Merle Collins is visiting the UK this October to support the one-year anniversary of her book, Ocean Stirrings: A Work of Fiction in Tribute to Louise Langdon Norton Little, Working Mother and Activist, Mother of Malcolm X and Seven Siblings. Merle will be starting off in Leeds, before visiting London and Leicester.
Wednesday 9th Leeds The Social, Merrion Street - 5.30-8pm
Women Friendly Leeds presents Sisterhood of Stories. Reading.
Join the Bocas Lit Fest's exciting line-up of Caribbean authors and poets in London, Madrid, and Belfast. This tour presents a unique opportunity to explore the richness and diversity of Caribbean literature, featuring thought-provoking panels, engaging readings, and lively discussions with some of the region’s most acclaimed writers.
Friday 11 October 2024
British Library
This two-part evening explores themes of family, history, spirituality, and more.
Peepal Tree writers Emily Zobel Marshall and Sai Murray will be reading and in conversation at this creative, community-building event at York St John University.
Mon, 24 Jun 2024
1–6pm BST
Thursday 20 June 2024
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Leeds Central Library
Price: Pay as you feel (£8 suggested donation)
Adam Lowe will perform at Polari Literary Salon's first event in Leeds, reading from his debut collection Patterflash.
Rise Up!
Date: Saturday 13 April 2024
Time: 12.30-9pm
Venue: Leeds Playhouse
Book online now
Look to the Windrush Generation and explore how they, their legacy, and their art have shaped the UK.
Rise Up is a one day festival that showcases the rich Caribbean heritage of Leeds and beyond.
Azúcar and Nightbloom at Oxford Literary Festival
with Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Peace Adzo Medie; chaired Suzi Feay
Date: Saturday 23 March 2024
Time: 12-1.15pm GMT
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Jane Steele, a friend of the press and the SI Leeds Literary Prize, was recently awarded a touring grant for her play, Wondrous: A Celebration of Life.
Wondrous is a celebration of a life refracted through the sometimes hair-raising story of a mixed-race, working-class Yorkshire woman. Intertwining comedy and tragedy, spoken word and song, it portrays answered questions and (un)belonging, turning poison into medicine and finding jewels in life’s darkest, most unlikely corners.
Peepal Tree is proud to be taking part in The Poetry Society’s Free Verse Poetry Book and Magazine Fair. Free Verse celebrates the vitality of poetry in the UK – it’s a day of conversation and shopping, an unrivalled opportunity to browse the very best in contemporary poetry publishing and to meet publishers, organisations and poets.
Peter Jordens has compiled an extensive list of Caribbean conferences as a gift for the 15th anniversary of the blog Repeating Islands.
You can read an excerpt, or download the full list covering March-November 2024, at Repeating Islands.
