Small Publishers Fair 2022
The Small Publishers Fair brings to Conway Hall sixty nine publishers from across the UK and further afield. It is a snapshot of some of best small press publishing around today and includes artists’ books, fine press editions, poetry pamphlets and zines.
Andrey Kurkov in conversation with Philippe Sands
Join Andrey Kurkov to celebrate the publication of Diary of an Invasion. One of the most important Ukrainian voices throughout the Russian invasion, the author of Death and the Penguin and Grey Bees collects his searing dispatches from the heart of Kyiv. This journal of the invasion, a collection of Andrey’s writings and broadcasts from Kyiv, is a remarkable record […]
Death of an Orange
Death of an Orange is a new bi-lingual play based on Ekjon Komolalebu (To Be An Orange). The play is written by the award-winning Bengali author Shahaduz Zaman in collaboration with Mukul and Ghetto Tigers and tells the story of the life and work of a modern Bengali poet, Jibanananda Das (b.1899 d.1954). He is […]
Resisting Through Rest – Black Indies and the Pandemic
When a farmer prepares their land for the coming agricultural season, there are years when they will plough the soil and stop at that. No seeds are sown, no crops are harvested — they simply let the land lie fallow. Onyx Magazine’s discussion will be based around incorporating rest into organisational structures and the concept […]
Activate Your Creativity – Words of Colour
Explore your relationship to creativity and self expression through breathwork, visualisation, meditation, free writing, reading and guided discussion. Led by creative wellbeing practitioner and writing coach Patsy Isles and creative entrepreneur and Words of Colour’s executive director Joy Francis, this two-hour interactive session is for people who don’t ‘believe’ they are creative but want to […]
Beyond the Rebel Nazrul Islam
This show for families and young people will explore the life of Nazrul Islam (Kazi Nuzrul Islam) who was born 24th May 1899 in Asansol, India. He was a prolific writer, poet, musician (often referred to as The Rebel) whose collection of 4,000 songs, poetries and writings form what is considered the embodiment of Bengali […]
From Thoughts to Paper – Writers Workshop
Join an intimate writing workshop with experienced professionals from various writing backgrounds. An open space to ask questions, participate in group and solo activities, alongside connecting with other writers.
Words and Deeds – Natalie Harper & Alex Pearson
Words and Deeds is a selection of three short plays and two monologues of suffrage pieces, which were contemporary to the time of Women’s Suffrage in Britain. A selection of Suffrage Plays written when women had to fight to speak their minds about the inequality of society, and linking across time to the women of […]
Words and Deeds – Natalie Harper & Alex Pearson
Words and Deeds is a selection of three short plays and two monologues of suffrage pieces, which were contemporary to the time of Women’s Suffrage in Britain. A selection of Suffrage Plays written when women had to fight to speak their minds about the inequality of society, and linking across time to the women of […]