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IWD video Claire Booker

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On 8th March we held an International Women’s Day of readings from female authors and poets, surrounded by the  Tatty Divine exhibition at the Stephen Lawrence Gallery. Many thanks to Greenwich University Gallleries for hosting.

Here is Claire Booker reading her two poems from Time and Tide; Fisherman’s Daughter and How Women Came to Tristan da Cuhna.

We have had to delay our launch for Time and Tide, but instead are holding an ONLINE VIRTUAL launch, via our facebook page, on 21st March, at 2pm (probably, exact details to follow!)

You can buy two different editions of the book, the standard one (available in bookshops from 21st March), and the special illustrated limited edition, (only from us!)

 

#IWD2020- Photos

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Until I get round to editing the video files, here are some photos from Sunday’s event, where we launched Emma Lee‘s new collection, The Significance of a Dress, and thoroughly celebrated International Women’s Day with poems and flash from Laila Sumpton, Claire Booker, Sarah Lawson, Jenny Mitchell, Julie Easley, Cherry Potts, Michelle Penn, Shamini Sriskandarajah, and Emma Lee!

Time and Tide Videos: How Women Came to Tristan da Cunha Greenwich and Oeiras

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Uploading the videos from Solstice Shorts 2019, Time & Tide continues.

Here is How Women Came to Tristan da Cunha by Claire Booker read at Greenwich by Grace Cookey-Gam; and (audio only) at Oeiras read by Margot Walker-Dias

Many of the stories and poems were read at more than one of the venues, so there will be further opportunities to compare and contrast!

Limited edition illustrated book of the material available now only from our webshop or from our events .

We are aiming to get BSL translations of some of the material, and this will also be on the website in about March, to coincide with the launch of the bookshop version of the book.

 

Time and Tide Videos: Fisherman’s Daughter, Greenwich & Oeiras

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Uploading the videos from Solstice Shorts 2019, Time & Tide continues. Here is Fisherman’s Daughter by Claire Booker read by Katy Darby; and audio from the Portuguese event in Oeiras.

Limited edition illustrated book of the material available now from our webshop or events only.

We are aiming to get BSL translations of some of the material, and this will also be on the website in about March, to coincide with the launch of the bookshop version of the book.

 

Women on the Move: Poetry and Flash for International Women’s Day

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To celebrate the launch of Emma Lee‘s new poetry collection The Significance of a Dress, we are holding an event at the Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, 10 Stockwell Street, Greenwich SE10 9BD on the actual day SUNDAY 8TH MARCH 2pm.

Emma will be joined by Jenny Mitchell (Time and Tide, whose idea it was). Michelle Penn (Dusk, Noon, Time and Tide), Shamini Sriskandarajah (Story Cities), Claire Booker (Time and Tide), Laila Sumpton (Dusk, Noon) and Sarah Lawson (The Other Side of Sleep, Vindication, Departures), and there will be an open mic session, and very possibly cake.

The notional theme is women on the move, but this is being widely interpreted.

If you would like to take part in the open mic with on-theme poetry or flash fiction, please contact us, or sign up on arrival, there are a maximum of 6 500-word-limit slots.

Tickets by donation to cover travel expenses for the readers.

Time and Tide: Hastings audio recordings, Poems

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Unfortunately part of the video for the Hastings leg of the Solstice Shorts Festival went a bit wonky. We’ve managed to salvage the audio for this section.

Here are a some of the poems read at Hastings Fishermen’s Museum  on the Winter Solstice:

Verticals by Kate Foley read by Umi Sinha

wigtown estuary

Arrival by Valerie Bence read by Umi Sinha

ship for T&T book

Fisherman’s Daughter by Claire Booker, read by Kate Dyson

buried chain

images © Cherry Potts