Name: Lemn
Bio: Lemn Sissay blogs regularly and openly. To see his Landmarks go to http://www.lemnsissaylandmarks.com . His homepage is http://www.lemnsissay.com
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Sakamoto – Cut to something beautiful
October 23rd, 2020
In September 2008 I embarked on a voyage to The Arctic with activist organisation Cape Farewell. It was The Disko Bay Expedition. Over forty artists scientists and musicians were my shipmates. The motley Read more [...]
The Hard Way or The Easway.
November 10th, 2019
For once in life the Easyway is the best way. Even better than the hardway. In this blogpost I will skim through events from Sunday 3rd November until this exact moment.
Sunday November 3rd. Read more [...]
How to make the dark nights shine.
October 8th, 2019
On October 11th at 6.30pm I will be upstairs in a Deli called Palm 2 in East London. It is the first meeting of The East London Christmas Dinner steering group. Please come. We'll be creating Read more [...]
After Publication Aug 29th to Sept 14th.
September 19th, 2019
DAY 1 August 29th Thursday Publication day.
I wake at The Malmaison in Piccadilly Manchester and send out my morning rhyme with accompanying photograph as I do every morning.
I publish light Read more [...]
A Waterfall of Words at Foyles
September 6th, 2019Futurecity conceives, develops and delivers major art projects worldwide that signify the Cultural City. I’ve worked with Futurecity on many ocassions through its visionary mark Davy. They commissioned Read more [...]
If you think you know my story think again.
August 6th, 2019
It's not like anything I've ever written. It is based on The Files. My search for the files is documented in a BBC radio 4 doc I made in 2010 called Child of The State. At the end of the documentary Read more [...]
An Excerpt from CONVERSATIONS ON LOVE
July 30th, 2019
This is the most extraorinary interview on the subject of love I have ever been a part of. It's from a winning project called Conversations On Love spearheaded by the beautiful mind of Natasha Lunn. Read more [...]
Healing Words. Morning Messages.
July 18th, 2019
I received the following message and was granted permission to share.
"I want to say thank you. In February I was diagnosed with a 8mm ommental fat hernia. While I was Read more [...]
Astounding Messages from the First Readers of “My Name Is Why”.
July 18th, 2019
My memoir "My Name Is Why" is available to pre-order now. The hardback is at the printers now. There are.42 days left until release date.
Proofs of My Name Is Why have been sent. to various Read more [...]
Living is in Danger of Death.
July 17th, 2019
“The greatest threat to their lives was a spark
The sulferuous spite filled spit of diablo
So they became spark catchers. Strike.”
- excerpt from Spark Catchers
I visited my artwork “Spark Read more [...]