BLACK HISTORY MONTH OCTOBER 2015

Exploring the heritage and history of ’s African, Caribbean and diaspora communities All events are FREE unless stated

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www.southwark.gov.uk/blackhistorymonth FOREWORD

Welcome to the exciting and varied programme of events Planned events include music, dance, cultural film that are part of Southwark’s contribution to Black History screenings, storytelling, historical walks and talks, as well Month in the UK. as exhibitions and advice about healthy living. No matter who you are or where you live in the borough, there should Black History Month both educates and reminds us about be something of interest. how our society has been shaped by the contributions of migrants from Africa and the Caribbean. They have We have organised a wide range of events suitable for contributed so much to our public services, armed forces, children and adults. Our libraries across the borough will economy, culture, arts, sports and society through the years. offer children and their families great stories full of fun and laughter told by acclaimed storytellers, while John Agard The main theme for this year is: Fit to achieve – how our and Maggie Harris host an enthralling evening of poetry, community has struggled and succeeded in Britain and stories and performance at Canada Water Library. how to build on this success. In addition to recognising and celebrating past struggles and achievements, this year we Black History Month is for everybody and all events are free encouraged event organisers to consider how their event or low cost, so please get involved and get inspired. could contribute to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Cllr Ian Wingfield Cllr Michael Situ Cabinet member for Cabinet member business, employment for communities and culture. and safety.

For more information on Black History Month or to download a copy of this brochure, visit www.southwark.gov.uk/blackhistorymonth Meet journalist and presenter of CBBC’s AYSHAH TULL

Journalist and TV presenter Ayshah Tull is coming to Library this October to talk about all things Newsround. Her job Book your free on this iconic CBBC show includes everything from reading place to meet the news live on TV to reporting on stories that can be weird Ayshah on and wonderful, sad or inspiring. Monday 12 October at 5.30pm Ayshah sat down with Southwark Life for this exclusive Q&A about her career, her most nerve-wracking TV experience and what Black History Month means to her.

SOUTHWARK LIFE: When did you decide you wanted And what has been your most nerve-wracking to be a journalist? television experience? AYSHAH: I went on a school trip to a newspaper when I was 15 I was doing a live bulletin from the Isle of Lewis for the eclipse as part of my media studies GCSE. We had to come up with the and all the communication from the team back at the studio stories for the front page. I sat down at the desk and realised went down. It was a bit of a nightmare because the team tell me how much fun I was having. And from that moment, I said to lots of important information in my ear while I’m on telly. Luckily myself, I want to be a journalist. we were able to get through the bulletin surprisingly well, but I did feel very nervous doing it. What advice do you have for someone who would like to become a journalist? Who has inspired you? Firstly, get as much work experience as you can; you won’t I’m inspired by the amazing journalists on our screens who tell know you like the job until you do it. Hospital and local radio us what’s going on in the world. One of my favourite journalists and newspapers were how I started out. Secondly, be persistent (I have many, I’ll name some of them later) is Matt Frei. I still and don’t give up; journalism is very competitive and loads of vividly remember some of his powerful and brave storytelling people want to do it. Don’t be put off by that, keep going for the in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when he was describing job you truly want to do. how some people were left to fend for themselves and the lack of help they got from anyone. I admire so many people in the What has been your funniest Newsround experience? industry like Isha Sesay (CNN), Moira Stewart (BBC Radio 2), I have so much fun on Newsround. Probably the funniest Clive Myrie (BBC News channel), Lindsey Hilsum (Channel 4) standout moment was filming with Chantico the spider monkey. and Lyse Doucet (BBC). She would not stop crawling over me when we were filming. And then when we stopped filming she pooped near my welly Who would play you in a film of your life? boots. She was an awesome guest. I’ve never been asked this question before. I’m going to say Gabrielle Union. She’s the star of Being Mary Jane and loads of other films too. She comes across as sassy, intelligent, brave and beautiful. If someone like her could play me, it would be a dream come true. Exclusive interview with Ayshah Tull

Has there been any particular praise or criticism What book are you reading right now and do you that has stuck with you? have an all time favourite book? I got praised for my work that I did on black children and their I’m reading The Road to Memphis which is written by Mildred aspirations. It was a Newsround exclusive and we found in a D. Taylor, the author of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. It’s a good survey that some black children didn’t think they could be what read so far and I love books set in America, because it’s my they wanted to be in the future because of the colour of their skin. favourite place in the world. I think my all time favourite book Some of the people I interviewed like Alesha Dixon and space has to be Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman. The vivid scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock said it was a good issue to bring characters and the fantastic storylines of the series kept me up and they were very happy I was doing the story. hooked. I think they should make it into a TV show one day; I’d love to see that. Do you hear from your viewers much? What kind of things do they say? What does Black History Month mean to you? It’s my favourite thing in the world to hear from our audience. It’s a chance to reflect, celebrate and remember the rich history They always have an opinion about what we do; sometimes of my ancestors. It means so much to have a chance to do good but sometimes bad. At least they’re honest. I get a couple this. I always seem to learn something new from the wonderful of letters sent to my office, which I absolutely love. One girl said exhibitions, plays and TV programmes that come out at this time. I was her inspiration and she wanted to be like me when she was older. That made me cry, it was so sweet. I keep all the letters that are sent to me.

Book your free places to see Ayshah at Dulwich Library on Monday 12 October 2015 at 5.30pm by emailing [email protected]

FEATURED EVENT 16 OCTOBER Strange Fruit: a tribute to Billie Holiday with Helen MacDonald, Keith Waithe and the Macusi players This dramatic musical performance written by Helen MacDonald and Keith Waithe offers interpretation of the life and music of Billie Holiday. Prepare to be moved as Helen, Keith and the Macusi players journey through such classic songs as: Strange fruit, God Bless the child, Don’t explain, Lover man, Stormy weather, Summertime and Good morning heartache. Musical performance is interspersed with spoken word relating to the tumultuous life and career that took Holiday from poverty to the New York jazz scene and to the iconic status she holds today. Advance booking is essential via [email protected] Time: 7.30pm Venue: Canada Water Library, 21 Road, SE16 7AR Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, [email protected]

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1 TO 31 OCTOBER Saturday 3 October - from 12pm to 1.30pm 4 OCTOBER there will be a public exhibition on the Black History Month at CoolTan Arts: The Peckham promenade Southbank before moving to 85 St George’s 50 years of black British music Road, SE1 6ER, at 2pm. Join us on an interactive walking tour through 175 years of Peckham’s black Come to our gallery and listen to music in Contact: [email protected] history, where we encounter musicians and our music installation; view music themed www.capolondon.com performers who changed history. artwork; watch a film screening of the Stuart www.culturalexchange.org.uk Hall project; listen to poetry by Linton Kwesi Time: 11.30am to 1pm, 3pm to 4.30pm Johnson and much more. Check the website Venue: Starting at the corner of Bellenden for events, times and dates across the month. 2 OCTOBER Road and Choumert Road, Peckham, SE15. Time: Please contact CoolTan Arts The Sickle Cell story: Finishing at 164 Queens Road, Peckham. Venue: CoolTan Arts, third floor, history, legacy and achievements Contact: [email protected] 224-236 Walworth Road, SE17 1JE Celebrating and charting the unique history, Contact: www.cooltanarts.org.uk, legacy and achievements in sickle cell 6, 13, 20, 27 OCTOBER [email protected], 020 7701 2696 through film, presentations, discussion, AND 3 NOVEMBER personal stories and comedy including its African and Western discoveries and the INCPA celebrating black history 1 TO 31 OCTOBER struggle to achieve equity and better care. A series of health and wellbeing workshops Doing nothing is not an option Book your free tickets online at: using drama and dance to explore the historical struggles and culture of black Join Peckham Platform throughout Black bit.ly/sicklestory African, Caribbean and British achievers History Month for free drop in workshops Time: 6.30pm to 10.30pm from past and present generations. and a series of events including a live artist Venue: The Crypt, St Peter’s Church, Book tickets by emailing [email protected] talk and an evening of performance with Liverpool Grove, SE17 2HH writers and spoken word artists. Time: Tuesday 3 November, 4pm to 8pm. Costs: Free but donations welcome Artist talk: You can’t kill an idea All other dates 4.30pm to 6.30pm Contact: 07841 558 611, 15 October, 6.30pm to 8pm (this event is Venue: Wickway Community Centre, [email protected], free but advance booking is essential via St Georges Way, SE15 6PL www.sicklecellsociety.org www.peckhamplatform.com) Contact: 07535 408 348, [email protected], www.incpa.org.uk, www.wickway.org.uk Friday night performance salon: 30 October, 6pm to 8.30pm 3 OCTOBER Time: Workshops open all day Monday and Speak to me as I am: 8 OCTOBER Tuesday, 11am to 6pm Wednesday to Friday with Stephen Bourne Black Poppies for black women and 10am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday Learn about the achievements of black people Historian Stephen Bourne talks about some Venue: Peckham Platform, in Southwark, from 1600 to the present day. of the women in his book Black Poppies: 89 Peckham High Street, SE15 5RS Time: 2pm to 5pm Britain’s black community and the Great War, Contact: [email protected], Venue: Peckham Library (Pod 2), 122 such as the composer Amanda Ira Aldridge 020 7358 9645, www.peckhamplatform.com Peckham Hill Street, London, SE15 5JR and the music hall star Mabel Mercer. Contact: [email protected], Time: 6pm to 8pm 1 TO 3 OCTOBER www.familyhealthisis.org.uk Venue: Southwark Council, 160 Tooley Street, SE1 Cultural exchange Contact: [email protected] Three days of Afro-Brazilian martial arts, Yesterday, today, tomorrow: music, dance workshops and performances kindred minds Black History Month Coming home: to celebrate the freedom of the African An event celebrating black and minority slaves brought by the Portuguese ethnic communities in Southwark using Alex Pascall in conversation conquerors to Brazil more than 500 years drama, a reconsideration of black history, Grenada-born broadcaster, journalist, ago. Booking is not required to watch the music and interactive discussions to feel musician and oral historian Alex Pascall performances. Booking is required for uplifted and positive and address themes OBE will be talking to Sandra Agard about participation in the workshops. related to wellbeing and mental health. his life and work. Based in Britain for over 50 Email [email protected] Food will be provided. Booking is essential. years, Alex was one of the developers of the to book your place. Time: 1.30pm to 6.30pm Notting Hill Carnival and part of the team behind the birth of Britain’s first national Time: 6.30pm to 9pm on 1 and 2 October; Venue: InSpire, The Crypt at St Peters, black newspaper The Voice. For adults. 12pm to 7pm on 3 October Liverpool Grove, SE17 2HH Advance booking is essential via Venue: 1 and 2 October - Afro-Brazilian Contact: 07737 647 445 [email protected] arts and cultural exchange institute [email protected] (Maculele Academy) Lancaster House, Time: 7pm 70 Newington Causeway, SE1 Venue: Peckham Library, 122 Peckham Hill Street, SE15 5JR Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, [email protected] 5 Events listings

The Tragedian Music in black British history: 13 OCTOBER early 1900s to 2015 This event tells the story of Ira Aldridge, a Feel better with a book: great actor who fought his way from humble Celebrating music in black British history with Sandra Agard beginnings and personal tragedy coupled from the early 1900s to 2015. In recognition Adults rarely get to enjoy the luxury of with open hostility and blatant racism from of the significance of music in black British having stories and poems read out loud to the London press, to become one of the culture, there will also be storytelling them. Storyteller Sandra Agard will help you most celebrated actors of his age. sessions for all ages. feel the benefits of shared social reading. Time: 11am to 4pm Time: 7.30pm For adults. Venue: Room/Pod 2, Peckham Library, Venue: Canada Water Culture Space, Time: 2pm Canada Water Library, 21 Surrey Quays 122 Peckham Hill Street, SE15 5JR Road, SE16 7AR Contact: 07529 927 383 Venue: East Street Library, 168-170 Old Kent Road, SE1 5TY Costs: £10, £8 concessions Pentecostal Church of God Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, Contact: 020 8692 4446, [email protected] www.canadawaterculturespace.org.uk Black History Month celebration A family event focusing on health issues 14 OCTOBER 9 OCTOBER through workshops, exhibitions and opportunities for various health checks by The Dream: the story behind Projections of: Miles health professionals. An opportunity also Martin Luther King’s speech. Jay Phelps is a vibrant and young jazz to meet high achievers and pioneers of the A talk by Garry Younge trumpeter in the UK. In this special event he black and ethnic community. In this talk, based on his critically acclaimed has assembled an international all star line Time: 12.30pm to 5pm book, author, broadcaster and award up to rearrange and perform the wonderful Venue: St John’s Church, 10a Meeting winning columnist, Gary Younge sheds music of jazz legend, Miles Davis. House Lane, Peckham, SE1 2UN new light on the background, delivery Time: 7.45pm Contact: [email protected] and enduring importance of Martin Luther Venue: Canada Water Culture Space, 07957 648 069 King’s I Have A Dream speech; examining Canada Water Library, 21 Surrey Quays what made the speech so timely... and so Road, SE16 7AR timeless. Why do we remember it? How do 11 OCTOBER Costs: £10 in advance, £12 on the door we remember it? And what about it have we Reflections: Paxton Green time bank chosen to forget? Contact: 020 8692 4446, celebrates Black History Month www.canadawaterculturespace.org.uk For adults. Advance booking is essential via Take part in workshops including art, [email protected] self portraits and also a mental health Time: 7pm 10 OCTOBER workshop. Stalls will include Zionly arts, Venue: Canada Water Library, Lorna Liverpool: diabetes awareness, dementia awareness, 21 Surrey Quays Road, SE16 7AR drums, dance and storytelling chiropody and the Southwark wellbeing Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, Author and musician Lorna Liverpool hub. Hear from sickle cell experts, [email protected] presents her unique mixture of African inspirational young people and black history drums, dance and storytelling. For children expert Kwaku, whilst enjoying a delicious aged five and over, and families. Caribbean buffet. 15 OCTOBER Time: 3pm to 8pm Time: 11am to 2pm Southwark Disablement Association Venue: Kingswood House, Venue: Peckham Library, (SDA) Black History Month event Seeley Drive, SE21 8QR 122 Peckham Hill Street, SE15 5JR Join in a dance workshop to learn and feel Contact: [email protected], Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, the benefits of a few simple moves that 020 8670 0990, www.pgtimebank.org [email protected] you can repeat at home to improve your health and wellbeing. The event will include a warm up session, music and exercises. Loving the Africa in each and everyone 12 OCTOBER Advance booking is essential. Please book of us: our natural inclusionality with Meet journalist and Newsround via phone. Dr. Ian Phillips presenter Ayshah Tull Time: 11am to 2pm Writer Ben Okri says, learn to love the Africa Journalist and TV presenter Ayshah Tull is in us, otherwise the world will not heal. coming to Dulwich Library to talk about all Venue: Southwark Resource Centre, Dr. Ian Phillips demonstrates how our self things Newsround. Her job on this iconic 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB identities naturally include neighbourhood CBBC show includes reading out bulletins Contact: [email protected], 020 7701 1391 in co-creating a loving world embracing live on TV but also going out on the road to Okri’s warning. report on stories that can be serious, funny, Time: 10am to 1pm sad and inspiring. Read Ayshah’s exclusive Southwark Q&A on page 2. Venue: Southwark Senior Citizens Group, Elim House, 86 Bellenden Road, Peckham, For children aged five and over and families. SE15 4RQ Advance booking is essential via [email protected] Contact: [email protected], www.familyhealthisis.org.uk Time: 5.30pm Venue: Dulwich Library, 368 Lordship Lane, SE22 8NB Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, [email protected] 6 Vitamin D and you: 20 OCTOBER Mother Country and with nutritionist Brenda Lee The Motherland Calls Renaissance One presents John Agard Come along to this fascinating talk to and Maggie Harris: performances Stephen Bourne talks about his books learn about vitamin D deficiency, widely and book launch Mother Country and The Motherland Calls, acknowledged as a growing concern focusing on the period 1939 to 1945. amongst those of African, Caribbean and An enthralling evening of poetry, stories and The books document the participation of Asian heritage. Discover the latest research performance by two acclaimed Caribbean Britain’s black community on the home and learn what you could do to improve writers. Maggie Harris has received the front and in the armed services during the your vitamin D level. Brenda Lee is a Guyana Prize for her poems and a Second World War. Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her nutritionist with over 15 years experience in Time: 1pm to 2.30pm the field and an MSc in Food Science. For prose. John Agard is a writer of books for Venue: , adults. children and adults and he was a recipient of the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry Lambeth Road, SE1 6HZ Time: 7pm in 2012. Event produced by Contact: www.iwm.org.uk Venue: Peckham Library, www.renaissanceone.co.uk. 122 Peckham Hill Street, SE15 5JR Advance booking is essential via 25 OCTOBER Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, [email protected] Does Africa really matter: [email protected] Time: 7pm who do you think you are? Venue: Canada Water Library, 16 OCTOBER 21 Surrey Quays Road, SE16 7AR A session of spoken word, music and presentation by Daniel Pink (Ubuntu Social www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, The only true system is the sound Contact: Living Networks) on Africa’s value to the [email protected] system. Players of instruments, world. music and sounds: Dr Lez Henry and Time: 4pm to 7pm Aubyn Graham. 21 OCTOBER Venue: Cossall Centre, 48 Mortlock Close, Music is one of the most influential factors Meet author Tessa McWatt Cossall Estate, SE15 2QE of our lives; it is thought provoking; it makes Meet author Tessa McWatt at the John Contact: [email protected], us ask questions. Dr Lez will focus on the Harvard Library café to chat with her about www.familyhealthisis.org.uk impact of sound systems on social lives her career and discuss her latest book, and living in Southwark. Higher Ed. The book follows five diverse 26 OCTOBER Time: 3.30pm to 6.30pm characters as they strive to make their way Venue: Dulwich Library, 368 Lordship against the backdrop of a rapidly changing Go tell it on the mountain: the life Lane, SE22 8NB London. For adults. and times of James Baldwin Contact: [email protected], Time: 7.30pm This illustrated talk by Sandra Agard www.familyhealthisis.org.uk Venue: John Harvard Library, looks at the astonishing life and times of 211 Borough High Street, SE1 1JA James Baldwin. Baldwin was one of the great writers of the last century, exploring 17 OCTOBER Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, issues of race and racism in America, [email protected] Celebrating diversity: class distinction and sexual difference.His learning from others timeless works include: Go Tell It on the Join us for an evening of inspirational tales, 24 OCTOBER Mountain, Giovanni’s Room and Another entertaining performances and motivational Cambridge House black health Country. Advance booking is essential via words from people in Southwark. and vitality fair [email protected] Time: 6pm A celebration of health, hearts and minds, Time: 7pm Venue: Walworth Methodist Church this event highlights the black community’s Venue: Peckham Library, Clubland, 54 Road, SE5 0EN approaches to living well, with performance 122 Peckham Hill Street, SE15 5JR Contact: Call Johnson on 07568 377 445 poetry, complementary and alternative Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, therapies, as well as opportunities to [email protected] explore health improvement. Go get it Time: 12pm to 7pm Empowering young people by getting them to Telling African Caribbean tales: research the achievements of black Londoners Venue: Cambridge House, 1 Addington with Sandra Agard Square, SE5 0HF from the past and present, and giving them the Great stories, full of fun and laughter told opportunity to display their reseach. This event Contact: 020 7358 7000, www.ch1889.org by acclaimed storyteller Sandra Agard. will demonstrate the ability to succeed through For children aged five and over, and families. interests and positive choices. Time: 10.30am and 2.30pm Time: 12pm to 5pm Venue: Dulwich Library, Venue: Green area on Southampton Way 368 Lordship Lane, SE22 8NB estate, SE5 7DH Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, Contact: [email protected] [email protected] 27 October

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Grove Vale book group discusses: Contact: 020 7701 0100, 30 OCTOBER The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks [email protected], Divine Rescue hosts [email protected], This monthly book group will be discussing Black History Month The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by www.blueelephanttheatre.co.uk The event will promote healthy living Rebecca Skloot. Henrietta, born a poor and lifestyles through dance, plays and black tobacco farmer, had her cancer cells Lorna Liverpool: drums, dance activities. It will also provide insights into taken without her or her family’s knowledge. and storytelling the history and cultures of African and Those cells created a multimillion-pound Author and musician Lorna Liverpool Caribbean communities. industry and became one of the most presents her unique mixture of African Time: 1pm to 4pm important tools in medicine. For adults. drums, dance and storytelling. For children Time: 7pm aged five and over, and families. Venue: Thurlow Lodge Community Hall, Thurlow Street, SE17 2US Venue: Grove Vale Library, Time: 2pm Contact: [email protected], 25-27 Grove Vale, SE22 8EQ Venue: John Harvard Library, www.drescue.org Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, 211 Borough High Street, SE1 1JA [email protected] Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, [email protected] 30 AND 31 OCTOBER Lorna Liverpool: drums, dance and Adinkra Arts Collective: help me and storytelling Phenomenal women: black female poets let me help you Author and musician Lorna Liverpool Bring along your favourite works by black An engaging programme of African presents her unique mixture of African female poets to the regular Newington centred events including spoken word, film drums, dance and storytelling. For children Library poetry group. We’ll be discussing screenings, self-employment workshops, aged five and over, and families. and reading aloud poems by great writers an African market and more. Explore and Time: 2pm such as Maya Angelou, Lorna Goodison, celebrate African culture while building Venue: Camberwell Library, Audre Lorde, Phillis Wheatley and Patience positive mental wellbeing for greater 17-21 Camberwell Church Street, SE5 8TR Agbabi. success and aspirational growth. Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, For adults. Time: 6pm to 9pm on 30 October and [email protected] Time: 7pm 12.30pm to 8pm on 31 October Venue: Newington Temporary Library, Venue: Bell Gardens Community Centre, Peckham book group discusses: Artworks Elephant, second floor, 19 Buller Close, SE15 6UJ A Long Walk to Freedom Elephant Road, SE17 1LB Contact: [email protected], Peckham’s monthly book group will be Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, 07827 537 519, www.facebook.com/ discussing Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, [email protected] adinkraartscollective.org A Long Walk to Freedom. For adults. Time: 6.30pm Stepping out: Afro-Carib style 31 OCTOBER Venue: Peckham Library, and fashion back in the day Black Poppies: Britain’s black 122 Peckham Hill Street, SE15 5JR A day of participation and activities for community and the Great War Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, elderly people family and friends; come Historian Stephen Bourne talks about his [email protected] dressed in style and colour. The centre most recent book, the award winning Black will be providing entertainment, activities Poppies which spans the First World War to Thinking health: moving forward for participation by all attendees and free 1919 and explores the military and civilian refreshments. Lunch is available for £5. Increase your awareness of healthy living for wartime experiences of black Britons. black and minority ethnic families through Booking via phone is essential. Time: 1pm to 2.30pm dance performances, arts and crafts Time: 11am to 8pm ® Venue: Imperial War Museum, cooking and Zumba workshops and in a Venue: Elim House Day Centre, 86–88 Lambeth Road, SE1 6HZ fun and enjoyable environment. Bellenden Road, Peckham, SE15 4RR Contact: www.iwm.org.uk Time: 4pm to 6pm Contact: 020 7639 8655, Venue: Rye Oak Primary School and [email protected] children’s centre, Whorlton Road, SE15 3PD 31 OCTOBER TO 1 NOVEMBER Contact: [email protected], Writing workshop for teenagers: Black Poppies display 020 7358 8649, 020 7358 8654, www.ryeoak.southwark.sch.uk with author Catherine Johnson The Black Poppies display linked to An exciting opportunity for children and Stephen Bourne’s book can be viewed at the Imperial War Museum. The display has 29 OCTOBER young adults aged 11 and over to work with a bestselling author in this two hour creative been developed with Southwark Council Inspiration writing workshop. Catherine Johnson has and funded by the Heritage Lottery First This performance will be created by young written 15 books for children and young World War grant scheme. people aged 11 to 15. By researching adults and she also writes for film, television Time: 10am to 6pm inspirational people both past and present, and radio. For children and young people Venue: Imperial War Museum, they will create a dynamic and unique aged 11 and over. Lambeth Road, SE1 6HZ performance, including drama and dance, Time: 2pm Contact: www.iwm.org.uk celebrating positive role models. Venue: Dulwich Library, Time: 7pm 368 Lordship Lane, SE22 8NB Venue: Blue Elephant Theatre, Contact: www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries, 59a Bethwin Rd, Camberwell, SE5 0XT [email protected]

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