A real quickie! Apologies, haven't had time to organise this
chronologically
Kadija
Reminder..reminder..reminder....reminder.....
Get there early!
24 March Maryse Conde - author ofthe Caribbean classic, I, Tituba and the
epic, Segu reads from her work and is in conversation with Celia Britton
6pm, Chancellors Hall, Senate House, University of London
Contact:Rosmeary Lambeth, 0207 862 8677
Dept of Romance Studies, Rm 308, Senate House, London WC1E 7HU
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BOOK LAUNCH
BOGLE-L'OUVERTURE PUBLISHERS
INVITE YOU
TO AN EVENING
OF
MUSIC, SONG AND POETRY
MAUREEN ROBERTS
READS FROM HER
FIRST COLLECTION OF POETRY
MY GRANDMOTHER SINGS TO ME
VENUE: ITHACA COLLEGE
35, HARRINGTON GARDENS,
SW7 4JU
(nearest tube station GLOUCESTER ROAD)
TIME: 6.30 p.m.
DATE: Wednesday 31 MARCH 2004
Special Guests
Faustin Charles, novelist, poet
Margaret Busby, journalist and writer
Jo Jo Yates, musician (Mucusi players)
Jessica Huntley 020 8579 4920 or
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REFRESHMENTS
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We are very pleased to announce the provisional programme of the 28th
Annual
Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies (attached), which will be
held July 1-3, 2004, at Lancaster University, in Lancaster, England.
Conference highlights this year will include a special presentation by the
Bridget Jones Award winner, Jamaican musician and researcher Olive Lewin;
and a performance by the British-born Bajan poet Dorothea Smartt of a piece
called 'Bringing It All Back Home', originally commissioned by the
Lancaster
Litfest. There will also be a tour of Lancaster's slave-trade heritage with
Black Atlantic cultural historian Alan Rice and local historian Melinda
Elder on the Saturday afternoon following the conference. For those
interested in the arts in the Caribbean we will have several interesting
panels on the visual and performing arts. And there will be a special
roundtable discussion on issues of teaching Caribbean Studies.
In this year of turmoil in Haiti we also acknowledge the bicentennial of
Haitian independence with two special panels around topics of the
commemoration and representation of the Haitian revolution, including
literary and dramatic texts on Haiti produced throughout the Caribbean.
The full
conference programme will also shortly be available on our website (address
below) along with travel information.
best wishes,
Mimi Sheller
Chair of the Society
Mimi Sheller
Senior Lecturer in Sociology
Co-Director Centre for Mobilities Research
Department of Sociology
Lancaster University
Lancaster LA1 4YL
UK
Tel.: + 44 (0)1524 593442
Fax: + 44 (0)1524 594256
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Personal Web page:
http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/sociology/staff/sheller/sheller.htm
CeMoRe:
http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/sociology/cemore/index.htm
Sociology Department:
http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/sociology/
Society for Caribbean Studies:
http://www.scsonline.freeserve.co.uk/carib.htm
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Writing From Life with Helon Habila, author of Waiting for An Angel and
Kadija and Kdija Sesay, editor o sable LitMag and co-editor of Sable
LitMag..
At Totleigh Barton in Devon, July 12-17
These writers and tutors will encourage participants to rediscovermemories,
to write effective short memoires to writer effecctiwe short pieces with
guidajnce on deceloping full length pieces. We will read from short and
book length memoirs and will read from short and book length memoirs and
autobiographies. A suggested readhg oist will be provided prior to the
course
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It's official! Chroma, a new queer literary journal is about to be loosed
upon the world. And we're looking for submissions of prose and poetry from
writers of all alternative sexualities (GLBT covers most of them!). Please
read the guidelines on http://www.gaymenwriting.co.uk before submitting
work. Submissions that do not comply with the guidelines will not be read.
Although the journal is part of Gay Men Writing's work, we actively
encourage work from all queer writers.
Please note: We only accept submissions from writers based in, or from, the
UK.
Chroma is funded by Arts Council England, London.
We look forward to reading your work.
All the best.
Shaun Levin
Editor
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Furnace
Furnace presents another astounding round of literary talent in an
explosive
performance that is guaranteed to leave you burning for more.
Furnace is designed to bring out and develop the poetic genius of Londons
young people during a series of workshops that culminate in this exciting
and vibrant showcase
Course leader BREIS will host the evening, with performances from:
Jay Bernard, Gemma Cammidge, Kayo Chingonyi AKA Trubadour Griot, Poppy
Clarke, Joseph Coelho, Jane Kinninmont, Mary Mazzilli, Jess Okoro,
Shahanara
Rakiun, Janine La Rosa and SOULJAH,
Get Involved
Poet Jacob Sam-La Rose will lead the third Furnace course, running
workshops
in writing and performing poetry, harnessing your creativity and making it
shine.
Furnace includes: 7 workshops (fortnightly on Fridays, 16th April 04 9th
July 04) and entrance into Apples and Snakes shows on these nights. The
showcase will be on 16th July 04.
If you are 16 25 and interested in taking part in the next Furnace, or
would simply like to find out more, please call Nick at Spread the Word on
020 7735 3111.
15 places available
L10 course fee
You must be able to commit to at least 5 of the 7 workshops.
FREE Friday 2nd April 2004 @ 9.00pm
BAC Cafe, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TN
www.applesandsnakes.org www.spreadtheword.org.uk
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SHINE
Apples and Snakes and the Croydon Clocktower present Croydons brightest new
poetic talent in a showcase event that marks the end of SHINE.
Be the first to see Croydons shining stars take to the stage and perform
previously unheard work in the culmination of a workshop series designed to
bring out the poetic genius of Croydons young people
Featuring: MC Wooly, Ice Cold, Sam, Motife, Prover, Shane, Jay Bernard and
Anya Destiney.
With guest performances by Kat Francois, Aoife Mannix and course tutor
Crisis
Compere: Crisis
If you are between 11 and 16 and interested in taking part in a future
SHINE, please call Monika on 020 7738 0832
FREE Thursday April 1st 2004 @ 7.30pm
Croydon Clocktower Cafe, Katharine Street, Croydon CR9 1ET
To reserve your seat please call the Ticket Office on 020 8253 1030
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Monday 5th April
Poetry Cafe
extract (first act) from Florida, The election play
by Dale Reynolds, ex-patriot American writer
with Dale Reynolds and actors
with discussion
After the coffee break:
opportunity for exiled writers to perform and discuss their work
L3 and L1 members
PRESS RELEASE
FLORIDA, The Election Play
by Dale Reynolds
based on a treatment for the screenplay,
FLORIDA, The Election Movie
This new play dramatizes the events that lead up to the US Supreme Court's
5
to 4 move to make George W. Bush President of the United States.
FLORIDA is based on investigative reporting and eyewitness accounts,
including the
testimony of actual participants in these events. Some of FLORIDA'S
characters have been
created for dramatic purposes, and some are people you will recognize, but
either way, FLORIDA is a drama based on what happened there, before,
during,
and
after November 7, 2000. The Election Play is a THRILLER which cannot be
ignored --
unless American justice and democracy are ignored.
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Performance Arts Management Programme in Washington DC
We are looking for applicants with a minimum of a bachelor's
degree in the arts or a related discipline and at least four years of
professional administrative experience working with a performing arts
organization, or more than five years experience with a professional arts
company (theater, dance, music).
The link to the fellowship webpage is
www.kennedy-center.org/fellowships. An application form can be downloaded
from this site, and bios and photos of all three classes are listed.
The deadline is April 1, 2004 and the ten-month program begins September
2004 and ends June 2005.
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