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A Celebration of Queer Storytelling at Barbican

A Celebration of Queer Storytelling at The Barbican

27 June 2023, 6:30 pm
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9:30 pm
Out on the Page and Audible present ‘A Celebration of Queer Storytelling’, a one-off panel discussion at The Barbican on Tuesday 27 June. The event features emerging and established LGBTQIA+ Read more…

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A Night of Poetry at Rich Mix

6 August 2022, 6:00 pm
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10:00 pm
Off The Chest Poetry Night returns to East London for the first time in two years, featuring acclaimed poets lisaluxx, Bayan Goudarzpour, and Jeremiah Brown. Part of Bridging Landscapes, a Read more…

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A Night with DJ legends: Bill Brewster + Frank Broughton at Bard Books

12 September 2024, 7:30 pm
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8:30 pm
Your organisation: Bàrd Books
Join journalist Oli Keens in conversation with legends of the London DJ scene – Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton – as they discuss their updated seminal book ‘Last Night a Read more…

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A Season of Bangla Drama 2023: Ten Years East at Rich Mix

19 November 2023, 5:30 pm
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8:00 pm
Ten Years East is a celebration of love. Love as a language that crosses borders and breaks boundaries. Love that remembers lost homelands and dreams of new frontiers. Love as Read more…

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Afrofuturism event: Free screening of Black Panther at BLOC

5 June 2024, 5:00 pm
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7:00 pm
Your organisation: BLOC
An exploration of Afrofuturism and its impact on cultural aesthetic, science fiction, history and fantasy with Bimpe Adeyemi. The day includes a free screening of Marvel’s Black Panther as well Read more…

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After Hours Viewing of Explosion of Words

7 April 2022, 6:00 pm
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8:30 pm
Don’t miss your final chance to view Explosion of Words after hours as part of Whitechapel Gallery’s First Thursdays, at 6pm on 7th April. Held at the Nunnery Gallery, drinks Read more…

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Alternative Intelligences: Symposium & Poetry Night at BLOC QMUL

21 June 2024, 9:30 am
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6:00 pm
Your organisation: BLOC
From the artificial to the neuroqueer – A creative symposium devoted to play, creativity & alternative intelligences. Inspired by Jeanette Winterson’s call to perceive AI as “alternative,” not “artificial” intelligence, Read more…

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An Exploration of Contemporary Urdu Poetry

11 March 2022
Come along to the Nunnery Gallery at 6pm on the 11th March for an evening of poetry. The night will feature readings, translations, and discussions from established, contemporary Urdu poets in Read more…

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Bard Books in conversation with debut novelists Amy Twigg and Hanako Footman

25 September 2024, 7:30 pm
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8:30 pm
Your organisation: Bàrd Books
BARD BOOKS presents Amy Twigg and Hanako Footman in conversation about their blistering debut novels out this summer. ‘Spoilt Creatures’ is an “intoxicating debut about transgression, sisterhood and the seductive Read more…

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Barts and Betjeman Celebration Evening at Barts Hospital

22 June 2023, 6:30 pm
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8:45 pm
As part of Barts Hospital’s 900th anniversary celebrations, Barts Heritage is hosting an evening dedicated to the poetry of Sir John Betjeman at the hospital’s very own Great Hall. The Read more…

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British Bangladeshi Poetry in Focus

3 February 2022, 6:00 pm
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8:00 pm
The Nunnery Gallery holds their first Thursday Late Opening event on the 3rd of February at 6.30 pm for an evening of British Bangladeshi Poetry in Focus. Hear from some Read more…

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Child Migrant Voices from East London: book readings, film and discussion at the Ragged School Museum

11 June 2024, 6:30 pm
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8:30 pm
Join Eithne Nightingale, East End author and film maker, to celebrate the publication of her new book Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain. Eithne will be joined, for readings and Read more…