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SUMMARY:Black British Book Festival on Tour
DESCRIPTION:“Manchester has been unveiled as one of cities taking centre stage in a summer tour to celebrate the Black British Book Festival this year. \nIn its third year the Black British Book Festival is Europe’s largest celebration of black literature and a fast-growing and a widely acclaimed event showcasing black authors and providing a platform for established and up and coming writers across the country. \nChampioning emerging talent\, hear from leading voices in Manchester Central Library on Sunday 17 September and discover your new favourite Black authors at this family festival that aims to banish barriers to entry. \nStorytelling\, workshops and talks\, from key black authors including Derek Owusu\, Manchester based poet Jackie Kay and author Kehinde Andrews\, British academic and author specialising in Black Studies\, will be part of the festival event taking place in Manchester Central Library. \nOre Agbaje-Williams and Lola Jaye will lead workshops\, and children and adult and children’s authors Ella Phillips and Kimberley Whittam and Jaqueline Ro will also take part in the planned events. \nManchester Libraries & Archives and Read Manchester will also promote their See Myself in Book collections on the day\, which ensure books are racially inclusive. \nTickets for the event are free.  \nCouncillor John Hacking\, Executive Member for Skills Employment\, and Leisure said: \n” We have a wealth of interesting and creative talent in Manchester across diverse communities\, so I am particularly pleased that we are hosting this family friendly festival\, of established and emerging black British authors representing all literature genres\, in Manchester Central Library.  We need to be able to reach out to all communities to make literature more accessible and engaging and break down barriers to inspire a love of reading and light the spark for future generations in the city. This is a step in the right direction.” \nThe festival has partnered with major publishers including Pan Macmillan\, Hachette\, Penguin and SAGE.
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CATEGORIES:Book Fair,Family,Performance,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Word Central
DESCRIPTION:Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word. Presented by Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press Tuesday 26th September\, 6.00pm – 7.45pm. \nHosted by Tony Curry with special guest Janine Booth \nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 12th September via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk \nN.B. Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer – it is essential that you stay within this timeframe \nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking time. If they are already filled you will be offered a place on the reserve list. \nEvent host Tony Curry is a performance poet\, playwright\, and workshop facilitator. Raised in Crawley by English and South African parents\, he has lived and worked in Manchester for three decades\, running literature-in-the-community projects with a specific leaning towards mental health and wellbeing. Tony’s solo spoken word shows include Brit Boy\, Complicit Relations\, Moving and The Odyssey\, performed at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre. His play\, The Teddy Bear\, was staged at Manchester’s Contact Theatre and his work has been exhibited at the city’s art gallery and museum. His latest poetry collection\, We Kid Ourselves\, is available from Flapjack Press. \nSeptember’s special guest is Janine Booth\, a Marxist\, trade unionist\, Labour Party member\, socialist-feminist\, supporter of Workers’ Liberty\, autistic\, bi\, author\, poet\, disaffected middle-aged woman and Peterborough United fan. She writes and delivers trade union training\, particularly on equalities issues\, and speaks widely on socialist politics\, history\, disabled people’s rights\, autism\, and neurodiversity. Janine co-edited the anthology NeurodiVERSE for Flapjack Press and her collection of prose and poetry\, The Big J vs The Big C: Issues\, Experiences and Poems in the Battle Against Breast Cancer\, is also available now. \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-8/
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CATEGORIES:Performance,Readings
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