A call for poems by young people in care and care leavers

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

I am seeking poems from young people in care and care leavers between the ages of 12 to 25. The poems will be part of an exciting galleryexhibition called Salander taking place at The Roundhouse. Read more [...]

The Last Poets at Southbank Centre on Wednesday.

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

If Gil Scott-Heron is "The Godfather of rap" then meet the young fathers - The Last Poets. On Wednesday they perform at Southbank Centre. A few months ago we hung out in Harlem. A few years Read more [...]

Mercy Mercy My Review

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

The adoptive mother describes the child whom they'd taken some years earlier from Ethiopia as having grown into a person with a wild look in her eyes. It was like seeing an exorcist. This is immediately Read more [...]

Letterbox Live at Southbank Centre.

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

Today I introduced children's authors onto stage at Southbankcentre's Imagine Festival for Letterbox Live . Letterbox Live celebrates The Letterbox Club for which I am patron. Letterbox Club gets books Read more [...]

Lolliop and Laddu on my flight home

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

So I am on the plane returning to england from Pakistan. I'm sat next to a charming woman and we get along like a house on fire. Turns out she runs Lollip and laddu who provide videography and photography Read more [...]

Final Reading at Karachi Literature Festival

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

It’s my final reading at The Karachi Literature Festival in The Sunflower Room again. This one was for young people but the audience was wonderfully mixed. A good literature festival curates new Read more [...]

Literature Festival Takes Karachi By Storm

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

Part of the fun of Literature Festivals is meeting old friends and aquaintances. I've known Qaisra Shaharaz for some thirty years. But since meeting her when I was a literature development worker in Read more [...]

The First Event in Karachi: Picture Story.

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

The Brtish Council Karachi in collaboration with River Oaks Academy brought together a selection of students and teachers from ten Karachi schools in a venue called PIACC. It’s my first event of Read more [...]

On my previous visit to Pakistan

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

I am flying to Karachi in a few hours, to Karachi Literature Festival . About a month ago I visited Islamabad and the vice chancellor of Fatima Jinnah University gave me a plaque. Read more [...]

A free Arvon holiday for a young person in care or careleaver

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Lemn Sissay

For young people who are in or from care a free creative holiday at Arvon in Devon. TEN PLACES LEFT. Read on then please share this post. If you are between the ages of 16 and 24 a careleaver Read more [...]

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