WoWFest2021 Previews
The School of Arts have teamed up with WoWFest2021, with students from across the School previewing events from this festival of radical writing, taking place throughout May.
An Evening with Maxine Hong Kingston
Wednesday 5 May, 7.30 pm. Tickets: £10/£5 for concessions
The Shadow Pandemic: Violence Against Women in Lockdown
Thursday 6 May, 6 pm. Tickets £4/£2 concessions
Shuggie Bain: Douglas Stuart in Conversation with Kerry Hudson
Saturday 8 May, 6pm. Tickets: £8/£4 concessions
Bartleby: A Tale of Wall Street
Free online until 28 May
Lady Phyll – Grasping at the root: the fight for Black queer equality
Tuesday 11 May, 7.30 pm. Tickets £10/£5 concessions
Decolonising Our Education
Friday 7 May, 7.30 pm. Tickets £8/£4 concessions
Elif Shafak: How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
Saturday 15 May, 6 pm. Tickets £10/£5 concessions
Peter Tatchell – Because We Exist: What’s Next for LGBTQIA+ Human Rights?
Tuesday 18 May, 7.30 pm. Tickets £10/£5 concessions
Queer Bodies, featuring Joelle Taylor
Saturday 22 May, 4 pm. Tickets £8/£4 concessions
Locked-In, Locked-Down: Writing from Prison and Lockdown
Thursday 20 May, 7.30 pm. Tickets £10/£5 concessions
Gary Younge and Paul Mason: Rise of the Far Right and How to Stop It
Tuesday 27 May, 7.30 pm. Tickets £10/£5 concessions
Jeff Young and Tony Wailey: Life Writing
Wednesday 26 May, 6 pm. Tickets £8/£4 concessions
Review: Anne Enright
Naomi Adam (PhD, English) reviews Anne Enright in conversation
Paul Robeson’s Love Song, presented by Tayo Aluko and Friends
Friday 28 May, 2 pm. Tickets £10/£7 concessions
WoWFest2021
Celebrating 21 years of radical writing. Check out the full programme.