Yiyun Li & Octavia Bright: Music Against the Night takes place on Tuesday, 27 October 2026 at 19:00.
Yiyun Li & Octavia Bright: Music Against the Night is held at London Review Bookshop in London (14 Bury Pl, London, WC1A 2JL).
Tickets for Yiyun Li & Octavia Bright: Music Against the Night are priced at £10. Live prices and availability are shown on Eventbrite.
Yes — hotels within walking distance of London Review Bookshop can be compared using the accommodation search further down this page.
Tickets for Yiyun Li & Octavia Bright: Music Against the Night can be booked via Eventbrite using the "Check Tickets & Live Prices" button on this page, which opens the official booking site in a new tab.
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Yiyun Li and Octavia Bright will discuss Li's novel Music Against the Night at the London Review Bookshop on 27 October 2026. The novel explores the love story of two musicians, and the event will feature a conversation between the author and Bright. Attendees are advised to arrive on time as the event starts promptly at 7 p.m.
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Yiyun Li & Octavia Bright: Music Against the Night
Yiyun Li’s novel Music Against the Night (https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/music-against-the-night-yiyun-li) (4th Estate) takes as its protagonists two musicians – John Field, inventor of the nocturne, and Adelaide Percheron, pianoforte virtuoso – and tells their unlikely, epic, love story, in what Ann Patchett has described as ‘the most perfectly constructed, moving, and beautiful novel I've ever read’. Yiyun Li will be in conversation with Octavia Bright, author of This Ragged Grace (https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/this-ragged-grace-a-memoir-of-recovery-and-renewal-octavia-bright) (Canongate, 2023).
Please note: our events start promptly at 7 p.m., so please arrive in good time. St. JOHN (https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/st.-john-at-the-bookshop)next door will be open until 6.55 p.m. for wine, house cocktails and snacks.
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When is Yiyun Li & Octavia Bright: Music Against the Night?
Yiyun Li & Octavia Bright: Music Against the Night takes place on Tuesday, 27 October 2026 at 19:00.
Where is Yiyun Li & Octavia Bright: Music Against the Night taking place?
Yiyun Li & Octavia Bright: Music Against the Night is held at London Review Bookshop in London (14 Bury Pl, London, WC1A 2JL).
How much are tickets for Yiyun Li & Octavia Bright: Music Against the Night?
Tickets for Yiyun Li & Octavia Bright: Music Against the Night are priced at £10. Live prices and availability are shown on Eventbrite.
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