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Bayan Goudarzpour

Poetry Workshop with Bayan Goudarzpour at Rich Mix

6 August 2022, 4:30 pm
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6:00 pm
Join Poet Bayan Goudarzpour for a workshop for 16-24 year olds, and learn to develop poetry writing skills. The workshop will help develop your poetry writing skills under the guidance Read more…

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Protest Music and Poetry

19 January 2023, 7:00 pm
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10:00 pm
Your organisation: St Margaret’s House
Art has the power to inspire and incite change in society and culture. Join us for an evening of poetry and music with four special acts whose art celebrates this Read more…

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Simon Maddrell book launch at Positive East

29 February 2024, 6:30 pm
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8:00 pm
Fancy some literature? Visit Positive East for a reading by Simon Maddrell of his new collection, finger in derek jarman’s mouth — poetry in memory of Derek Jarman, marking thirty Read more…

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SLAMbition at Stratford East

30 March 2022, 7:00 pm
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10:00 pm
Deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent performers will be showcasing their talent in Stratford East’s SLAMbition on Wednesday 30 March, in association with Ramps on the Moon. SLAMbition is a brand new monologue Read more…

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Somali Week Festival 2022 at Oxford House

22 October 2022, 2:00 pm
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30 October 2022, 10:00 pm
Kayd Somali Arts & Culture present a packed programme of events including book launches, panel discussions and a children’s event as part of Somali Week Festival 2022, from Saturday 22 Read more…

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Stepney Words Fifty Years On at People’s Palace

14 November 2021, 2:00 pm
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6:15 pm
In 1971, English teacher Chris Searle was sacked from a school in Stepney for publishing his students’ poems about their perspectives on the world. Outraged by this, his students, joined Read more…

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Sylvia Wynter reading group at Nunnery Gallery

10 April 2024, 6:00 pm
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8:00 pm
Your organisation: Nunnery Gallery
Curious about the radical writing of Jamaican philosopher, cultural theorist and playwright Sylvia Wynter? Join us for a relaxed, informal afternoon as we journey through her work together. Read more…

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Tharik Hussain author Q&A

9 March 2024, 2:00 pm
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3:00 pm
Join Tharik Hussain, award-winning author of Minarets in the Mountains, as he explores his new book Ramadan Mubarak: A Little Inspiration for the Blessed Month. Tharik will talk about the Read more…

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The Ballad Seller at The Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club

14 July 2021, 7:30 pm
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11:45 pm
Back in Georgian times, we got our news from poetry. Before papers, broadcasts or the internet, ballad sellers would hawk their doggerel on street corners for a penny. Scandalous affairs, Read more…

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Veganuary open mic at the Gallery Cafe

26 January 2023, 7:00 pm
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10:00 pm
Your organisation: St Margaret’s House
Our first open mic night of the year has a ‘Vegan Special’ theme – bring your best plant-based poems and legume love songs as we celebrate all things vegan! Prizes Read more…

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Walk and Listen to Sound Walk, One Circuitous Path: a retelling of the minotaur myth

12 September 2020, 5:00 pm
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6:00 pm
Download the soundwalk One Circuitous Path: a retelling of the minotaur myth by Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone with music by Ruth Bulman, and meet the contributors as we walk and listen together. Read more…

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Walking performance of the Bibliography of Modern Poetry

13 April 2022, 4:00 pm
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7:00 pm
Stephen Watts and Hannes Schüpbach invite you to accompany them as they walk the four volume Bibliography of Modern Poetry in English Translation from the Nunnery Gallery to its new Read more…