What's on
2013 EVENTS
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13 APRIL: CREATIVE SALON, LEICESTER
a Forum for creativity, connecting and sharing
Creative Salon is a relaxing and stimulating forum for all who work in, support, or are interested in, poetry and spoken word whether you are a writer, artist, practitioner, producer, small business owner, agency, or have a newly created role. Internationally renowned poet Jean 'Binta' Breeze and creative practitioners Jo Blake Cave, Matthew Churcher and Melanie Abrahams offer insights as guest presenters followed by general discussion. Read more about Creative Salon here
11 APRIL: Tilt's London Liming: where spoken word meets carnival
PRINCE ABDI, ALEXANDER D GREAT, FEMI MARTIN, TIM CLARE, MELANIE ABRAHAMS, TIM BOMBDOG
This Tilt’s London Liming offers an enthusiastic and fun-filled event, where people can mix, drink and dance. Running with a theme of COMEDY MEETS KAISO this is an unmissable treat. Read more here.
"It creates a sense of involvement lacking at many literary events..."London Book Fair Magazine
13 JUNE: Tilt's London Liming: carnival and spoken word party
SOWETO KINCH, PATIENCE AGBABI, MARK GWYNNE-JONES
This Tilt’s London Liming offers an enthusiastic and fun-filled event, where people can mix, drink and dance. With a special theme of COMBUSTICATION! this is an unmissable blend of music and spoken word featuring MOBO Award Winner and Mercury Prize Nominee alto-saxophonist and rapper SOWETO KINCH, plus poetry from the acclaimed PATIENCE AGBABI and MARK GWYNNE-JONES.
SOWETO KINCH is one of the most exciting and versatile young musicians in both the British jazz and hip hop scenes. A graduate in Modern History from Oxford University, he has amassed an impressive list of accolades and awards on both sides of the Atlantic - including a Mercury Music Prize nomination, two UMA Awards and a MOBO for best Jazz Act. In 2007, he won his second MOBO Award where he was announced as the winner in the Best Jazz Act category - fending off stiff competition from the likes of Wynton Marsalis. As a hip hop MC and producer he has supported and performed alongside KRS ONE, Dwele, Mos Def, Rodney P and BBC 1-Xtra's Twin B.
SOME EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
A snapshot of past events, book launches & tours
HIGHLIGHTS: 2011 - SPRING 2012
19 Feb: INSPIRED WORD: TONGUE FU WITH SOWETO KINCH, CHRIS REDMOND AND JAN BLAKE
The Royal Albert Hall, in association with Renaissance One presents:
TONGUE FU, one of London’s liveliest spoken word nights, comes to the Elgar Room. A riotous experiment in live literature, music, film and improvisation, it is surprising, sometimes hilarious, often poignant and always unrehearsed. The evening features MOBO award winning and Mercury Music Prize nominated alto-saxophonist and MC SOWETO KINCH; performance poet and musician CHRIS REDMOND; one of Europe's leading storytellers, JAN BLAKE; and the TONGUE FU band.
SOWETO KINCH is one of the most exciting and versatile young musicians in both the British jazz and hip hop scenes. Undoubtedly, one of the few artists in either genre with a degree in Modern History from Oxford University he has amassed an impressive list of accolades and awards on both sides of the Atlantic - including a Mercury Music Prize nomination, two UMA Awards and a MOBO for best Jazz Act. In 2007, he won his second MOBO Award where he was announced as the winner in the Best Jazz Act category - fending off stiff competition from the likes of Wynton Marsalis. His skills as a hip hop MC and producer have also garnered him recognition in the urban music world: having supported the likes of KRS ONE, Dwele and TY, and being championed by the likes of Mos Def, Rodney P and BBC 1-Xtra's Twin B.
Date: 19 February, 8.00 PM
Venue: Royal Albert Hall, Elgar Room.
For Booking, please click here.
Photo by Maria Nunes
19 OCT: TILT presents Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago at 50
Part of Jamdown Meets Liming at the V&A
A carnival-style mash-up of the best artists from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, based in the UK. Join us for the sounds, tastes and feeling of the islands - dancing optional!
LONDON LIMING: carnival meets spoken word ANTHONY JOSEPH, SALENA GODDEN, ATTILLAH SPRINGER, HANNAH LOWE, MELANIE ABRAHAMS, KAY REMEDY and guests
Music, literature readings and performance by internationally renowned dub poet LINTON KWESI JOHNSON, UK Calypso Monarch Winner 2010 & 2011 ALEXANDER D GREAT and a special presentation of Lovers Rock Monologues by JANET KAY, VICTOR ROMERO EVANS and CARROLL THOMPSON.
9 OCT: Creative Salon at Rich Mix
a renaissance one and Apples and Snakes partnership
renaissance one and Apples and Snakes co-host a CREATIVE SALON for writers, creative practitioners and producers - our last session was in October 2012.
The event is a fun, relaxing forum, with the emphasis on creativity, connecting and sharing.Within each salon there is conversation, short presentations and skills sharing within a convivial environment, and the chance to meet new artists and practitioners. The salons offer support, opportunities and mentoring, areas of great importance for the literature sector.
The October session featured presentations from Jamaican journalist and writer DIANA MCCAULAY and ALEXEI NUNES and colleagues from MELLOW 9 (film company).
The Venue: Rich Mix (Bar), 35 Bethnal Green Rd London E1 6LA
Who is it for? For writers, practitioners, producers, spoken word artists and all those who work in, support, or are interested in, literature, poetry and spoken word formats. In true salon style it is cosmopolitan, and all are welcome.
Speakers featured at previous salons have included playwrights and poets DEAN ATTA, DEANNA RODGER and PHILIP WELLS, fundraising consultant ANGEL DAHOUK, poet and co-founder of Bang Said The Gun DAN COCKRILL, writer and producer ANJAN SAHA, poet and Artistic Director of Slambassadors UK JOELLE TAYLOR, spoken word, hip-hop and theatre writer-performer SIMON MOLE, Fundraising and Arts Consultant ANGEL DAHOUK, music producer TABITHA TIMOTHY a music producer, RAKESH PARMAR a marketing practitioner, writer and editor NIALL O'SULLIVAN, and artist RICHARD MARSH.
The Salon is followed by a live Spoken Word Show - where 'spoken word meets music and carnival' - called Tilt's London Liming. Read more at www.ontilt.org.
How often does the salon run? Every other month, however due to a planning break, the next salon will be on 11 APRIL 2013 at 4pm.
7 OCT: Black Beats: Amiri Baraka in Conversation
Tilt, renaissance one and the British Library present AMIRI BARAKA.
Before the Beats there was Jazz poetry. Experience an unmissable visit by the world-renowned poet, a leading figure of the evolution of the spoken word genre, who has influenced politics, artistic practice and cultural change on an international scale. During this event, Baraka will be offering readings and performance from the rich collection of his work. The reading will be preceded by a Q & A between Baraka and Dr Corinne Fowler on his career and influences.
His controversial career spans five decades: from his involvement with Jack Kerouac and the Beats in the 1960s through Black cultural nationalism to collaboration with the hip-hop group The Roots.
'As a contemporary American artist Baraka must be ranked with the likes of John Coltrane, Ralph Ellison…; as the Father of the Black Arts Movement'. William J. Harris
Baraka will introduced by Corinne Fowler, a Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature at the University of Leicester, UK. He will then be offering readings and performance from the rich collection of his work.
(Catch him on the 2nd and 5th of Oct)
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5 OCT: JUBILATION! Celebrating 50 Years of Jamaican Independence
Kwame Dawes, Mervyn Morris, Janett Plummer, Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Kay Remedy
Enjoy an evening of poetry, songs and readings marking the 50th birthday of Jamaica's independence and the publication of a major new anthology, Jubilation!
Two of the best-known Jamaican poets, MERVYN MORRIS and KWAME DAWES, are joined by writer JANETT PLUMMER, musician AYANNA and singer-songwriter KAY REMEDY, to reflect on the historical moment of independence and the years that have followed.
Kwame Dawes is a distinguished international poet, a writer of over thirty books and an accomplished playwright, producer, actor and singer. Born in Ghana and raised in Jamaica, he is a winner of awards including an Emmy Award and the Forward Prize.
“Kwame Dawes is one of the most important writers of his generation ….a mighty and lasting body of work...”. Elizabeth Alexander (Poet, Inaugural Ceremony, President Obama)
Mervyn Morris is an established Jamaican poet, published by among others the prestigious Carcanet publishing house. In 1992 he was Visiting Writer- in-Residence at the South Bank Centre and he is Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing & West Indian Literature at the University of the West Indies.
“An engraver in short, sharp, slashes that go deep”. Andrew Salkey
Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Venue: Conference Centre, British Library
Price: £7.50 / £5 concessions
For more information and booking, click here
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22 SEP: CREATIVE SALON, LEICESTER
Forum for creativity, connecting and sharing
Creative Salon is a relaxing and stimulating forum for all who work in, support, or are interested in, poetry and spoken word whether you are a writer, artist, practitioner, producer, small business owner, agency, or have a newly created role. Performance poets and creative practitioners PANYA BANJOKO and JOHN BERKAVITCH offered insights as guest presenters followed by general discussion. Read more about Creative Salon here
3 SEP: OUT OF BOUNDS, LONDON LAUNCH
Britain re-mapped through a selection of writing on place
renaissance one and the British Library presents an evening of poetry and prose with some of Britain’s best Black and Asian poets. Celebrating the re-mapping of Britain created through Out of Bounds, a new poetry anthology from Bloodaxe Books edited by Jackie Kay, James Procter and Gemma Robinson, you are invited to help us launch the book in London, and join us on a riveting sensory journey from Aberdeen to Isle of Wight with readings by acclaimed poets and writers JOHN AGARD, GRACE NICHOLS, DALJIT NAGRA and CAROL LEEMING.
6.30pm - 8pm Tickets £7.50/£5 concessions.
Book tickets via the British Library (Photo of Carol Leeming)
Photo of Roger Robinson (See him at Talk Time: Independence! 18 Aug and 19 Aug, at 4 pm. More details below.)
12 - 25 AUG: LONDON IS THE PLACE FOR ME
Trinidad and Tobago 50 Years Independence Festival
London Is the Place For Me festival commemorates and celebrates 50 years of Trinidad and Tobago independence at the Tricycle Theatre from Sun 12 - Sat 25 August.This two week happening offers some of T & T's finest artists, thinkers and shapers including EARL LOVELACE, DEBRA ROMAIN, PAUL KEENS DOUGLAS, ALEXANDER D GREAT, MARTINA LAIRD, LAWRENCE SCOTT, MONIQUE ROFFEY, AMANDA SMYTH, ANTHONY JOSEPH, ROGER ROBINSON and a book launch of THE POEMS OF SAM SELVON. Curated by MELANIE ABRAHAMS and DOMINIQUE LE GENDRE.
Invitation to A Great Day In Britain - 25 Years On
10 JUNE: A Great Day In Britain - 25 Years On
A quarter of a century of advancing political representation
The Bernie Grant Trust in association with Bernie Grant Arts Centre and renaissance one invites you to commemorate
A Great Day In Britain - 25 Years On
A reunion and celebration of progress marking a quarter of a century of advancing political representation
5.30pm to 9pm at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre N15 4RX
offers Reunion, Commemoration, Food, Music, Film, Spoken Word and more, including performances by Shazia Mirza, Alexander D Great and Adisa
Free admission, but please RSVP to renaissance one at hq@renaissanceone.co.uk by midday 10 June 2012
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2 JUNE: EXTREME HAPPY FAIR
John Hegley, Jasmine Cooray, Prince Abdi, Jonny Blamey, Philip Wells & more
Saturday 2 June at 6pm
EXTREME HAPPY FAIR: a ‘spoken word fair' of speech juggling, poetry, live art, lucky dips, philosophy, and jam. Featuring Poet In Residence John Hegley, poet Jasmine Cooray, Comedian Prince Abdi, THE EXTREME HAPPINESS EXPERIMENT by Mesmer, Mystic, Philosopher and Magician Jonny Blamey, poet Philip Wells and other assorted guests. Free, BOOK HERE
14 May & 16 May: Pete (the temp) Verses Climate Change
Poet tries to solve climate change using only his mouth!
‘Poetry’s answer to Mark Thomas…expert performance skills’ Chortle
Pete The Temp (BA, MA, PhD, PDF) is a poet, a lover and a damn fine administrator. Watch him solve the climate change using only his mouth! High octane spoken word meets musical comedy, political commentary, and audience participation in this hour long show.
14 and 16 May at 8pm: The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, London SE8 4AG Tickets £7/£5 BOOK TICKETS HERE
About Pete The Temp: Pete has shared a stage with Bill Bailey, Mark Thomas, Stewart Lee, Josie Long, John Hegley, Elvis McGonnagal and Howard Marx and performed at over 20 festivals – Edinburgh, Oxford, Bristol and Brighton Fringe - making him about as common a feature in a festival field as a porter loo.
Visit Pete's website HERE
Show produced by renaissance one, in association with Apples and Snakes, The Albany and the Cockpit Theatre, and is supported by Arts Council England.
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9 FEB: 'TILT'S LONDON LIMING' MEETS 'COME RHYME WITH ME'
a mashup of spoken word, music, song, drinks and food
Tilt’s London Liming teamed up with Come Rhyme With Me (Dean Atta and Deanna Rodger) to present an array of delicious spoken word, song and music appetisers and poetic main courses from the award-winning INUA ELLAMS, FLOetic Lara, JASMINE COORAY , JAMES MASSIAH, MARIA FERGUSON & DOUGIE HASTINGS, and hosted by DEAN ATTA, DEANNA RODGER and MELANIE ABRAHAMS. Plus soca, Brazilian, reggae and dance tunes by DJ CLIFFY. More info HERE
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8 DEC: Tilt's LONDON LIMING
spoken word & music meets carnival at Rich Mix
Tilt’s London Liming: where spoken word meets carnival is on 8 December 7.30pm at Rich Mix
featuring Michael Horovitz, Charlie Dark, Francesca Beard, Sureshot, James Ingham and host Melanie Abrahams. Music by DJ Cliffy.
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10 NOV: Literary Leicester Festival
Grace Nichols and John Agard: 7.30pm - 8.30pm
renaissance one presents Grace Nichols and John Agard at the exciting Literary Leicester festival presented by the University of Leicester. From Guyana to the shores of England,Grace Nichols and John Agard have provided the world with an honest and searing insight into the poetry artform, their beloved country and Guyana's connection with the world. Both poets are studied on the GCSE curriculum.
Grace Nichols’s first poetry collection, ‘I is a Long-Memoried Woman’, was published in 1983 and won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize.
John Agard is a playwright, poet, short-story
and children’s writer. ‘The Young Inferno’ (2008), a
poetic reworking of Dante’s Infern for young people,
won the 2009 CLPE Poetry Award.
Time: 7.30pm - 8.30pm at the Peter Williams Lecture Theatre, Fielding Johnson Building South Wing, University of Leicester.
Tickets free and available from Embrace Arts on 0116 252 2455. Event in association with the University of Leicester
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7 NOV: CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL & JACOB SAM-LA ROSE
Book Launch: 'Running The Dusk' and 'Breaking Silence'
Monday 7 November 7pm at Free Word Centre
renaissance one with Peepal Tree, Bloodaxe and Free Word launched the first full-length poetry collections by Christian Campbell - 'Running The Dusk' - and Jacob Sam-La Rose - 'Breaking Silence'. The evening offered readings by both poets of their new work and a Q & A, set within a salon style environment.
Both poets are active, resonant and connecting within the international literature scene; they explore the poetry form, modernity and their Caribbean heritage and links, in ways that is invigorating to the poetry form, and its possibilities.
What they say...
“Running the Dusk gives us a new voice for Caribbean arts and letters...the gutsy work of a long-distance runner who possesses the wit and endurance, the staying power of authentic genius.” Yusef Komunyakaa
About Jacob Sam-La Rose ‘Passionate about poetry and its power to change people’s lives, he’s a lesson to us all. He’s also a damn fine writer.’ Patrick Neate
Jacob Sam-La Rose has often been cited as ‘a one-man literary industry’ for his galvanising ethos within literature . He is the Artistic Director of the London Teenage Poetry SLAM, an editor for flipped eye press and a facilitator of many literature and participation projects. His work has appeared in Identity Parade and Michael Rosen’s A-Z: The Best Children’s Poetry from Agard to Zephaniah, and his pamphlet Communion was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice in 2006.
Christian Campbell studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and lives in Toronto. He has received grants and fellowships from Cave Canem, the Arvon Foundation, the Fine Arts Work Center and elsewhere. He lives in Toronto. He was in England in 2011 as a winner of the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize 2010, one of the most important and established poetry awards in the UK.
20 - 25 October: Gary Younge Spoken Word Talk Series
Talk on identity: Who Are We - And Should It Matter In the 21st Century?
Gary Younge’s recent book 'Who Are We - and Should It Matter in the 21st Century?' offers a timely overview of identity and affiliation in changing times. This tour presents Younge in a lively spoken word format that includes readings of extracts from the book, searing presentation and a Q & A. He tours to Birmingham, Nottingham, London, Sheffield and Bristol.
JEAN 'BINTA' BREEZE TOUR: THIRD WORLD GIRL
ENGLAND BOOK TOUR, JUNE TO NOVEMBER
Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze tours her new Book-DVD Third World Girl to the following cities and venues:
ENGLAND TOUR DATES
21 June LEICESTER Hansom Hall
23 June BIRMINGHAM Birmingham Central Library,
9 July LEDBURY Ledbury Poetry Festival
19 July LONDON New Beacon Books, London
6 October ILKLEY Ilkley Playhouse
15 October RUTLAND open all day from 11am
Rutland Museum, Catmose St, Oakham LE15 6HW 01572 758 440
In association with The Lyric Lounge and Writing East Midlands
22 October MANCHESTER Contact Theatre, Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6JA
In association with Manchester Literature Festival and Speakeasy MORE INFO HERE
Tour produced by renaissance one in partnership with Bloodaxe, and with Birmingham Libraries, BASS Festival, Punch Records, Birmingham Council, Writing East Midlands, The Lyric Lounge, Ledbury Festival, Ilkley Literature Festival, Writing School Leicester, Leicester Adult Skills and Writing Service, New Beacon Books, George Padmore Institute, Manchester Literature Festival, Contact Theatre, Speakeasy. Supported by Arts Council England. Third World Girl is published by Bloodaxe (2011)
TV ARTS FEATURE
renaissance one on Vox Africa
Earlier this year renaissance one teamed up with Vox Africa who produce the 'Shoot The Messenger' magazine show, to develop three arts segments presenting the best in spoken word.
The first segment in March offered an insight into Caribbean spoken word and Jamaican folklorist Louise Bennett click here to watch
The April segment featured writer-performer Adisa click here to watch
The May-June segment featured Jean 'Binta' Breeze
The show is broadcast on Sundays at 13:00 GMT on Sky Channel 218 and on demand via www.voxafrica.co.uk. Watch it here
JEAN 'BINTA' BREEZE: London Book Launch
Tuesday 19 July at 6.30pm
Jean 'Binta' Breeze - what they say 'A major, perhaps even a great voice. For stature, Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze invites a Caribbean comparison with Maya Angelou, except that her range is broader still. Her poetry shifts effortlessly through standard English to a native Jamaican which has no equal in its emotional depth' The Herald
Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze launches her new Book-DVD Third World Girl in London at New Beacon Books. New Beacon was one of the first venues to host Jean when she arrived from Jamaica as a young aspirant poet and communicator and it has cut a dash as a trailblazing publisher, a cultural mouthpiece, and a home-from-home for many.
Event in association with New Beacon Books, George Padmore Institute and Bloodaxe
23 JUNE: THIRD WORLD GIRL
Revolutions in Poetry and Music
Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, Kimberley Trusty, Adisa, Michael Brome aka Sureshot and music by Psykhomantus
This event showcases Jean Binta Breeze’s new Book-DVD Third World Girl along with poems, tunes and lyrics responding to a theme of revolution from some of the finest spoken word performers. Curated by Melanie Abrahams for BASS Festival 2011, the event offers dub poetry by Ms Breeze, ‘verbalism’ by Adisa, the potent lyricism of Kimberley and Sureshot, and dazzling turntablist feats by Psykhomantus (2009 DMC Supremacy Champion), and is an unmissable event! Supported by BASS Festival 2011 and in partnership with Birmingham Libraries.
23 June 7pm – 9.30pm
Venue: Birmingham Library Theatre
, Birmingham B3 3HQ Tickets £4 BOOK HERE
View all Bass Festival events here
19 MAY: DAN RHODES and BARRY YOURGRAU
Idler Academy
renaissance one and Canongate launched Dan Rhode's new novel Little Hands Clapping, with readings by Dan and special guest writer/multimedia performer Barry Yourgrau
photo of Robin Ince
TILT'S 'IS IT SOMETHING I SAID?'
31 March: a sheebeen of scurrilous and edgy words at Kings Place
IS IT SOMETHING I SAID? Comedians explore straight talking and taboo themes.
Outstanding comedians DAN ANTOPOLSKI (Dave Award Winner, Triple Perrier Award Nominee), SUSAN MURRAY (The Now Show, Jongleurs Competition), ROBIN INCE (Time Out Award & Chortle Award Winner) and poet and performer FRANCESCA BEARD explore straight talking and present new work in an intimate environment.
A part tribute to the searing honesty and political conviction of Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks and other outspoken figures and a part spoken word meets comedy experiment, the event is curated by producer Melanie Abrahams.
2011 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Dan Rhodes by Doro Bay
DAN RHODES and BARRY YOURGRAU
May 2011
On 19 May renaissance one and Canongate launched Dan Rhode's Little Hands Clapping paperback, with readings by Dan and special guest writer/multimedia performer Barry Yourgrau
DAN RHODES is the author of five other books including Anthropology, Don’t Tell Me the Truth About Love and, writing as Danuta de Rhodes, The Little White Car. He has been named one of the Twenty Best of Young British Novelists by Granta magazine and one of the Best British Novelists Under Forty by the Daily Telegraph. In 2010 he won the E.M. Forster Award.
New York-based writer and multimedia performer BARRY YOURGRAU’s latest book is Gangster Fables, short stories with variations on gangster motifs and he is also published in Monkey Business: New Voices from Japan. He has performed on MTV and National Public Radio and his The Sadness of Sex movie has been an online success.
"I can never remember my dreams, so Barry Yourgrau's stories are a pretty good substitute" David Byrne
A renaissance one production in association with Canongate
About LITTLE HANDS CLAPPING
Winner of the E M Forster Award 2010
Once upon a time, in a room above a German museum, there lived an old man... A caretaker by day, by night he enjoys the sound of silence, broken only by the occasional crunch of a spider between his teeth. However, the old man's solitude is disturbed as unusual activities at the museum start to attract attention. A pair of young and outrageously beautiful lovers, a baker's son with a passion for the euphonium, and a dog.
'Totally sick and brilliant in all the right ways. He sucks you into his world and before you know it, you’re willingly trapped. So very smart. I loved it' Douglas Coupland
“A macabre, brilliant and terrifying novel. Good strong stuff” Guardian
2010 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
CARYL PHILLIPS: ENGLAND BOOK TOUR
Last autumn renaissance one produced a tour by award-winning writer Caryl Phillips for the paperback of his latest novel, In the Falling Snow, a story of contemporary Britain (Vintage, 2009).
ABOUT THE BOOK
The streets of modern-day England are hectic, multicultural, and difficult to read if you are a white-collar, middle-aged man. Phillips exquisitely captures the important themes for the times by including the experiences of the third generation.
The tour ran from 20 - 25 October 2010 and covered literature festivals and universities including Off The Shelf and Manchester Literature Festival and cities Leicester, Sheffield, London and Manchester.
CARYL PHILLIPS was born in St Kitts and lives in New York. A Professor of English at Yale University, he is the author of twelve works including Booker prize shortlisted novel Crossing the River and the Commonwealth Writers Prize winning novel A Distant Shore.
TOUR DATES
20 October: Leicester 02 Academy
21 October: Manchester Metropolitan University as part of Manchester Literature Festival
23 October: Southbank Centre as part of Tilt's 'Something I Said? Spoken Word Festival in association with Southbank Centre (Event shared with Maggie Gee, and chaired by Gary McKeone)
25 October: Sheffield,The Showroom as part of Off the Shelf Festival
Tour produced by renaissance one in association with Embrace Arts, Everybody's Reading, Writing East Midlands, Manchester Literature Festival, Southbank Centre, Off The Shelf Festival & Tilt.ca