helen oyeyemi @ african writers' evening - may 19
African Writers' Evening on May 19 at the Poetry Cafe will feature Helen Oyeyemi (author of The Icarus Girl).Also on the bill are young poets - Clara Bakosi (Nigeria) & Louis Antwi (Ghana), who have emerged from the annual Lynk Reach schools Slam project coordinated by Jacob Sam-La Rose..
The line up in the following months include: Hisham Matar (selected Borders Best books of 2006 - Libya); Wangui Wa Goro (writer, translator of Veronique Tadjo and Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Kenya); and Brian Chikwava (2004 Caine Prize Winner - Zimbabwe).
The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2 / Date: Friday 19th May / Time: 7.30pm.
Photo: taken at The British Library, 15th October 2005.
posted by Wordsbody at 6:10 pm
2 Comments:
I'd hoped to talk to Helen when she participated in a PEN World Voices panel in New York a couple of weeks ago, but I had to leave early.
She's lovely and thoughtful, I wish her much luck with book number two.
I'm reading Icarus Girl at the moment. Its exceptional.
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