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Dear Friends, I am delighted to announce that the following events will be taking place in Bristol this October which may be of interest to members. I hope to see some of you there. Warmly, Madhu *Thursday October 9, 2014* *IAS Seminar: Jamaican Queer Writing - Professor Thomas Glave* *6pm* *FREE* *Verdon Smith Room, Royal Fort House, University of Bristol* In conjunction with the Bristol Poetry Institute's annual reading by Professor Mervyn Morris (Poet Laureate of Jamaica), Professor Glave will visit the University of Bristol to read from his work. A celebrated writer, O'Henry and LAMBA award-winner and activist for LGBT rights, Professor Glave's talk will comprise part of a larger programme of events, Jamaica Rising, put on by the University of Bristol and Bristol City Council, which will celebrate the changing face of Jamaican literature and culture in the twenty-first century. The event is free but registration is required. Please see http://www.bristol.ac.uk/ias/diary/2014/327 for details For further details on this event please contact Dr Madhu Krishnan at [log in to unmask] Supported by the University of Bristol Institute for Advanced Studies *Friday 10 October 2014* *Jamaican Poet Laureate, Mervyn Morris, Bristol Poetry Institute annual reading* *6pm.* *FREE* Mervyn Morris, Emeritus Professor at the University of the West Indies, is the author of several volumes of poetry including The Pond (revised edition 1997), Shadowboxing (1979), Examination Centre (1992) and On Holy Week (1993). Professor Morris has made an invaluable contribution to the development of Caribbean literature, both in his creative writing and as an editor, teacher and scholar, and has been appointed as Jamaica's first Poet Laureate in over fifty years.. In 2009, Professor Morris was awarded Jamaica's Order of Merit. Further information is available Free to attend, but booking required. Please see mervynmorris.eventbrite.com for details. Organised by the Bristol Poetry Institute *Saturday October 11, 2014* *1pm doors, 1.30pm start* *£6/£4 concessions* *Arnolfini Contempory Arts Centre, Auditorium* *screening of The Abominable Crime**, with panel discussion and Q&A* *The Abominable Crime* (directed by Micah Fink) is a documentary that gives voice to gay Jamaicans who, in the face of endemic anti-gay violence, are forced to flee their homeland The film follows Simone Edwards, a mother, and Maurice Tomlinson, a human rights activist, as they navigate the conflict of loving their homeland and staying alive. Doors will open at 1pm and the screening will be followed by a panel discussion led by Thomas Glave (Binghamton/Warwick), Alison Donnell (Reading) and Keon West (Goldsmiths, University of London), chaired by Roger Griffiths, director of Ujima Radio Bristol Tickets £6/£4 concessions, available through the Arnolfini Box Office 0117 917 2300 or in person. See http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/research/events/2014/2539.html for details Supported by the Bristol Institute for Research in the Humanities and Arts