Our friends over at the Leeds Lit Fest launched their latest festival today. All the events are online, meaning you can access them from anywhere in the world! Check out these great events and more at the LLF website.
Sat 6 March, 4pm
Online Event
Selina Rodrigues, Gale Burns and Chris Beckett present:
The Resilience Shuffle
SATURDAY 27th February 2021
7pm - 8.30pm (GMT) with a break
Suggested donation: £5.00
Book online
Acalabash has published the second part of its interview with St Lucian poet John Robert Lee.
John speaks about his dedications, his inspirations and his advice for young poets:
Professor Corinne Fowler's new book, Green Unpleasant Land: Creative Responses to Rural England's Colonial Connections explores the countryside’s repressed colonial past and demonstrates its importance as a source of ideas about Englishness.
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
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-passover-an-holistic-approach-to-arts-and-culture-tickets-131655303557Book online
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:
