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A Celebration of Guyana in Poetry and Music
With John Agard, Malika Booker, Grace Nichols and Keith Waithe Friday 28 October 2016 at 6pm; Senate House, London Guyana is a unique country on...
September 12, 20160Stand Up and Spit, Wakefield!
Speaking Volumes and A Firm of Poets bring Ranting poetry to Wakefield’s Red Shed as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations. Accessible, protesting, diverse,...
Arts Council funding for international showcases of British BAME writers
Speaking Volumes secures Arts Council funding to showcase British BAME writers internationally Speaking Volumes is the only literary agency, and one of just...
Breaking Ground at the Mondavi Centre
In May, as part of the Breaking Ground tour, there was a showcase of the Black British writers reading their work to a...
Breaking Ground from NY to LA (almost). How Black British writers conquered the USA – Wednesday 22 June
Come and hear some of the Breaking Ground writers talking in person and on film about their experiences of touring the USA. Event...
What Did Punk Ever Do For Us? Discussion & performance – Saturday 3 July
Stand Up and Spit at the Roundhouse, part of the Punk Weekender Discussion, 13:00-14:30 Punk has a lot to answer for. Much more...
Poetry, Punk and Pints: SUS at Stoke Newington Literary Festival – Friday 3 June
Stand Up and Spit presents: Poetry, Punk and Pints – boozy night of raucous poetry, rambunctious punk rock and rollicking records at Mascara Bar....
Jay Bernard – Breaking Ground interview
“I wanted to go back in history and begin exploring a time when blackness was not the thing it is today.” Jay Bernard...
Breaking Ground showcase at Green Apple Books, SF – Wednesday 4 May 2016
Breaking Ground: Black British Writers at Green Apple Books on the Park, San Francisco Join us in San Francisco for a big event...