More on that programme of literature festival events (including some Black History Month events outside the main festival period that are being co-promoted with Lambeth Libraries.)
Many of the events that show a price for tickets to the socially- distanced physical events will also have a
free online streaming.
[Think that some Eventbrite links for the free online stuff may only just be getting added to the festival website]
October 2020
Black Books for Kids
3 October @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Online Event United Kingdom
Free
Join librarian Zoey as she shares some of her favourite books for children and teens written by and about Black People, some of which she'll be giving away! Online event Instagram Live @lambeth_libraries These events are part of Lambeth Black History Month - details showing here from 14th September.
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Rosanna Amaka – The Book Of Echoes
6 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online Event United Kingdom
Free
1981: England looks forward to a new decade. But on the streets of Brixton, it's hard to hold onto your dreams, especially if you are a young black man. Racial tensions rumble, and now Michael Watson might land in jail for a crime he did not commit. Thousands of miles away, village girl Ngozi abandons her orange stall for the opportunity to work as a housemaid for a middle-class family. From dusty tracks to gritty pavements, Ngozi and Michael's journey…
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Jamaica, Britain and the Akan Maroon War
8 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online Event United Kingdom
Free
Who were the Akan Speaking Maroons of Jamaica? Why did Britain go to war with them? Who were the leaders? CLR James (African-Trinidadian historian, journalist and socialist) wrote: “I was tired of reading and hearing about Africans being persecuted and oppressed in Africa, in the middle passage, in the USA and all over the Caribbean. I made up my mind that I would write a book in which all people of African descent instead of constantly being the object of…
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Hood Feminism – Brixton Radical Reads book group special
9 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Online Event United Kingdom
Free
Join the reading group to discuss Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that White Feminists Forgot, by author Mikki Kendall. Mikki Kendall has established herself as an important voice in current feminist discourse, and Hood Feminism cements that place. With a compelling, forceful piece, Kendall has written the missive that feminists - especially white feminists - need to remember the racist history of who we are as a movement and to move forward with an intersectional and deliberately anti-racist focus…
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Frann Preston-Gannon Talk and Drawing Workshop
11 October @ 10:45 am - 11:30 am
Streatham Space Project, Unit 4, 170 Streatham Hill, The Theatre
London, SW2 4RU
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£10
Frann Preston-Gannon is an award-winning illustrator and author for young children. Her books include The Journey Home, Rang-Tan in My Bedroom and Dave's Cave, and her biggest project - I am the Seed That Grew The Tree, a huge illustrated book of poetry offering a seasonal poem for every day of the year. Her new book, A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes and Poems, is published in October. Join Frann at Streatham Space Project or online via Zoom as she talks about her…
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Talks and Q&A with Amanda Brookfield and Lev Parikian
11 October @ 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Streatham Space Project, Unit 4, 170 Streatham Hill, The Theatre
London, SW2 4RU
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Two very different local authors discuss their latest books and bring their experiences of how the world of publishing works and how it is evolving with the literature festival’s Hannah Taylor. Books will be available to buy on the day. Amanda Brookfield Amanda, who lives locally, is the bestselling author of 16 novels, including her first book for Boldwood, Good Girls. Her new novel, The Other Woman, published on October 13th, 2020, is a crackling story about love, marriage, lies and fate, showing how…
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Hamed Ariri – Hamza Jahanzeb Chair
11 October @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Streatham Space Project, Unit 4, 170 Streatham Hill, The Theatre
London, SW2 4RU
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£10
Hamed Amiri is the author of The Boy with Two Hearts: A Story of Hope (Icon books, 2020). Radio 4 Book of the Week in June 2020. He received the Inspiring the Next Generation Award from the University of South Wales in 2016 for services to education and young people. In this session, Hamza will interview Hamed about his ground-breaking book. When the Afghan Government ordered Hamed Ariri’s mother’s execution, he was ten years old. His older brother Hussein had, after two heart operations, been…
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LOUD BLACK GIRLS – Abiola Oni and Temi Mwale with Marcelle Mateki Akita (Chair)
11 October @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Streatham Space Project, Unit 4, 170 Streatham Hill, The Theatre
London, SW2 4RU
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£10
Talks and a panel discussion from two of the contributors to Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené anthology of essays by 20 black women authors, journalists, actors, activists, and artists, Loud Black Girls. “Now that we’ve learnt how to Slay in our Lanes, what’s next? …‘Being a loud black girl isn't about the volume of your voice; and using your voice doesn't always mean speaking the loudest or dominating the room. Most of the time it’s simply existing as your authentic…
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