The Writing Platform, a website and programme of live events dedicated to arming writers with digital knowledge, will launch in February 2013. It will be a free online resource for all writers and poets – emerging, established, not yet published, traditionally published and self-published – who are looking for neutral and best practice information about… Continue reading Free digital resource for writers
SABLE Litmag International Perspectives
SABLE Litmag’s Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Questioning/Queer and Intersex “of color” International Perspectives, is looking for submissions. It will highlight the work of ethnically and culturally diverse LGBTQI writers, artists and critics “of color”. SABLE Litmag is looking for submissions from all genres, including fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, memoir/life-writing, critical essays, articles, travel writing, monologue,… Continue reading SABLE Litmag International Perspectives
Interview with Indhu Rubasingham
Indhu Rubasingham is one of this country’s most exciting and original theatremakers. Since May 2012 she has been making her mark as artistic director at the Tricycle Theatre. To say she hit the ground running would be an understatement. Her first play as artistic director, Lolita Chakrabarti’s Red Velvet starring her husband Adrian Lester, won… Continue reading Interview with Indhu Rubasingham
Writing for the digital challenge
Writers want their books read. E-publishing and e-readers seem to be offering writers a lifeline to reach a wider audience. As the publishing industry faces up to the reality of digital publishing and the Kindle effect, Samantha Watson talks trends, reader interaction and how writers can benefit.
Africa in Science Fiction
Event: Africa in Science Fiction Venue: Purcell Room, Southbank Centre Host: The Collective Word Review by Yvette Twagiramariya The Southbank Centre, London, provided the launch pad for Africa to show us just how it is projecting itself into the future – through science fiction.
Take Me 2 Manhattan
Play: Take Me 2 Manhattan Theatre: Soho Theatre Playwright: M.R Quintyne-Kolaru Review by Julie Tomlin One of the great things about script-in-hand readings is that you are forced to concentrate purely on the writing and the language.
Interview with Dreda Say Mitchell
When Dreda Say Mitchell published her first novel Running Hot in 2004, she was widely acclaimed as a fresh new voice on the largely male crime-writing scene. So much so that she won the Crime Writers Association’s John Creasey Dagger Award for best debut novel. Mitchell has gone on to publish four other crime novels,… Continue reading Interview with Dreda Say Mitchell
We’ve got the power
As yet another power list is launched, this time by BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, Julie Tomlin explores what these lists mean. She urges readers to make women of colour’s achievements noted in the nominations and, along with Words of Colour’s executive director Joy Francis and prolific blogger on women’s issue Minna Salami, she presents… Continue reading We’ve got the power
IBWFF call for film submissions
Images of Black Women Film Festival (IBWFF) is looking full length features, documentaries, animation and short films of any genres for next year’s festival. The films must be by women of African descent or must give a strong representation of African women. The short films category is open to all as long as the films… Continue reading IBWFF call for film submissions
Interview with Tina Okpara
Nigerian-born Tina Okpara was 13 when international footballer Godwin Okpara, who played for French club Paris Saint-Germain and Nigeria’s national squad, convinced her parents that she should live in Paris with his family. They agreed for her to be adopted to gain a better life and a great education. Instead, Tina was banned from attending… Continue reading Interview with Tina Okpara