Dinaw Mengistu,  Maaza Mengiste, Hannah Pool, Sulaiman Addonia are writers in their thirties born either just before or after the 1974 revolution in Ethiopia. On May 17^th all except Dinaw Mengistu will be reading from their books at Southbank Centre in London in “An Evening of Habesha Writers” chaired by Guardian journalist Aida Edemariam . This is part of my residency at Southbank Centre.