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Futurising - the first recruitment and opportunities festival specifically designed for creative graduates, employers and educators; a one-stop shop of opportunity for all current and future graduates
To be held 29 - 30 June 2010 at Old Nicholls & Clarke Buildings in London.
For further information email: info@futurising.org, also visit the website: www.futurising.org/ |
Present an exclusive opportunity to be the first to hear readings from hot new poetry anthology: Red. On a rare visit to the UK, Editor Kwame Dawes will be joined by poets Bernardine Evaristo, Patience Agbabi and Simon Murray to introduce this rich and vital collection.
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The Arvon Foundation in association with Peepal Tree Press
Venue: 7pm, Thursday 18 February 2010 @ Free Word, 60 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3GA
Doors open 6.30pm. Tickets are £10 and include a glass of wine.
To book call 020 7324 2554
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Red is published by Inscribe, a new imprint of Peepal Tree. Featuring Jackie Kay, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Linton Kwesi Johnson and many other familiar and new voices, Red vividly illustrates the glowing diversity of Black British poetry.
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An exciting New Audiences event featuring the contemporary poets -Roger
Robinson; -Jacob Ross; -Dorothea Smartt;
and -Calypsonian Alexander D
Great.
From 6.30pm on Thursday 28th January 2010 at Goodenough College,
Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N2AD. Nearest tube stations: Russell Square (Piccadilly Line), Chancery
Lane (Central Line) or Euston Road (Circle Line).
The poetry reading itself will start
promptly at 7.00pm.
The Island Voices event is FREE of charge, but it is necessary to RSVP to:
Poet in the City,
c/o Cathy Galvin/Anmar Frangoul,
News International,
1 Pennington Street,
London E98 1ST,
email: info@poetinthecity.co.uk
*Island Voices* is a poetry event featuring contemporary UK
poets, and forms part of Poet in the City’s successful and innovative New
Audiences initiative. The event has been programmed by Nkechi Ebite at The
Books Project.
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Brought to you by TED (TEDGlobal Jul 2009),
this powerful and thought provoking
presentation featuring Chimamanda Adichie
(author Purple Hibiscus amongst others)
is definitely one to watch.
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Just a few of the offerings courtesy of Poetry Kapow. Full listing available from poetry@poetrykapow.co.uk
Tue 5 Jan 2010
20:00 - 22:30 WORD!
at the Y with poets from NOTTINGHAM WRITERS
STUDIO and LEFT LION
Leicester YMCA LE1 6EY
Open Mic and headline poet - very good, well-organised, yet friendly and
supportive night. Contact us if you fancy a liftshare! Arrive by about
7:30pm to sign up for this very popular Open Mic night. WORD! is the
longest running and most established spoken word night in the East
Midlands. With its own dedicated film maker, Keith Allott of the new Digital
Media Centre in Phoenix Square - it’s also unique in the country.
See for more details:
leftlion.co.uk
£3 entrance. Further details: Pam on
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Fri 8 Jan 2010
19:30 - 22:15 Speakeasy - Tall Tales in the Round
The Quaker Centre, 1 Oakley Gardens, Downhead Park, Milton Keynes
Tall Tales in the Round - someone starts telling a story and
then it’s continued by the next person. Great fun and what better way
to start the New Year than with a good laugh. Followed by Writers
Readings where they read out their latest work.
mkweb.co.uk for
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Sun 10 Jan 2010
19:30 - 22:30 Tongue in Chic featuring David J. Vocal Pugilist and Local
Star Danni Antagonist
MADCAP, Creed Street
Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK12 5LY
Come and celebrate our 1st birthday and the launch of our yearbook
anthology.
In a barnstorming first year, Tongue in Chic has gone from pipe dream to
permanent fixture on the Poetry and Spoken Word circuit earning plaudits
from audience and guest performers alike including: "pound for pound, the
best poetry/spoken word event on the Midlands circuit!"
For more information email Mark
Neat markniel@gmail.com
Tickets are £6 / £4 if reserved in advance or £7 / £5 on the door.
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Tue 26 Jan 2010
20:00 - 23:00 CB1 Poetry Open Mic Night with featured guest poet Kerri
French
CB1 Café/ The Punter, Cambridge
cb1poetry.org.uk
Come along to listen to some great poetry or arrive by
7:45pm to sign up for a 2-minute slot to perform your work before a
friendly, attentive audience. Events usually have one or more featured
poets, who begin each half before the open mic slots.
Entry is £3 / £2 concessions, readings begin at 8pm and the event finishes
shortly before 10pm.
"Kerri French’s poetry has been featured on Sirius Satellite Radio and selected for inclusion in Best New Poets 2008, edited by Mark Strand. kerrifrench | |
Unheardwords is onto this event a little late but it remains worth a visit.
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Hackney Museum is thrilled to announce that
the celebrated photographer Dennis Morris,
has generously donated over 100 of his early
photographs for our collection. These personal
and important pictures provide a real insight into
Black British culture.
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A short documentary by Kwaku Mensah of an
interview with Dennis telling his inspirational story
on the streets he grew up in. Inspired
by Dennis, a group of young people
took part in a project to produce their
own work. These photographs will be
displayed as part of the exhibition.
Photographs and images - Sista Cool © Dennis Morris www.dennismorris.com |
Hackney Museum
Technology and Learning Centre
1 Reading Lane
E8 1GQ
Tel: 020 8356 3000
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New BBC campaign called My Story,
which aims to find remarkable true stories from ordinary members of
the public. Five of these stories will be published as books by Harper
Collins, with entrants winning a £20,000 cash advance. The website for
the programme is bbc.co.uk/mystory.
Closing date: 16.December.2009
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Espresso sized theatre night at the Cafe@ the Margarett
Rose Abri Social Enterprise Project.
Possibly, the smallest new part-time theatre venue in the West Midlands
(unless you know different!)
Friday 27.November.09, 8pm, featuring 5 short plays by local writers & performers
'Lovely lady liberty' by Rachel Taylor
'Jimmy Lightning' by Stuart Zola (who?)
'Reverend Sherri Angel's top ten tips for a long lasting Las Vegas Marriage'
by Rachel Sambrook
'The Providence Cafe' by Jan Watts
and also, a script in hand performance
of another Jan Watts Play
Tickets £5 and include a regular drink + cake at the interval
58-59 Cheapside, Digbeth, Birmingham B12 0PG (formally THE POST OFFICE on Cheapside at the corner of CHEAPSIDE + BIRCHALL Street).
We're hoping to encourage other writers / actors to submit plays for future
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SHANGWE ANTHOLOGY seeks submissions of poems and personal essays
from black and mixed-race women of African and African-Caribbean descent for
a new book.
Themes: Skin complexion and/or Hair. For guidelines visit: www.shangwe.com
FINAL Closing date: 30.November.2009
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Tickets are now on sale for the final OnWords and UpWords show of 2009. This show is close to my heart - but more about that in the video update next week, where you can find out why this gig is especially swish.
So don't miss November's show, it features singer/songwriter/producer and esteemed brother, Gavin Holligan aka Hollerzz. (picture)
"We're running--we're running to the edge of nothing. /
We're coming--We're coming to the start of something!" -- Gavin Holligan
These are the opening lines from Gavin's break-out new single, Faith to fly. The track took Gavin soaring into the London finals for the Metro's Online & Ontour competition this month, and next he'll be touching down at OnWords & UpWords.
Gavin has worked behind the boards producing and playing for the likes of Shola Ama, Duffy, Gloria Gaynor, Daniel Bedingfield, and a string of other international acts.
He's also the musical genius behind my forthcoming debut album. Coming sooner than you think!
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For more info visit: whatsonwalsall.co.uk
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Black History Month has been celebrated in Walsall since 1999. This year the Community Cohesion Panel will bring a programme together supporting local organisations to explore the heritage of Walsall’s African, Caribbean and Dual Heritage communities.
Sing It Black, 1st October 09, 6–9pm. FREE.
Celebrating the History of Black Music.
Performers will celebrate 50 years of Motown with a show reel roll call of Black musicians who have highlighted moments of Black History. Nominate an iconic track by emailing Ioannis Ioannou at ioannoui@walsall.gov.uk by Friday 25 September.
Venue: The New Art Gallery Walsall, Gallery Square, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 8LG.
Quiz and Cuisine, 15th October 09, 7-10pm. £2.50 Adults, £1.50 children.
Talent showcase. Hosted by Black Sisters at the new Wisemore Campus, Walsall College. A showcase of talent from Walsall’s African and Caribbean community, featuring a black history quiz and locally produced African and Caribbean food.
Venue: Wisemore Campus, Walsall College, Littleton Street West
Walsall, WS2 8ES. For further information contact Black Sisters on 01922 616996.
Have you got the Now Factor? Open Mic, 24th October 09, 4-8pm. Tickets only.
To celebrate black history and 50 years of Motown the NOW team are holding an open Mic evening.
THE MAIN PRIZE IS A RECORDING SESION AT THE MAP.
So if you are 8-12 years or 13 –19 years, and you have the now factor please contact Joanne on 07545 422251.
Venue: St Matthews Centre, St Matthew's Close, Walsall, WS1 3DG
West African Leather Exhibition with Robin Walker, 31st October 09, 3-5pm. FREE.
Lecture by renowned historian and author.
In conjunction with the West African Leather Exhibition. A lecture highlighting the hidden history of African skills and crafts relating to the items in the exhibition, by renowned historian and author Robin Walker. Robin Walkers book is a comprehensive history of pre-colonial Africa based on reports from European explorers.
Venue: Walsall Leather Museum, Littleton Street West, Walsall,
WS2 8EQ. For further information contact Deb Slade on 01922 653114.
Exhibition 12th October 2009 – 9th January 2010 TBC
Other events...
The Colour Purple, Film screening, 19th October, 2pm. FREE.
Black Heritage Project, Walsall Youth Service and Walsall Youth Arts
28th October 2009.
An Evening With Poet Fred D'Aguiar and journalist, broadcaster
and producer Karen Gabay from BBC Manchester
29th October, 5.45 – 8pm. FREE.
Tasting evening, Cuisine Caribbean Restaurant, Bridge St, Walsall.
22nd October.
Courtesy Sonia Dixon
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Black British Perspectives is a series of interactive themed conversations exploring the notion of a Black British canon of work.
Raimi Gbadamosi, artist, writer and curator, chairs a discussion between Paul Goodwin, Curator of Cross Cultural Programmes at Tate Britain.
Sonya Dyer, artist, writer and co-ordinator of Chelsea Programme at Chelsea College of Art & Design.
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They will be discussing various issues including what has been written into history, exploring the need to take into account diverse historical realities in order to move arts practice forward, the notion of canon, the validity of experiences, and future art and art practice. |
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Attendance is free but limited places are available so please
RSVP by 18 Sep 09 by contacting kadijageorge@gmail.com or text 07980 269 138.
Event held 23 September 2009, Time: 2-4pm,
Venue: 32-40 Bank Street Sheffield S1 2DS, T:0114 346 3034
Black British Perspectives is organised by SABLE LitMag on behalf
of Arts Council England, Yorkshire.
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Join guest poet Jennifer Hooper at the Poetry Corner
Ruislip Manor Library, every Monday 7pm to 8 pm on the 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st of August 09.
'...a space to analyse feelings, thoughts, for reflection and increased awareness...'
Open mic and workshop. Suitable for adults and youths from 13 years+.
My work reflects on personal and human experience and the ways of the world. I have written a poetry collection which is due to be published.
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Venue: Ruislip Manor Library, Linden Avenue, Ruislip Manor, HA4 8TW.
Contact Jennifer for further details: jenno23@hotmail.com
Minimum donation of £3 welcomed.
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For Seven Days and Seven Nights
Performance / Poetry and Spoken Word 25 - 31 July 2009
(with Jean 'Binta' Breeze and others)
The Y Theatre (becomes the Lyric Lounge)
7 East Street, Leicester LE1 6Y
0116 255 7066 Further info lyriclounge.co.uk |
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In "One Woman, Two Lives," written by Alretha Thomas NAACP Theatre Award winning playwright of 'Civil Rites (2004)',
Kellita Smith magnificently portrays Samantha Cooke, a complex and conflicted woman torn between two worlds fighting to sustain and protect her family from a past that threatens to undermine her almost perfect present. Married to Jonathan, a successful mega preacher(Thomas Bell), Samantha has been voted First Lady of the Year. However, the accolade causes the mother of three to doubt herself and her worthiness. In spite of receiving encouragement from her family Samantha can’t shake the uneasiness that has begun to envelop her. As the play takes on surprising and startling twists and turns, her doubts and worries become warranted. |
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Performances on Friday’s and Saturday’s 8pm and Sunday 3pm; from July 17 through August 23, 2009 at the Imagined Life Theatre, (formerly 2100 Sq Ft) located at 5615 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90019. General admission tickets are $25.00. For more info call 626-858-1907 or go visit Onewomantwolives.com
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Shangwe Hair & Skin Anthology -
WANTED: poems and personal essays for a new book.
The Editor is seeking contributions from Black & Mixed-Race
women of African & African-Caribbean descent
on the themes of hair and/or skin.
For guidelines email: nicole@shangwe.com
Closing date for submissions: 30 August 2009
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Tongue Fu - where the UK’s finest performance poets flex their best lyrical moves to an improvised soundtrack of mercurial jazz and blistering beats from the Tongue Fu Band. Come along to witness risk-taking performance at its most entertaining, music at its most spontaneous and poetry alive with breath, magic, sex and thunder.
Hosted by Ventriloquist and The Tongue Fu Band
Thurs 18 June and Thurs 13 August 2009, 8.00pm / Bar / £5.00
Info: richmix.org.uk |
Courtesy of Nicole Moore
 | That's right, I'm starting something. A culmination of the brilliant people and things I've beeen telling you about for months in one night. The essentials:
OnWords & UpWords, FRIDAY 3.July.09, 7pm, cost £7, The Horse Bar, 124 Westminster Bridge Road, London.
(Lambeth North is your nearest tube). Our special guest is HOMECUT, whose debut album, No Freedom Without Sacrifice is chalking up some excellent reviews. This emcee / producer's new debut single features Corinne Bailey Rae + Soweto Kinch and the album also features the likes of J-Live and members of Cinematic Orchestra. So we're honoured to showcase his dynamic soul lyricism in a special O&U acoustic set. |
Find out more Swish
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Angry and frustrated by the ridiculous pressures on us to conform to the narrow and unattainable body images that we see every day in magazines, I launched the Body Gossip National Writing Competition.
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Find out more about it at @bodygossip. For more information, email: ruth@bodygossip.org
Featuring Olive Senior, Courttia Newland, Sophie Woolley, Manzu Islam and Gemma Weekes, these are tales from the Caribbean, the English countryside, and even the future.
Thursday 2 July 2009, 7.45pm, Purcell Room, Southbank, London
More info southbankcentre_globalvillage |  | Global Village-
A perfectly blend of original music and Tell Tale promise. |
SABLE LITMAG brings Olive Senior to the UK for Courses, Workshops, Readings and more 22 JUNE – 10 JULY
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Jamaican born Olive Senior is the prize-winning author of four books of poetry, three books of fiction and four non-fiction books on Caribbean culture including the Encyclopedia of Jamaica Heritage and Working Miracles: Women’s Lives in the English Speaking Caribbean. Her short story collections include Summer Lightning (winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize), Arrival of the Snake-Woman and Discerner of Hearts. Her poetry books include Talking of Trees, Gardening in the Tropics (winner of the F.J. Bressani Literary Prize), Over the Roofs of the World (finalist for Canada’s Governor- General’s Award and Cuba’s Casa de la Americas Prize) and Shell (finalist for the Pat Lowther Award). She is the recipient of many other fellowships and awards including the Gold Medal of the Institute of Jamaica.
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Selected Events:-
WRITING AS CRAFT : MOVING THE STORY FORWARD, 27 June 09
Time: 1pm-6pm, Cost: £10 / price to Inscribe writers - £5
Venue: Peepal Tree Press, 17 Kings Avenue, Leeds, LS6 1QS
http://www.peepaltreepress.com
Tel. +44 0113 245 1703
Looks at building a greater awareness of fiction techniques: plot, importance of conflict, point of view, characterization, scene and settings, etc.
Glasgow University , Graduate Studies Distinguished Writer Series presents (7 July 09)
a lecture by Olive Senior - 'HEARING VOICES: INVITING THE OUTSIDERS INTO THE TEXT'
Introduced by Kei Miller
Time: 5.30-7pm (wine reception follows), Cost: Free
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Building, room 101, (opp. Glasgow University Union)
Kelvin Way, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ. Tel. +44 (0) 20 7272 488
Kadija George, Find out more kadijageorge@gmail.com or visit
www.sablelitmag.org
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Our next exciting author event will be on the
25th June 2009 at 5.45pm-8pm
with author Anthony Painter talking about his new book, Barack Obama: The Movement for Change.
The venue will be at Walsall Town Hall, Lichfield Street, Walsall.
Book signings from the award-winning author, Question and answer sessions, Readings and more...
As always places are in demand and limited. Book your free
place(s) now by email. All correspondence to:
thebrgreadinggroup@yahoo.co.uk |
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"It's a little late but there's still time (just about)."
Submissions are being accepted until Monday, 1st June 2009.
The deadline is fast approaching for SCBWI British Isles’s second Undiscovered Voices anthology contest. This is a great opportunity for unagented, unpublished writers living in the British Isles to break out of the slush pile.
Please visit www.undiscoveredvoices.com for more details.
Any questions on eligibility or submission guidelines should be directed to scbwianthology@hotmail.co.uk. |
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Reggae lover and a photographer, Roman Vesper was lucky to live in Jamaica
for
many years and began to take photos of vintage recording artists while working
at
Studio One in Jamaica.
"The main aim of this exhibition is to keep those who laid down
the
foundation of reggae music in the public consiousness...many of these icons of
Jamaica's history are being forgotten and many of these singers and musicians
have
passed away since I left Jamaica in June 2004."
For further details contact: Emmanuel Amevor 020 7254 9632
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Exhibition at Centerprise Gallery (Centerprise, 136 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2NS) from 1 May to 20 June 2009
(1 May for private viewing, plus poetry by the I-Storians featuring Ngoma Silver, Dimela and Oma-ra of the
Hackney Writers Group)
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Next week we will be attending Word at the Y in Leicester on Tuesday 5 May 2009, 8pm. Word is an awesome Open Mic (sign up in advance) night with a guest headliner. This time it's Ann Sansom.
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This interdisciplinary conference is
concerned with the ‘hypothetical
premises about human kinds’ which,
once supported by prestigious
knowledge in such fields as
anthropology, sociology, linguistics
and biology, became embedded as
commonsense culture in the latenineteenth
century. Our focus is on the
race discourses, which were, and still
are, fundamental to the ways in which
modern society and culture thinks
itself. | | Nawal el Saadawi in conversation with Kadija (George) Sesay on 3 April from 1pm - 2 pm in the Small Cinema in the Richard Hoggart Building of Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW, UK |
Venues: Goldsmiths, University of London and the Stephen Lawrence Trust, London
further info: gold.ac.uk/rmwc2009
Dates: April 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2009
(Some tickets may still be available) Register interest
in attending by emailing:
rmwc2009@gold.ac.uk.
At Centerprise on Saturday 4th April 2009, 7pm
136 - 138 Kingsland High Street, London, E8 2NS (020 7254 9632), Tickets £3
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Sudan
through an exploration of the history and spiritual mythology of the
original
peoples of the Nile Valley. Digging deep into the region's contribution to
modern civilization, it looks at such disciplines as astronomy,
architecture and science. Features interviews with leading
pan-African
scholars, Robin Walker, K.N Chimbiri, Anthony Browder and Dr Kimani Nehusi
plus
Screening followed by a Q&A discussion with the director,
Louis Buckley. |
Courtesy of Emmanuel
Centerprise Literature presents
Spring Literary Festival
6 - 18 March 2009
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6th Mar 09 Festival launch by Hackney
Writers Group featuring the
I-storians viz., Oma-Ra, Dimela
& Ngoma Silver. Plus Poets &
Artistes from Black Women in
the Arts
11th Mar 09 Dwain Chambers will reading
and signing copies of his
autobiography: Race Against
Me – My Story.
Venue: Manor
Gardens Welfare Trust, 6-9
Manor Gardens, London N7 6LA.
Time: 4pm - 6pm Adm: Free.
Contact: Tel: 020 7561 5267 |
13th Mar David Simon author of How
to Unlock your Child Genuis.
launches his latest book, ‘How to
Unlock your Family’s Genius’.
15th Mar Michael Anthony, Trinidadian
author of All That Glitters and
other titles reads and discusses
his work. Supported by the
Hackney Calypso Tent featuring
Tobago Crusoe, Deloris Francis
and De Alberto. Admission: £6
conc: £5. Time: 4pm-10pm. |
And more. Events general held at: Centerprise, 136 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2NS, Time: 6.30 pm-10pm, Admission: £3.
unless otherwise stated.
More info:
eamevor@centerprisetrust.org.uk or iterature@centerprisetrust.org.uk,
t: 020 7254 9632
The Consortium are working to deliver a series of three one-day showcase and conference events exploring aspects of live literature. Each day will have a specific focus – creating, producing and marketing live literature – and involve a mix of speakers, seminars, panel discussions and opportunities to see work.
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Dates:
Creating, Thursday 11 June 2009, Brewery Arts, Kendal;
Producing, Thursday 24 September 2009, Albany, Deptford;
Marketing, TBC February 2010, Brewhouse, Taunton;
To find out more:
www.litup.org
If you are interested in showcasing your work at these events, please tell us what you have to offer. Send to Jill Bellamy, Lit Up Producer, at litupproducer@googlemail.com by no later than 5pm on 11 March 2009.
Are you ready for our poetry and fiction Masterclass?
You need to be committed, ready to wake up early, and work all day - then share the cooking with colleagues in the evening at the beautiful John Osborne Centre, The Hurst, in Shropshire.
This partnership with the Arvon Foundation is open to help writers of African / Asian / Middle Eastern descent, bring their work up to publishable standard; to assist writers with a poetry or short story collection or novel. Taking place 22 - 27 June 2009. For further details email: info@sablelitmag.org
Kadija George
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Jacob Ross (reading of his work at Borders, Leeds, 20 February 09) is often described as 'a writer's writer' because of his mastery of narrative and the stunning versatility with which he deploys language. His debut novel, Pynter Bender has received fantastic reviews.
Just to let you know;
former Poet Laureate for Birmingham, Dreadlockalien, will be visiting the black reading group on the 19 February from 4.45pm-6pm at Walsall Central Library. Dreadlockalien is looking for some work to be read and performed live at the event held at the Forest Arts Media Centre in Walsall on the 5 March. Famous poet, Tony Stringfellow, will be paying the group a visit too. It will be an informal chat about the themes for the group's new writing on pride and identity in Walsall. They will be showcasing their poetry writing skills. So if you can, do please come along.
at Walsall Central Library
Lichfield Street,
Walsall, WS1 1TR
On 19.February.2009
- 4.45pm-6.00pm
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Features Writer, Prima
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Ever felt like writing a story about your mother?
"My Mama Monologues" © is a staged reading to be held at multiple locations on
Mother’s Day weekend, May 9-10, 2009. The reading will include a diverse mix of
selected stories, written by members of the public, about their mothers. |
To find out more contact: Pat@MyMamaMonologues.com (Ms Pat Masumoto, Wailuku HI, USA). Submission deadline 1 February 2009.
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Dear Writers, Readers and Contributors,
Just wanted to wish you all an Optimistic, highly Creative and
HAPPY NEW YEAR. To thank you for all you interest, contributions
and the 100 thousand plus unique visits you made to the site in 2008.
With many regards and much respect,
Khome
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Are you interested in joining the 'Some of Us are Brave' Team (Pacifica Radio - KPFK 90.7fm - Los Angeles) as an intern or volunteer? We're looking for dedicated, self-starters to join us in furthering the voices of Black women on the radio airwaves. If you are interested, drop us an email at someofusarebrave@gmail.com
About Some of Us are Brave
The mission of Some of Us are Brave Radio is to provide an empowering space for women of Afrikan descent to speak our truth and present our perspectives to the world. We work to be a resource for the communities from which we come, and to make a contribution to the global movement for racial, economic, political and social justice.
Tune in to Some of Us are Brave Radio every Thursday from 2PM-3PM on 90.7fm Los Angeles, 98.7 fm Santa Barbara, and throughout the planet at KPFK.org. |
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Exhibition of Mondongo's Art Work at
Maddox Arts, 52 Brook's Mews, London W1K 4ED, 21 Nov 08 - 10 Jan 09
Mondongo’s work now has an international impact beyond their Buenos Aires gallery, with works collected by board members of the Tate Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art (New York).
Mondongo’s work is held in public and private collections worldwide and they have exhibited at the Valencia and Sao Paolo biennials, shown in the USA, Spain and Latin America and are scheduled to exhibit in Korea, 2009.
Mondongo's Art is 'multi-media' in every sense of the word and this is their first UK exhibition. |
An original stage play, presented by the church’s Liturgical Fine Arts Department, written by Damita Ford and directed by Alretha Thomas.
Avery, Susan Bacon, is the oldest of four sisters portrayed by Palanda Brownlow (Antoinette), Kelly Robertson (Angela) and Adai Lamar of KJLH Radio (Anita). The sisters middle class, Christian upbringing seems Idyllic. However, beneath the good and moral surface, the keeping of secrets has taken its toll on certain lives.
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Where: First New Christian Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, pastored by Dr. Norman, S. Johnson, Sr. Located at 1555 W. 108th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90047, 323-756-2541.
When: 19, 20 December at 7:00pm and 21 December 2008 at 4:00pm
Two schoolboy friends divided by murder: Any Which Way is a life-changing play about knife crime and its consequences.
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Any Which Way, a timely and powerful new play about knife crime, commissioned by the charity Only Connect, opened
at the Only Connect Theatre on 4 November. The play is written by David Watson, based on the true stories of exoffenders,
and performed by cast of ex-offenders and professional actors. The production will also mark the launch of
Only Connect's new venue - the Only Connect Theatre, WC1. | 
Only Connect is a pioneering new charity, founded by husband-and-wife team Danny and Emma Kruger in 2006. Only
Connect's rehabilitation programme for prisoners, ex-offenders and young people at risk of exclusion is rapidly
putting it at the forefront of fighting crime. |
Cast includes Alicya Eyo (Denny Blood in ITV's Bad Girls), Clare Perkins (Beverley in Bullet Boy) alongside
former Wormwood Scrubs and Pentonville inmates. Directed by Maggie Norris (Bad Girls:
The Musical), and Emma Kruger (Artistic Director, Only Connect) with video design by Mic Pool, lighting design by
Kristina Hjelm, composer and sound design by Kath Gotts, fight direction by Kate Waters.
Venue: Only Connect Theatre, 32 Cubitt Street, London WC1X 0LR
3 - 29 November 2008
Mon-Sat 8pm
Sat matinees 3pm
Tickets £15 (£10 conc.)
Box office 0844 477 1000
onlyconnectuk.org
Simi will be talking about her new controversial book: Not With Silver at the next of our regular meetings which features: question and answer sessions; poetry, music / readings, book signings and more...
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The Times, "Satisfying and traditional family saga -a total-immersion novel that sweeps the reader across centuries and continents... Powerful and gripping"
Come meet Simi Bedford and hear more about her acclaimed book.
at Walsall Central Library
Lichfield Street,
Walsall, WS1 1TR
On 13.November.2008 - 4.45pm-6.00pm
Contact: Sonia Dixon 01922 653137 or dixons@walsall.gov.uk |
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Come to the edge, he said. We are afraid, they said. Come to the edge, he said.
They came. He pushed them, and they flew. Apollinaire.
Ripping Pages. Open mic.
The Edge of Town, Regent Square, Northampton.
Tuesday 4th November 08, 8pm
Come join us. Do.
| "I have several years experience lecturing in fine art and textile design in several well known universities and colleges throughout Birmingham and Bath.
The workshop days (based in Birmingham area) are to enable anyone who has an interest in being creative to realise their potential creativity. The workshops are held within my artist studio at weekends. This informal environment enhances creativity, through experimentation and simply having a go. Group and one to one tuition will be given with the aim of developing the creative process." |  |
Contact Penny for further information: Penny Mason, email: artist@pennymason.co.uk
http://www.pennymason.co.uk/
Limited weekend dates available Nov 08, Jan and Feb 09. Fees must be paid in advance.
Egyptologist and renowned Historian, Anthony T.
Browder will give a ground breaking lecture on his latest work, Egypt on the
Thames. He argues that Ancient Nile Valley Culture has had a profound effect on the
development
of ancient civilisations in Greece and Rome and modern culture in France,
Britain, Germany and the USA.
Venue: Centerprise, 136 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2NS
Admission: £10/ 8 conc.
Date: Saturday, 1st Nov. 2008, 7pm - 10pm
Emmanuel Amevor, FCCA, Chief Exec, Centerprise Trust Ltd,
Tel. 020 7254 9632 |
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I'll be EXPERIMENTING..
at Chemistry (groovelabmusic.com), a live music night, run by the producer of my forthcoming album, Gavin Holligan. It boasts some great musical talent. It's one of my last shows for the year, come down and support us:
Thursday 6th November 2008, Doors 7pm
Southside Bar, 144 Brixton Hill, SW2 1SD
Buses: 333, 250, 159, 133, 109, 59, 45
Tube: Brixton
Entry: £7 before 9pm, £10 thereafter
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We'll be celebrating Black History Month again, the 60th anniversary of Windrush with author Victor Richards performing his poetry and talking about his book, adapted from three one man plays, "Streets Paved with Gold", "Return to the Caribbean" and "Children of the first generation"; at Walsall Central Library on the 16th October 2008. Plus Jazz / funk band and Poetry, music / readings, book signings and more!
at Walsall Central Library
Lichfield Street,
Walsall, WS1 1TR
On 16.October.2008
- 5.45pm-8.00pm
Contact: Sonia Dixon on 01922653137 or dixons@walsall.gov.uk |
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I’ve got a new book of poetry out on October 29th 2008,
it’s called Listener (published by Canongate books £8.99)
You can order it now...Go on you know you want to.
Visit Lemn's site at: www.lemnsissay.com for more info. |
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