Between 2011-2014 WGGB ran a series of events in London called Off the Shelf at Blacks. These saw writers take part in discussions, readings and Q&As around their work and careers.

Listen to podcast recordings of some of these events:

Novelist Lindsay Clarke (October 2011)

Novelist Jemima Hunt (November 2011)

Author Jake Wallis Simons (December 2011)

Author Carol Topolski (March 2012)

Author and biographer Lucinda Hawksley (March 2012)

Poets Alan Brownjohn and Leo Aylen (January 2013)

Novelist and screenwriter Brendan Foley (January 2013)