Then I Press Send. Why Blog. Part 2 of 4.

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

At eighteen I thought of family like a game of squash. You are the player and the walls are the family. With your racket you play the ball and it returns and you hit again. Game on. Stay on your Read more [...]

Then Press Send. Why I blog.

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

With the spelling mistakes, grammatical errors and sometimes clunky inadequate prose why do I blog? After all there’s no editor offering improving conversations about developing style, no publisher volunteering Read more [...]

Refugee Boy Press Night

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

When Alex Chisholm the literary manager of West Yorkshire Playhouse called in 2005 and asked if I would adapt Benjamin Zephaniah’s Refugee Boy I read it and I called her back. Yes I would. Fast Read more [...]

Is This the First Cafe In The World Built With a Tweet?

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

Almost every day I try to find a new way to describe the morning in a Morning Tweet. Today's reads "Fold night sky fifteen times. Turn Vertical. How to make yourself a fan of the dawn". I began this Read more [...]

Lemn Sissay 1994

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

Greenwich Waterstones: A brave New World.

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

There’s a fish tank in Waterstones in Greenwich. A fishtank! I like it here. . I ask a staff member how long it’s been there. “Eleven years” she says. I introduce myself as writer in residence Read more [...]

Edible Street Theatre: Greenwich.

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

“Business or pleasure ”. I ‘m stumped. “Bleasure” I say because it’s my business. And it is my pleasure. She spreads a healthy helping of seasoned spicy lamb onto the flat bread. Read more [...]

One Extraordinary Woman in My World Now: Yemarshet Sissay

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

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This is my mother. Her name is Yemarshet Sissay. She was twenty one. I first saw the picture when I was twenty one. I was fostered through a social worker called Norman Goldthorpe with Wigan social services. Read more [...]

Two Extraordinary Women in My World Now: Yusra Warsama & Caroline Bird.

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

I know some incredible women. This is Yusra Warsama. She is an actor and writer presently working at The Royal Court Theatre and National Theatre of Wales. This is Caroline Bird. She is a poet, Read more [...]

Two Extraordinary Women in My World Now: Lebo Mashile & Hannah Pool

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

I am lucky to have met some extraordinary women. This is Lebo Mashile. She is a poet, an actress and a TV presenter. Lebo's one of the most famous women in South Africa and one of the most powerful spirits Read more [...]