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Robert McCrum attends a book slam – and sees the future of publishingLast week I went to a book slam in Battersea, south London. Pioneered eight years ago by the novelist Patrick Neate, Book Slam describes itself as "London's leading literary shindig", and it is. Mixing poetry, prose, comedy and song, it takes inspiration from the full-on improv spirit of poetry slams, an international phenomenon, and blends lit fest with stand-up with singles night. In its early days it hosted Nick Hornby, Ha...

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