Journeys Festival International is an annual arts Festival that celebrates the creative talent of exceptional artists from sanctuary seeking backgrounds and shares experiences of refugee and asylum-seeking communities through artistic and creative encounters.
To mark Refugee Week and World Refugee Day 2019 Lucy Popescu, editor of A Country to Call Home, presents an evening of readings and discussion on the subject of refuge with Sita Brahmachari, Christy Lefteri, Dina Nayeri & Alex Preston
In this free workshop, you’ll learn how to overcome the barriers of language & culture to tell your story as a migrant in a new land.
Dash Arts will be looking at Europe through the eyes of its migrant workers, with German-Turkish novelist Imran Ayata and artist, director and composer Bülent Kullukçu.
Lucy Popescu, editor of A Country to Call Home, presents an evening of readings and discussion on the subject of refuge with Marina Lewycka, Kim Sherwood, Daniel Trilling and Ellen Wiles.
Exiled Writers Ink with Hikayetna (for the writers) present an exploration of the ambiguous line between absence and presence in words, film and music
Literary Natives curates events to celebrate and discuss writers of colour, literature, and the road to becoming a published author. The third event will take place at the Migration Museum in Lambeth, a museum dedicated to showcasing Britain’s history of migration. This event will be part of the nationwide programme of events for Refugee Week 2018.
Exiled Writers Ink invites you to an evening of Poetry and Prose with Miriam Frank, Dumi Senda, Shirin Razavian and Mahmood Jamal
An evening of poetry and music to celebrate Refugee Week, including stories of home, exile and belonging.
Exiled Writers Ink and Hikayetna invite you to an amazing interactive evening of food for the body and soul
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What would you take with you, if you had to leave? How would you forge a new life in another land? Find out via some turtles, a tango and a cellist…
The Old Church, Stoke Newington, London N16 0JR “I like to close my eyes when I’m talking serious things” A polyphonic work-in-progress by members of the Akwaaba Storytelling Group. Akwaaba is a social centre for migrants in Dalston. Every Sunday we come together to build community over a shared meal. Akwaaba’s storytelling group is a […]
An evening of celebration and discussion in recognition of Dawit Isaak being awarded the 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
A creative postcard session to protest against the Border Wall between the US and Mexico. Open Mic to follow.
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Lucy Popescu presents an eve of readings from A Country of Refuge, her critically acclaimed anthology of writings about asylum seekers, refugees and migration, with contributors Hassan Abdulrazzak, Amanda Craig, Stephen Kelman, Courttia Newland and Ruth Padel.
