Yonder Awa, Poetry from the Empire Café, Friday 25th July
The Briggait, Main stage
Launch of ‘Yonder Awa, Poetry from the Empire Café
Friday, 25 July, 7 – 9 pm
Eighteen of the Caribbean and Scotland’s most exciting poets have written new poems for the Empire Café exploring Scotland and the North Atlantic slave trade. Join us for readings from Fred D’Aguiar, Millicent Graham, Kei Miller, Dorothea Smartt, Malika Booker, Jim Carruth and others. Music from Glasgow Integrated Voices.
Introduced by Louise Welsh (writer) & Stephen Mullen (historian)
Cash Bar
Event supported by The British Council
http://www.empire-cafe.org/programme
Empire Cafe, Briggait, 141 Bridgegate, Glasgow, G1 5HZ
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