Radikal Queen
JazzWitch is a live risqué soiree from poet and activist Radikal Queen incorporating song, spoken word, and digital media to explore the myth, the truth, and the taboo of love, creativity, and systemic power.
Ellen Moran and Lennie Goodings
With poems inspired by her work with local communities, join poet Ellen Moran in conversation with Chair of Virago Press, Lennie Goodings.
Representation in the South West
Ngaio, Maia Thomas and Lennie Goodings ask how we can meaningfully improve local representation.
Shagufta K Iqbal
Inspired by the Cradley Heath Chain Makers, Shagufta’s commissions poems explore the strength and collective spirit found across unions.
Liv Torc
Liv Torc’s work explores the parallels between the lives of women during COVID and those living and fighting through the World Wars.
NGAIO
Bear witness to singer, lyricist and DJ NGAIO as they storm the Library Stage at Herstory Exeter.
Beyond Face
YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQxhwmS22R8 A library, a place where we might expect to be quiet, to read words from a page, inside our heads, to not speak out loud. Well, not here. Four women arrive, with only their voices and their words – and they have a lot to say. You might hear our noise, but…
Roger Robinson reads Robert Hayden – “Those Winter Sundays”
By Robert Hayden
Degna Stone – “When We Speak of Our Mothers”
By Degna Stone
Anthony Vahni Capildeo reads Kendel Hippolyte’s “Bright”
By Kendel Hippolyte
Roger Robinson – “The City Kids See the Sea”
By Roger Robinson
Ellen Moran – “Fabric Hands”
By Ellen Moran
Simon Callow reads David Gascoyne’s “Ecce Homo”
David Gascoyne read by Simon Callow
Sofia Oxenham reads Mary Jean Chan’s “Names”
Mary Jean Chan read by Sofia Oxenham
Paapa Essiedu reads Kayo Chingonyi’s “Kumukanda”
Kayo Chingonyi read by Paapa Essiedu
Bobby Hirston reads W. H. Auden’s “The Unknown Citizen”
W. H Auden read by Bobby Hirston
Rachel Bower – “Water Birth”
By Rachel Bower
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