(Fwd from Civic Leicester and nothing to do with me but shared as could be of interest to some)
John Wesley's New Room in Bristol is hosting Black Lives Matter: Readings and Conversation on 7 October 2021.
The online event runs from 7.30pm to 9pm and features work shared by poets from a diverse range of backgrounds featured in the anthology, Black Lives Matter: Poems for a New World (CivicLeicester, 2020).
You can register to attend here
Poets taking part include, Rosalie Alston, Tanisha Barrett, Richard Byrt and Barbara Saunders.
The keynote speaker - poet, writer and historian Dr Edson Burton - will be sharing some of his own poetry and taking part in a Q&A with the two hosts, anthology editor Ambrose Musiyiwa and Rev Dr Catherine Okoronkwo, a vicar in Swindon who is also the Bishop of Bristol’s Advisor on Racial Justice. Both Ambrose and Catherine are published poets and writers.
Black Lives Matter: Poems for a New World is available for purchase online or through your local bookshop.
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