A volunteer led zine launch event, works include photography and written work.
Held at Open Eye Gallery, Mann Island
Interest area: Literature
Writing Advice Desk
Join professional and published writers for advice in Liverpool Central Library on the first Wednesday of each month.
Take samples of your writing for one-to-one feedback, or come along for a chat and get information on all sorts of writing and publishing opportunities. It’s free and a great way to meet other writers, get professional advice, and talk about your creative journey!
For further information contact The Windows Project at 0771 064 4325 or email windowsproject@btinternet.com
Wildwrights: Free Nature Writing Event
Imagine writing a poem with the trees, the clouds, or the wind… Step into the world of WILDWRIGHTS at Liverpool’s Sudley Walled Garden.
Discover nature’s wonders in these free creative writing workshops for all ages, which aim to spark creative adventures for curious minds by connecting with the wild world.
Focusing our senses on the living beauty around us – the flutter of a butterfly, the texture of a leaf – encourages mindfulness, keeping us grounded and present in the moment. So join us to build bonds with nature and each another in this amazing community space.
With fun Expedition Guides and activities for all, you’ll enjoy crafting poetic treasures and tales by exploring the vibrant ecosystem around you. Ask for assistance from our friendly guides, or just take a self-guided creative trip through the garden.
Young people under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Open to all ages.
Funded by The Save Our Wild Isles Community Fund, The PH Holt Foundation, The HDH Wills 1965 Charitable Trust, and The Alpkit Foundation.
Matt Simpson Memorial Reading
The Windows Project are ecstatic to announce the poet for this year’s Matt Simpson Memorial Reading – Janette Ayachi 🌺
Janette is a Scottish-Algerian poet and a regular on BBC arts programmes. She collaborates with artists and performs at festivals internationally. Her first full poetry collection ‘Hand Over Mouth Music’ (Pavilion, Liverpool University Press) won the ‘Saltire Poetry Book of the Year Literary Award 2019’.
Join them for this FREE EVENT!
Welcome refreshments to be served from 5.00 pm.
RSVP: windowsproject@btinternet.com
Further information contact Dr Eleanor Rees: reese@hope.ac.uk
They hope to see you there! ✨🖊️📚🥳
The Magic of Terry Pratchett
Join author and comedian Marc Burrows on a journey through the life and work of Sir Terry Pratchett, based on his Locus Award-winning biography and officially endorsed by the author’s estate.
Explore Pratchett’s life, influences, impact, wit and wisdom, from his days as a school librarian to his time as a trainee journalist to his untimely death from Alzheimer’s in 2015.
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Discworld and discover the joy, anger, and delicious cock‘n’ bull stories of one of the greatest storytellers of all time. Warning: includes bad puns and unnecessary footnotes.
Approx running time: 2 hrs 20 mins
Liverpool Book Market
The legendary Liverpool Book Market returns to the Garden Room in the Bluecoat.
Browse a fantastic selection of books from a range of local booksellers, including still Out-of-Print of Smithdown Road, Kernaghan Books and the Bolshie Bargain Bookstall.
Bargains, rarities and a cornucopia of subjects for the literary mind!
Enquiries: still Out-of-Print Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookshop 07440 501099
Look out for future dates:
Fri 24th & Sat 25th May
Fri 21st & Sat 22nd June
Beatrix Campbell: Secrets and Silence
Join acclaimed journalist Beatrix Campbell as she reveals untold truths and hidden government agendas in her latest book, Secrets and Silence: Uncovering the Legacy of the Cleveland Child Sex Abuse Case.
In 1987, the Cleveland Child Sex Abuse scandal shook the UK as 121 children were removed from their parents care due to allegations of sexual abuse made by two paediatricians at the Middlesbrough Hospital. The scandal was a defining moment in child safety legislation. However, it was not the scandal we were led to believe it was. Beatrix Campbell’s Secrets and Silence: Uncovering the Legacy of the Cleveland Child Sex Abuse Case, empowers unheard voices of those who were embroiled in the scandal and shares their stories in their own words.
Beatrix will be in conversation with Liz Kelly, British professor and director of the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, London Metropolitan University.
Jah Wobble: Memoirs of a Geezer
For one night only, Jah Wobble, top geezer, legendary bass player and founding member of Public Image Limited with former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon, makes his debut appearance at WoWFEST discussing his newly released expanded edition of Dark Luminosity: Memoirs of a Geezer.
Get ready for an enthralling night of storytelling as Jah Wobble, arguably the greatest bass player of his generation, recounts tales from his frank and fascinating memoir. WoW’s own Lord Borthbury will be on the decks playing music selected by Jah Wobble from his roadmap of musical memories.
Jon Ronson: Things Fell Apart
This ain’t no conspiracy – Jon Ronson, award-winning writer and broadcaster, is (virtually) in town!
The Culture Wars have torn up the ‘normal’ dividing lines in society and ripped up old-style political playbooks. Jon Ronson is the international go-to for all info on the culture wars and the warriors on the battlefield.
Jon’s Radio 4 Podcast Things Fell Apart, now in its second series, reveals some truly astonishing stories as he draws out the threads of the origins of the culture wars and interviews some of its main players. Don’t miss this unique chance to hear from Jon himself, appearing live, virtually from New York, revealing further insights from his work – from COVID conspiracies and Antifa hysteria, to racial and gender identity politics, free speech and protests against lockdown that spiralled out of control, and answering your most pressing questions.
Things Fell Apart is an unmissable event for anyone who wants to hear Jon’s insights and incredible stories and explore the battle lines the culture wars are drawing between us.
An Evening with Jackie Kay
May Day, the much-anticipated new poetry collection from Jackie Kay, one of the UK’s best loved poets, casts an eye over decades of political activism: the international solidarity of the Glasgow of Jackie’s childhood; her parents’ Socialist campaigns; the feminist, LGBT+ and anti-racist movements of the 80s and 90s, and the global pandemic and urgency of Black Lives Matter.
Join Jackie Kay for an unmissable evening as she delves below the surface of received narratives and brings to life a cast of influential figures: Fanny Eaton, Paul Robeson, Angela Davis and Audre Lorde. Woven throughout are a suite of lyric poems concerning the recent losses of Kay’s parents: poems of grief and profound change that are infused with the light of love and celebration.
‘Kay’s strength as a poet has always been her clear, plain style, and its fearless spoken poignancy’. – Daily Telegraph