Breaking Ground Berlin: A New British Con_Text
8pm, Thursday 16 November 2017 Lettrétage Mehringdamm 61 10961 Berlin, Germany Tickets €5 / 4 From the page to the screen, from words to...
November 5, 20177Breaking Ground: On Film
As part of our upcoming Breaking Ground event at Lettrétage in Berlin, where four writers explore how to push the boundaries of literary...
Breaking Ground: Spain
Breaking Ground once more returns to ASWAD, showcasing British writers of colour at the biennial conference that is taking place in Seville, with...
Unbinding Magazines – a 21st century way of reading?
With Max Liu (Boundless magazine), Karen McCarthy Woolf (poet), John Mitchinson (Unbound Books) and Tim Wells (poet/Rising ‘zine) Friday 6 October 2017 from 6.30-8.30pm...
Breaking Ground Across Continents – at Birmingham Literature Festival
With JJ Bola, Marcia Douglas and Yovanka Paquete Perdigao Friday 13 October 2017, 19:30-21:00 Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square, Broad Street Birmingham B1 2DN...
Writing the Rhythm – Breaking Ground London
With Marcia Douglas, Joshua Idehen, Anthony Joseph and Olive Senior Saturday 14 October 2017 Tickets £12 / £10 / £8 concessions – book...
Breaking Ground in Finland
Black British Poetry at Afroeurope@s & Fest Afrika Thursday 6 July Join five poets who are currently lighting up British stages for a...
A Poetry Masterclass: Terrance Hayes and Caleb Femi
How can a poet constantly reinvent their poetic style to move with the times? And how can they explore identity and culture in...
Masterclass with Patricia Smith and Malika Booker
Learn what it takes to write poetry which speaks in an authentic voice. How does a poet recreate their own experiences on the...
Celebrating the Centenary of Gwendolyn Brooks
Thursday 29 June, 19:00-21:00 British Library, Euston Road, London Tickets £8-12 (concessions available) – get tickets here >> Gwendolyn Brooks was the...
Jay Bernard – Surge: Side A
Jay Bernard performs new material at The Last Word Festival Dorfman Hub, Roundhouse, Camden, London Saturday 3 June 2017, from 7pm Tickets £7.50...
Breaking Ground in the Caribbean
With Linton Kwesi Johnson, Hannah Lowe, Mervyn Morris and Leone Ross Saturday 29 April 2017, 18:00-19:30 – tickets £6.50 Writers of the World Unite,...
London’s Young People’s Laureates Poetry Shoutout!
Poetry readings by Zia Ahmed, Aisling Fahey, Caleb Femi and Belinda Zhawi Saturday 28 – Sunday 29 April 2017, various times; free –...
Novel London Presents … New Writing at Emberton’s
New Fiction at Emberton’s with J J Bola Saturday 29 April 2017, 13:00-13:450 – free, places must be reserved Writers of the World Unite, Waterstones...
Revolutions & Revelations: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule
Igort Tuveri in conversation with Paul Gravett Monday 1 May 2017, 14:00-15:30 – free, places must be reserved Writers of the World Unite, Waterstones...
Life is a Cabaret Old Comrade …
Sadia Azmat, Vanessa Kisuule, Richard Marsh, The Ukulele Lady and her Boy, hosted by Ava Vidal Monday 1 May 2017, 18:30-20:30 – tickets...
Breaking Ground Launch at London Book Fair 2017
Breaking Ground: International Showcases Celebrating British Diversity in Literature with the launch of a new booklet featuring 200 writers of colour and announcing...
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...
Stand 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,...
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....
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...
Breaking Ground at UC Davis – Monday 2 May 2016
The UC DAVIS Department of African American and African Studies presents a Brown Bag featuring: BERNARDINE EVARISTO and JAY BERNARD of the Breaking...
Breaking Ground at NYU, New York – Friday 29 April 2016
THE COLLOQUIUM FOR UNPOPULAR CULTURE and AFRICANA STUDIES, NYU present: BREAKING GROUND: BLACK BRITISH WRITERS U.S. TOUR – BERNARDINE EVARISTO and COLIN GRANT – readings and in...
Breaking Ground showcase at Mondavi Center, CA – Tuesday 3 May 2016
Breaking Ground: Black British Writers Showcase at Mondavi Center, Davis Our big showcase event of the 2016 Breaking Ground Tour comes to California....
SUS at Evidently, Salford – Monday 9 May
Evidently aims to bring poetry back to the masses and prove that it can be more than you were taught in school. It...
Poetry with a Punch: Stand Up and Spit – Wednesday 25 May
Bradford Literature Festival welcomes Stand Up and Spit A poetry revue with a finely honed political edge. Our lineup is multi-talented, featuring musician,...
SUS at Freeway Poets, Bournemouth – Wednesday 15 June
Bournemouth’s premier poetry night opens its doors to Ranting. Stand Up and Spit is partnering Freeway Poets to bring boozy, sweary, ranting poetry...
SUS at Find the Right Words – Wednesday 18 May
Stand Up and Spit is visiting Leicester. As part of the SUS national tour and at the invitation of Find the Right Words,...
Stand Up And Spit at WOWFest 2016 – Thursday 19 May
Stand Up and Spit is back – this time with events around the country. This national series will take Ranting back to the...
Breaking Ground at Seton Hall, New Jersey – Thursday 28 April 2016
Breaking Ground at Seton Hall University We are delighted to announce that our Breaking Ground: Black British Writers US Tour is returning for...
Breaking Ground: Black British Writers booklet
Read the booklet produced for the Breaking Ground US tour, featuring the 10 writers taking part in the events in America, but also...
Breaking Ground in London – Tuesday 6 October
Breaking Ground in London: A Black British Writing Showcase 7pm Tuesday 6 October 2015 Waterstones Piccadilly, 203/206 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9HD Tickets: Free,...
Translation in the Margins – Saturday 3 October
Join Writers’ Centre Norwich for a practical symposium exploring the radical edges of literary translation in a global context. From 10.30am, 3 October...
To Better Ourselves: Hidden Stories of Migration – Friday 2 October
The human story has always been one of migration, journeying across seas and continents to find work, water, food, comfort and joy …...
Crossing Over: The Legacy of Ranting Poetry – Thursday 25 June 2015
Stand Up and Spit takes over Late at Brixton’s Black Cultural Archives for a series of activities paying tribute to Jamaican poet Michael...
Stand Up And Spit – The Big One
7.30pm Thursday 18 June – Camden Centre, Euston Road, London NW1 Tickets £15 / £11 concessions – get them here! The Big One...
Ladies of the Press at ELN VII
We are very excited to be welcoming the wonderful Ladies of the Press to London’s 2015 European Literature Night. These two talented women...
The Emerging Translators’ Network Translation Clinic – 13 May
ELN VII: Trade Secrets Are you interested in the world of literary translation? Do you have burning questions about how to get involved,...
Read – and Write – All About It! – 13 May
The ever-surprising, ever-imaginatve Ladies of the Press will be at ELN for the first time. Their pop-up press will be stationed at the...
The Lunchtime Launch – 13 May
ELN VII: Trade Secrets A slice of European literature and translation. Buy yourself some lunch and get a taste of Europe. Spain’s Jesús...
Bridging the Gap – Stories and histories in translation – 13 May
ELN VII: The Workshops If writing attempts to create links between past and present, the foreign and the familiar, dreams and reality, then...
The Choreography of Translation – 13 May
ELN VII: The Workshops How does literature from smaller European nations, written in less well-known languages or from less familiar traditions, reach wider...
ELN VII: The Writers – 13 May
European Literature Night’s seventh appearance in the UK takes us on an engaging literary tour of the continent. Travelling from the northerly reaches...
ELN VII: In Spoken Word – 13 May
Telling the stories of the continent through the universal rhythm of poetry, a host of Europe’s most vibrant poets and spoken word artists...
ELN VII: When Home Is Far Away – 3 June
Living away from home, being away from family nowhere near the touchstones of childhood memories is something many of us choose to do....
ELN VII: The Translation Pitch – 4 June
The ELN Translation Pitch – New Literary Voices Eight enthralling books by contemporary European writers which have not yet been translated into English...
ELN VII: Liars’ League – 9 June
The ELN Liars’ League – Near & Far: New European Writing Writers write, actors read, audience listens, everybody wins. That’s the motto of...
Stand Up and Spit at Bang Said the Gun – Thursday 26 March 2015
We are very happy that the first Stand Up and Spit event of our 2015 London Ranting series is at Bang Said the...
Stand Up and Spit Launch: Forgotten Rants – Thursday 23 April 2015
The official launch of the London Stand Up and Spit series takes place on Thursday 23 April as a host of Ranters old...
Talking Liberties – Friday 15 May 2015
Working-class, protesting poets gave themselves a voice through verse, performance and ‘zines. Join us a the British Library as a distinguished panel of...
SUS at LATE at the Library – Friday 15 May 2015
Following the Talking Liberties panel discussion at the British Library Conference Centre, Salena Godden and Tim Wells will be performing of their own...
‘Zines Workshops – Saturday 13 June 2015
The Gutter Press – a practical guide to zines, ranting and hand-to-hand protest. Come to the brilliant Alternative MAGNA CARTA Festival, learn about...
Stand Up and Spit at the Betsey – Saturday 13 June 2015
Stand Up and Spit – Zines, Rants and Beer at The Betsey Trotwood Join us for a celebration of all things Ranting with...
Crossing Over: The Legacy of Ranting Poetry – Thursday 25 June 2015
Stand Up and Spit takes over Late at Brixton’s Black Cultural Archives for a series of activities paying tribute to Jamaican poet Michael...
Stand Up and Spit Exhibition
A banner exhibition featuring everything you could want to know about Ranting, along with materials including records, ‘zines and books, will be on...
Poetry Parnassus in Libraries
In partnership with The Reading Agency, we took Poetry Parnassus into six libraries across the country to present free community events with international...
Poetry Parnassus at Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre
Whilst the Olympics offered an unprecedented opportunity for the UK to welcome athletes, artists and visitors from across the world, we felt that...
The Inspiration of ‘Exile’ – Friday 14 November
As part of the Europe House Festival of Literature, celebrating the EU Prize for Literature to be awarded on 18 November 2014, Speaking...
How ‘human’ is humanism? – Tuesday 4 November
As part of the Europe House Festival of Literature, Speaking Volumes presents How ‘human’ is humanism? Entry to this event is free but...
What is AfroEurope@s
AfroEurope@s IV: Black Cultures and Identities in Europe: Continental Shifts, Shifts in Perception An inter-disciplinary conference with papers covering literature, history, music, theatre,...
Of Another World – Canterbury
Of Another World will be performed at the Penny Theatre as part of the Canterbury Fringe Festival. This poignant narrative is delivered entirely...