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Now more than ever we need to resist how media manufactures consent for injustice across the world.
Our small role in this is to re-open our mentorship scheme for under-represented, unpublished writers looking to gain journalism experience.
Details below ⬇️ Deadline 21st Oct
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We’re delighted to announce #LondonWritersAwards is back!
Open to unagented, unpublished London-based writers of literary, commercial and YA/children’s fiction, the programme runs for 10 months and is completely free.
Apps run 25 Sep-31 Oct.
More info: spreadtheword.org.uk/project…
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'It's not every hurt you can see with your eyes'
From acclaimed author @KitdeWaal, comes an extraordinary novel about kindness, and its power to change lives.
Introducing #TheBestOfEverything
Coming April 2025 and available to pre-order now
🔗linktr.ee/TheBestofEverythin…
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We are back in ONE week (Oct 16th) with the final installment of Conversations with Baldwin, an open mic event at Easton Community Centre with featured guests Edson Burton and iAM13e.
Ticket link and open mic sign-up form: linktr.ee/rtbspokenword
In collab with @WordsofColour
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Simon Albury MBE was a giant in the industry. Much loved and feared by many. In 2017 he was the catalyst for a photo & video exhibition and book of some of the UK's leading off-screen Black and Brown talent. His i/v in 4 parts. 1st time showing. #BlackHistoryMonth
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More introductions... Mosopefoluwa Abiodun-Ade, 18, and Maria Sharif, 22, are our talented Remembering What's Forgotten Curator Interns. Passionate about #mentalhealth and #heritage, they represent their communities’ lived experience through #curation.
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Leeds's last surviving Caribbean WW2 veteran & Windrush passenger, Alford Gardner has passed at 98. A proud Jamaican, and part of a generation who helped to rebuild postwar Leeds and Britain we owe him more than a tweet can say. Thank you Mr Gardner. For everything. 🖤💛💚💔
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BFI to axe 17 years of Black Film : conta.cc/4dop6Bn
How many more axes are going to keep chopping Black cultural heritage in Britain's institutions? All within a year....@HackneyAbbott @museum_detox @WordsofColour @BlackStudiesUK @garyyounge @DavidOlusoga
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As part of Conversations with Baldwin with @WordsofColour, we're excited to screen three short films that present an intimate portrait of James Baldwin in London, Paris, and Istanbul at the turn of the 1970s.
💬Followed by a Q&A with Dr Churnjeet Mahn
🎟️bit.ly/GFT_BaldwinShorts
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I'll be in a position to share more next week about this incredible opportunity. Please reply to the original post if you're interested and I'll send you the details!
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This!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💜💜 so deserved. One of my fave humans in the world.
We are so excited to share that this year's winner of Best Creative West End Debut at The Stage #DebutAwards is Daniel Bailey for the direction of Red Pitch @sohoplacelondon 🤩
Category sponsor: @TrafalgarEnt
Headline sponsor: @ATGTICKETS
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Introducing the Writers’ Card…
Completely FREE to join, the Writers’ Card is a radical invitation for playwrights – a renewed promise of support and community, founded on the artistic values that have always driven the Royal Court's mission.
royalcourttheatre.com/playwr…
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Join us in Glasgow 🏴 for Conversations with Baldwin: #JamesBaldwin on Film, 26 - Sat 28 Sep @glasgowfilm
Watch Baldwin in Europe at the turn of the 1970s in rarely seen footage and Barry Jenkins' sensuous adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk.
🎟️bit.ly/CWBBaldwinonFilm
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We had an incredible evening last Thursday hosting the Poets of Colour Incubator alongside @WordsofColour 🎉
The graduating poets' final performance marked the conclusion of the inaugural Poets of Colour programme. Thank you to all that attended 👏
📸- Adrianne McKenzie
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Acclaimed dancer, director, educator and writer Omari Swanston - Jeffers has been selected as Remembering What’s Forgotten’s first poet in residence, centring mental health and racial justice in Leeds.
Co-produced by Synergi-Leeds, @WordsofColour, RSL Fellow Khadijah Ibrahiim and Heritage Corner, who host the award-winning Leeds Black History Walk, the residency is funded by the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust #RWF2024
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Congratulations Omari Swanston Jeffers alumni @RJCDance Youth Provision this is fantastic news @ace_thenorth @_YourCommunity @onedanceuk @ADAD_Dance 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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The inaugural Poets of Colour showcase with @WordsofColour, @McrPoetryLib and @ace_national has taken place in Manchester
bookbrunch.co.uk/page/articl… (£)
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A rich and enriching morning at #sailfest2024. The brilliant @childrensbkshop have a gorgeous pop up with a really wonderful surprise: @jhalakprize shortlist posters and merch!
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As Black-centred programmes at Chichester,Winchester,BirminghamCity&Goldsmiths are removed from the university (all within a year), this event will enable timely discussions of protest &next steps. @kehinde_andrews @WordsofColour @kadijattug @KurtBarling @garyyounge @larapawson
Join us in London on Thursday 12th September for an exclusive one-day event to discuss decolonisation and inclusivity in creative writing pedagogy and publishing w/ @BlackWriteGold @WasafiriPhD @ProfSunnySingh @leoneross @DianaEvansOP
Book by 1/9/24: city.ac.uk/news-and-events/e…
ALT Title reads Educating Susan: Decolonisation and Inclusivity in Creative Writing Pedagogy and Publishing, 12th September, 8.30 - 18.00, St George's University Of London £50