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SPIT-LIT 2004 celebrating women's writing
Tickets are available on 020 7247 2584 www.alternativearts.co.uk Programme OutlineSunday 7 MarchThe Spitz, 109 Commercial Street E1 Spitz Gallery 11am FESTIVAL LAUNCH with Jo Brand, a patron of SPIT-LIT. Opening of “Inventory” exhibition by Women Photographers Sue Andrews, Ingrid Hesling, Heather McDonough and Betsy Schneider.
Upstairs at the Spitz, 109 Commercial Street E1 2.30pm KIN Collection of short stories by Black & Asian women writers with editor Karen McCarthy and contributors Donna Daley-Clarke, Amanthi Harris, Sharon Jennings & Gemma Weekes. Presented in association with renaissance one. 4pm HILARY WAINWRIGHT discusses her latest book “RECLAIM THE STATE Experiments in Popular Democracy” with Pauline Hadaway from Belfast. 5.30pm MARINA WARNER discusses “Signs and Wonders” Essays on Literature and Culture. 7pm An Evening with Apples & Snakes performance poetry by JEAN BINTA BREEZE, STACY MAKISHI, ZENA EDWARDS, AOIFE MANNIX and MC JENNEBA JALLOH.
The Brady Arts Centre, 192-196 Hanbury Street, E1. 2-6pm BENGALI BOOK FAIR 2.30pm CHILDREN'S STORYTELLING with Carol Sherman. 6pm BENGALI WOMEN'S CELEBRATION presented by Shamim Azad and Khadija Rahman of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro (The World Literature Centre) with Debjani Chatterjee, Rabina Khan, Hasneen Choudhury, Baroness Pola Uddin, Nargis Ali, Rukhsana Safa, Fiona Islam and new writers from the SPIT-LIT workshops for young women run by Fatima Kelleher.
Monday 8 March
Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, E1. 12.30-2pm THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY LUNCH with guest speaker Baroness Helena Kennedy QC. Tkts £10
Upstairs at The Spitz, 109 Commercial Street, E1. 7pm SHEREE THOMAS from New York interviewed by Kadija Sesay 8.30pm An Evening with Black Women Writers Telling Her Stories with Jean Buffong, Denrele Ogunwa, Valerie Mason John and Cuban Redd hosted by Andrea Enisuoh.
Tuesday 9 March
Upstairs at The Spitz, 109 Commercial Street, E1 7pm DEBORAH MOGGACH discusses her new novel “These Foolish Things” 8.30pm DANGEROUS WORLDS Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Linda Melvern, Suad Al-Attar, Linda Grant and Ahlam Akram discuss the experience of women in areas of serious conflict.
Wednesday 10 March
Upstairs at The Spitz, 109 Commercial Street, E1 7pm 10 YEARS OF LESBIAN WORDS A panel of writers and editors from DIVA Magazine and DIVA Books including Gillian Rogerson, Kathleen Kiirik Bryson and Clare Sudbury author of “Dying of Delight” discuss ten years of lesbian literature and journalism. 8.30pm SPIT STORIES An Evening of Storytelling with Sally Pomme Clayton, Shonaleigh Cumbers, Nino Sorsey and Susanna Steele.
Thursday 11 March
The Brady Arts Centre, 192-196 Hanbury Street, E1. 11am HARI BHARI film directed by Shyam Benegal. Bengali language with English subtitles. This show is also part of the Tongues on Fire Asian Women's Film Festival. Admission Free. 2.30pm STORIES FROM UNIFEM The United Nations Development Fund for Women. Admission Free.
Upstairs at The Spitz, 109 Commercial Street, E1 7pm JOAN BAKEWELL discusses her autobiography “The Centre of the Bed” with Francine Stock. 8.30pm PUM-PUM POETS Marcia “Culture” Gordon Poppy Seed, Jasmine “Lady Verse” Johnson, Read Head, Anna-Donna.
Friday 12 March
Upstairs at The Spitz, 109 Commercial Street, E1 7pm CREATING CHAOS with playwright Claire Dowie 8.30pm An Evening of Jazz & Poetry with SARAH MOULE and Fran Landesman
Saturday 13 March
Upstairs at The Spitz, 109 Commercial Street, E1 2.30pm LINDA WILKINSON discusses her local history book “Watercress But No Sandwiches – 300 Hundred Years of the Columbia Road Area” 4pm BLACK AMBER BOOKS presents 3 of their writers Joan Blaney, Lakshmi Persaude and Rashma S Ruia . 5.30pm THE AUTHOR, HER AGENT and the PUBLISHER Clare Morrall, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Laura Longrigg of MBA and Emma Hargrave of Tindal Street Press. 7pm ZOE FAIRBANKS and MICHELENE WANDOR discuss their new collections of short stories. 8.30pm SPIT-LIT COMEDY NIGHT with Hattie Hayridge, Jo Enright, Ninia Benjamin, Sally-Anne Hayward, Ava Vidal. Tkts £8/£7 concs
Sunday 14 March
Upstairs at The Spitz, 109 Commercial Street, E1 2.30pm THE SPIT-LIT DEBATE Does Motherhood Drive You Mad? Presented by The Institute of Ideas with Rosie Boycott, Lisa Harker, Brid Hehir, Ellie Lee and Claire Fox. 4.30pm SHEENA MACKAY discusses her latest novel “Heligoland”. 6pm JULIE MYERSON discusses her latest novel “Something Might Happen” 7.30pm WOMANSPEAK The Festival Finale looks to the Future with a programme of talented new artists from the creative writing and performing workshops run by Stacy Makishi and Aoife Mannix of Apples and Snakes for SPIT-LIT.
Programme may be subject to alteration.
TICKETS: £6/£5 concs (except where indicated) Special Double Ticket for 2 events on same day £10/£8 (except IWD Lunch and Comedy Night) Bookings 020 7247 2584
Writing workshops Places must be booked in advance 020 7247 2584
Tuesday 9 MarchWriting Speculative Fiction with Sheree Thomas £5/£3 concs 10.30am-1pm The Women's Library, Old Castle Street, E1.
Creating Her Stories with Kadija Sesay £5/£3 concs 2pm-4.30pm The Women's Library, Old Castle Street, E1.
Wednesday 10 MarchPoetry and Performance with Apples & Snakes £10/£6 concs 10.30am-1pm & 2pm-4.30pm The Brady Arts Centre, 192-196 Hanbury Street, E1.
Writing for Magazines with Andrea Enisuoh £5/£3 concs 2pm-4.30pm The Women's Library, Old Castle Street, E1. Thursday 11 MarchWriting for Stage & Screen with Heather Taylor £5/£3 concs 10.30am-1pm The Women's Library, Old Castle Street, E1.
Writing Erotica with Leone Ross £5/£3 concs 2pm-4.30pm The Women's Library, Old Castle Street, E1.
Friday 12 MarchGetting Published with Kadija Sesay £5/£3 concs 10.30am-1pm The Brady Arts Centre, 192-196 Hanbury Street, E1. |
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