Speaking Volumes

Speaking Volumes is a live literature organisation specialising in getting underrepresented voices heard, reaching diverse audiences and finding exciting ways to present the work of writers.

Breaking Ground Ireland On Film

Fifteen writers from different generations, backgrounds and heritages on film reading their work and speaking about what being part of the rich diversity of Irish culture means to them – watch Breaking Ground Ireland On Film here.

Women Speak Volumes: Events

Following seven inspiring public conversations in the first half of the year as part of the Women Speak Volumes programme, there are two panels coming up. ‘The Stories That Women Tell’ at Off the Shelf, Sheffield in October, and ‘Women Speak Volumes in Verse’ at Push the Boat Out, Edinburgh in November.
Find out more here.

Breaking Ground Ireland Live

New Breaking Ground Ireland events coming up – see some of the featured writers at Off the Shelf in Sheffield, Europe House in Dublin, a special event in Bath and Push the Boat Out in Edinburgh as part of Breaking Ground Ireland Live. Find out more here.

Women Speak Volumes Between Generations

A new hybrid project that aims to amplify the neglected contributions of pioneering older Black women creatives and inspire the next generation to develop their own community.

In partnership with Words of Colour and the George Padmore Institute, and generously funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Beyond Literature Borders

The inaugural Beyond Literature Borders programme is complete. Find out about the successful projects and partnerships created and run by the grantees here.

Mapping the Future – In Conversation

Nick Makoha, Denise Saul, Yomi Sode and Karen McCarthy Woolf talk to programme director Nathalie Teitler about the success of The Complete Works, the effect that it had on them as poets and artists, and the impact on the poetry sector in general.

New and Current Projects

Find out what we are currently working on and what is coming up.

Epic Conversation: Bernardine Evaristo and Roger Robinson

For the final event of the A Portable Paradise Tour, TS Eliot Prize winner Roger Robinson was interviewed by Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo. This Epic Conversation took place at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, with a special invited audience of established and emerging writers, producers and supporters who have been part of Roger’s journey to his book and who he wanted to celebrate with. This is a short extract bt you can watch the full conversation here.

Past Projects

Linton Kwesi Johnson

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