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LGBT History Club
Wednesday 7 November 6pm-7.30pm
FREE DROP IN (but please be on time for the start)
Meet at Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate City of London, EC2M 4QH
An introduction to LGBT History collections held at Bishopsgate.
Our History-Ourselves
Saturday 8 December 9.30am-4.30pm
£10 (bring a picnic)- Book essential on 020 7332 3851
London Metropolitan Archives, 40, Northampton Road, EC1R 0HB
A day of workshops and talks around researching, collecting, conserving, writing and communicating LGBTI personal, local and community histories.
Peter Daniels fourth creative writing workshop, MODERN TIMES, takes place on this day. See below for more details.
Programme
9.30am Doors open, Sign in and coffee
10am Welcome
10.10am History Matters. Why telling the stories of LGBT individuals, groups and communities is important.
10.20am Collecting personal, local and community histories. What to gather and what to keep...
10.40am Outing the Past: Identifying, Showcasing and Celebrating the Wealth of LGBT Evidence in every Archive.
Kathryn Rooke, Manchester Archives
11.15am Coffee
11.30 Presenting and Sharing Your LGBT Histories - a practical workshop session exploring different styles and approaches to bringing your materials together for personal interest and / or public access.
12.40pm Lunch Break (includes archive tour and document display)
2pm - 4.30pm Practical / Creative Workshops (Choose One)
1. Creative Writing workshop: Modern Times with writer Peter Daniels
2. Sorting History Out! - researching LGBT histories, planning a project, caring for and organising materials, what to do with your collections and stories once gathered together
4.30pm - Close
MODERN TIMES WORKSHOP
LGBT Creative Writing Workshop
8 December £10
This workshop is part of the annual LGBT History Seminar Day and the ticket is valid for the whole programme.
Booking: 020 7332 3851 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Acclaimed writer Peter Daniels will be leading creative writing workshops inspired by LGBT material from the LMA archive collections.
Change, progress, radical ideas and a new assertiveness...
ABOUT PETER DANIELS
Peter Daniels has been writing poetry for many years. In the mid-1980s he was part of the gay poetry group the Oscars, which became the Oscars Press which published a number of books. In 1994 he became Listings Editor of Poetry London Newsletter, eventually becoming Production Editor until 2001.
Peter won the Ledbury competition in 2002, the International Poetry Competition in 2008, the Ver Poets Competition and the TLS Poetry Competition, both in 2010. Counting Eggs is Peter's first poetry collection, (Mulfran Press).
Visit: www.peterdaniels.org.uk<http://www.peterdaniels.org.uk>
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