WORD! Black History Month Special - with Fred D’Aguiar and Mellow Baku
This PAST event happened on: Thu, Oct 27, 2022
- Venue:Attenborough Arts Centre, Lancaster Road, LE1 7HA
- Time:7:30pm
- Cost:£4 / £7
- Web Address:https://www2.le.ac.uk/hosted/attenborougharts/whatson
@import url(https://www.wordpoetry.co.uk/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Load.ashx?type=style&file=SyntaxHighlighter.css);@import url(/preview/styles-cuteeditor.css); WORD! Black History Month Special - with Fred D’Aguiar and Mellow BakuSupported by the Wednesday WORD!s Collective.In Partnership with Renaissance One and Attenborough ArtsOctober 27th 2022, 7.30pm - 9.30pm£4/£7Join WORD! and Renaissance One for this unmissable event, with Fred D’Aguiar - “one of the finest British poets of his generation” (British Council). Fred D'Aguiar spent his childhood in London and Guyana and is currently based in LA where he teaches English and Creative Writing at UCLA. He is the author of four novels, including The Longest Memory, won the David Higham Prize for Fiction and the Whitbread First Novel Award and his poetry has garnered multiple awards including being shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize.Fred will be supported by WORD! Associate Artist, Mellow Baku, as a solo artist and in collaboration with the Wednesday WORD!s Collective.To sign up for the open mic, and/or a unique workshop to be led by Fred on the same day (4.30pm-6pm) email [email protected]To get involved with the Wednesday WORD!s Collective - drop a line to [email protected] and/or check the Wednesday WORD! listing on this website.If you would like to attend and have any access needs, please do not hesitate to get in touch via the same email, [email protected]WORD! Black History Month Special - Workshop with Fred D'Aguiar FRSLIn partnership with Renaissance One and Attenborough ArtsOctober 27th, 20224.30-6pmFreeMeet the acclaimed writer, playwright and memoirist Fred D’Aguiar who will support you to explore creative ways to invigorate your writing practice, develop your craft - and to consider how you move between writing for the page and preparing for performance and interaction with an audience.We encourage you to bring your questions and ideas and to be open to a session that will put words, storytelling and personal expression centrestage. This session is suitable for beginner to mid-career writers whether you’re keen to be published, have published many collections, you’re keen to develop your spoken word practice or you’re interested in doing something else that’s creative with words.Places are free but limited. To book your place email [email protected]If you would like to attend and have any access needs, please do not hesitate to get in touch via the same email, [email protected]
