Movement and Stillness: Art in a Time of Crisis and Upheaval with Linton Kwesi Johnson, Roger Robinson and Jay Bernard
6pm - 7.15pm, Wednesday 3rd February
Free online event (suggested donation of £5)
Stuart Hall Foundation welcomes poets Linton Kwesi Johnson, Roger Robinson and Jay Bernard for a evening of readings and discussion.
Kim Sengupta has profiled the life and impact of Shapurji Saklatvala, AKA Comrade Sak, in The Independent. In his article, 'Shapurji Saklatvala, the Labour firebrand who fought for racial equality in the 1920s', Sengupta talks about the legacy of Black MPs in the House of Commons (dating back to 1767), their legacy and, in particular, the work of Comrade Sak.
The Passover - An holistic approach to arts and culture
Sat, 12 December 2020
19:30 – 22:00 GMT
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Hosted by Khadijah Ibrahiim - tune into a international Live arts, performance and discussion from a stellar line of creatives.
Monique Roffey has penned an article, 'Top 10 books about mermaids', for The Guardian. You can read it online now.
Monique writes:
GUYANA ZOOM Presentation: Title Poems of Resistance: Martin Carter Remembered
Nii Ayikwei Parkes' latest collection of poems, The Geez, has made the Poetry Book Society Winter 2020 Recommendations list. The book received a wonderful review by Andrew McMillan and Nii himself wrote a short essay for the magazine, along with his poetry recommendations. In the essay, Nii talks about the origins of his book:
The The Royal Society of Literature has celebrated its 200th birthday with 60 new appointments and a five-year festival.
Among the new RSL Fellows is Roger Robinson. Our friends and colleagues Melanie Abrahams, of Renaissance One, and Shirley May, of Young Identity, are Honorary Fellows.
There are also a number of excellent Black British and Caribbean poets on the list of Fellows, Honorary Fellows and other honours.
Over at the Spread the Word website, Leone Ross has written A Pocket Guide to Writing (Good) Sex!
The news is in - Monique Roffey has been shortlisted for the 2020 Costa Best Novel Award. The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey joins excellent books by Susanna Clarke, Denise Mina, Julian Barnes, Rachel Long, Martha Sprackland, Caroline Bird and the late Eavan Boland in making the Costa Book Awards lists across fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
With the Booker shortlist featuring books which deal with trauma, BBC Radio's Front Row explores the issues for writers in writing about trauma in both fiction and non fiction with writers Meg Rosoff and Monique Roffey, and the critic Suzi Feay. Monique talks about writing on trauma with Dodo Ink for their upcoming anthology, TRAUMA: Art as a response to mental health.
