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THE CONFERENCE: NARRATING THE CARIBBEAN NATION
14 & 15 April 2012
9.30am –5.00pm
Leeds Metropolitan University, The Rosebowl, City Campus
Portland Way, Leeds, LS1 3HB, UK
• Keynote speaker - Kwame Dawes
• Meet Peepal Tree authors
• Special launch events & readings
• Book stalls
• Panels & presentations by international writers and
• scholars from the Caribbean, Africa, USA and Europe
Book online NOW! http://narratingthecaribbeannation.eventbrite.com/
The conference panels, discussions, presentations and readings
examine culture, politics, identities, childhood, performance and many
other topics in the context of the Caribbean and its diasporas and
discuss how the past 25 years of Caribbean writing connects to, and
builds on, classic texts of Caribbean literature.
We will showcase new and classic works in print and in performance
revealing a rich body of both Caribbean and Black British writing from
visiting guest Peepal Tree writers including Curdella Forbes, Kendel
Hippolyte, Keith Jardim, Anton Nimblett, Raymond Ramcharitar, Tanya
Shirley and Donna Aza Weir-Soley.
Plus UK based Peepal Tree writers Lakshmi Persaud, Dorothea Smartt
& local writers Khadijah Ibrahiim, Simon Murray, Desiree Reynolds &
friends of PTP, Alison Donnell & Thomas Glave; and the launch of
Inscribe National with Jacob Ross.
14 April
CARIBBEAN WORD BUFFET
Join us for a celebratory Caribbean buffet with music and
performances from visiting guest authors and local writers 7pm-
10pm Tickets £20 - Food by Dutch Pot - yum!
Book online all are welcome, you don’t have to come to the
conference.
FREE EVENTS!
13 April A Creative Writing Workshop using Caribbean Modern
Classics
2.30-4.30pm A fantastic opportunity to work with Curdella Forbes on
a creative workshop using the texts of Edgar Mittelholzer. Please book
in advance: 0113 336 7683
Venue: Chapeltown Library, The Reginald Centre 263 Chapeltown
Road Leeds LS7 3EX
13 April Caribbean Modern Classics: Readings from visiting & local
writers
5-6.30pm Readings selected by visiting and local writers inspired by
the Caribbean Modern Classics Series.
Venue: Chapeltown Library, The Reginald Centre 263 Chapeltown
Road Leeds LS7 3EX Tel : 0113 336 7683
16 April The Heart of It: Blacklesbian & Blackgay writers
7pm Join us at Waterstones for the launch of Seni Seneviratne’s new
poetry collection, The Heart of It, plus a rare opportunity to hear
exciting LGBTQ writers read together in Leeds.
Venue: Waterstones, 93-97 Albion Street, Leeds, LS1 5JS. Call to
book 01132 444588
17 April Read the Book, Meet the Author
5-7pm Anton Nimblett is the author of a popular short story
collection, Sections of an Orange, plus a chance to find out about the
reading group at the library.
Venue: Chapeltown Library, The Reginald Centre 263 Chapeltown
Road Leeds LS7 3EX Tel : 0113 336 7683
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