Tag: Saturday

Our Daughters’ Fathers

Our Daughters’ Fathers Saturday 6 July, 11:15 – 12:30 British Library Knowledge Centre, Main Auditorium With Theresa Lola, Keisha Thompson, Sitawa Namwalie & Fatimah Kelleher. Love, fear, pain and joy – just some of the things that characterise daughters’ relationships…

Africa in London

Africa in London Saturday 6 July, 11:30 – 12:15 British Library Knowledge Centre, Bronte Room With Kinsi Abdulleh, Ashley Hickson-Lovecone, JJ Bola and Debo Amon. Join us for a collective listening session to hear the diverse sounds and stories of…

Africa Writes Young Voices Education Surgery

Africa Writes Young Voices Education Surgery Saturday 6 July, 11:15 – 12:45 British Library Knowledge Centre, Eliot Room How do we enrich the classroom with African literature? Joanna Brown shares Africa Writes: Young Voices booklists and creative teaching ideas for…

SAFE: Black British Men

SAFE: Black British Men Saturday 6 July, 12:30 – 13:45 British Library Knowledge Centre, Bronte Room With Derek Owusu, Yomi Sode, Okechukwu Nzelu and Alex Wheatle. What is the experience of Black men in Britain? With continued conversation around British…

The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell

The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell Saturday 6 July, 12:45 – 13:15 British Library Knowledge Centre, Main Auditorium Book launch with the author chaired by award-winning poet Kayo Chingonyi. Winner of the Caine Prize 2015, writer Namwali Serpell launches her…

Afropean by Johny Pitts & A Stranger’s Pose by Emmanuel Iduma

Afropean by Johny Pitts & A Stranger’s Pose by Emmanuel Iduma Saturday 6 July, 13:30 – 14:30 British Library Knowledge Centre, Main Auditorium Double book launch exploring identity and crossing borders in Europe & Africa through photography and prose. Chaired…

Meet the Publishers: YA Edition

Meet the Publishers: YA Edition Saturday 6 July, 14:00 – 15:15 British Library Knowledge Centre, Bronte Room With Aimée Felone (Knights Of) , Jasmine Richards (Storymix), Sarah Odedina (Accord Literary / Pushkin Press), and Alice Curry (Latana Publishing). Working on…

Family Listening Session: Story Story, Story Come

Family  Listening Session: Story Story, Story Come  Saturday 6 July, 14.15 – 14.45 Location: Harry M Weinrebe Learning Centre at The British Library FREE / Drop in For ages 2 – 11 Story Story, Story Come – Re-Imagined Folktales from Africa anthology…

Poetry & Mathematics: Workshop for Young Adults

Poetry & Mathematics: Workshop for Young Adults Saturday 6 July, 14:15 – 15:45 British Library Knowledge Centre, Eliot Room Create poetry out of mathematical data, and find inspiration from unlikely places with Keisha Thompson. In this workshop, poet Keisha Thompson…