SPIT-LIT FESTIVAL
Celebrating Women's Writing
3 – 11 March 2006
Presented by Alternative Arts
in partnership with The Open University
Oxford House,
and other venues.
Tickets 020 7247 2584
info www.alternativearts.co.uk
Programme Outline
Thursday 2 March – World Book Day
6.30pm FESTIVAL LAUNCH and PREVIEW
of 'THE READING ROOM' exhibition by
four women artist's, with singers
Friday 3 March
7pm DONNA DALEY-CLARKE & VALERIE MASON-JOHN
Discuss their debut novels.
8.30pm WOLLSTONECRAFT LIVE! presented by
Fragments & Monuments with Anna Birch,
Kaethe Fine and Ros Philips.
Saturday 4 March
2.30pm HIDDEN VOICES with Rabina Khan and Rekha Waheed
4pm YOUNG FICTION with Sue Limb
5.30pm TALES FROM TWO CITIES with Daphne Glazer, Grace Jolliffe and Emma Hargrave of
7pm RIGHTS and REALITIES with
Amrit Wilson and Heather Brooke.
8.30pm HATTIE HAYRIDGE and THE BOVRIL SISTERS
Sunday 5 March
2.30pm LES-LIT with Val Lee
4pm PILLOW STORIES from Chroma with Cherry Smyth, Saradha Soobrayen, Beverley Duguid, Mary Lowe,
River Wolton, Heena Patel, Helen Sandler.
5.30pm CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF SERPENT'S TAIL with
Stella Duffy, Shiromi Pinto, Kate Pullinger,
Lionel Shriver.
7pm LOUD & PROUD presented by Apples & Snakes
With Clare Dowie, Jay Bernard, Ebele,
Kate Fox and Joelle Taylor MC.
Brady Arts Centre
2pm – 6pm BANGLADESHI BOOKFAIR with
children's storytelling.
6pm BRIT – BANGLADESHI WOMEN'S CELEBRATION
with writers and performers arranged by
Bishwo Shahitto Kendro.
Monday 6 March
7pm BROWN EYES presented by Nicole Moore of Shangwe
with Monique Campbell, Patricia Foster and
Louise Hercules.
8.30pm THE BURDEN OF REPRESENTATION
discussion chaired by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
with Bonnie Greer, Anni Marjoram,
Kadija Sesay and Shamim Azad.
Tuesday 7 March
7pm EXILED WRITERS presented by Jennifer Langer
with Amba Bongo, Ziba Karbassi and Dariga Stojnic.
8.30pm HIDDEN IDENTITY a play presented by Whyr'd Theatre
written by Anni Rhodes with Charlotte Johnson and
Nicola Stockley.
Wednesday 8 March – International Women's Day
Toynbee Hall,
12.30 – 2pm THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY LUNCH
with guest speaker SHAMI CHAKRABARTI
Director of
7pm THE RISE OF RAUNCH Spread the Word
present a discussion on Women and Erotica
with Danuta Kean, Vastiana Belfon and Mitzi Szereto.
8.30pm ELECTRIC LANDLADIES with Laka Daiscal/ vocals, keyboard, Sarah Pritchard/ vocals, percussion,
Deirdre Cartwright/ guitar, Diane McLoughlin/ sax,
keyboard, Alison Rayner/ bass, Ann Day/ drums.
Thursday 9 March
7pm MEMOIRS with Vesna Goldsworthy and
Elizabeth Speller
8.30pm HISTORY/HERSTORY with
Karolyn Shindler and Mary Turner.
Friday 10 March
7pm WOMEN AND WAR with Mira Hamermesh and
Jenny Matthews.
8.30pm SENSUALLY YOURS presented by Gateway to Heaven Poets directed by Rasheda
Culture, Poppy Seed, Redhead and Jules.
Saturday 11 March
2.30pm THE SPIT-LIT DEBATE presented by the
with Merryl Wyn Davies, Munira Mirza, Gina Antchandie
and Naseem Khan, chaired by Claire Fox.
4.30pm CAROL CADWALLADR and NICOLA MONAGHAN
Discuss their debut novels.
6.30pm CURRENT AFFAIRS with Barbara Ehrenreich and
Rachel Cooke.
8.30pm SPIT-LIT COMEDY NIGHT with Debra–Jane Appleby,
Kitty Flanagan, Sally-Anne Hayward, Ria Lina and
Sarah Millican.
Programme may be subject to alteration.
TICKETS: £6/£4 concs and £7/£5 concs (except where indicated).
Book for two events on the same day and save £2.
(except IWD Lunch and Comedy Night).
Bookings 020 7247 2584.
WRITING WORKSHOPS
A whole programme of writing workshops will be held at The Women's Library, Old Castle Street, E1 and Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, E2 during SPIT-LIT.
For details ring 020 7247 2584.
Places must be booked in advance 020 7247 2589.
SUNDAY 5 MARCH
Performance Poetry Mistressclass with Claire Dowie
£5/£3 concs.
2pm – 4.30pm
MONDAY 6 MARCH
Creative Writing with Zoe Bran
£5/£3 concs
10.30am – 1pm
The Women's Library,
Culture Shock with Linda Anderson
presented in partnership with The Open University
£5/£3 concs
2pm – 4pm
The Women's Library,
TUESDAY 7 MARCH
Scriptwriting for Beginners with Heather Taylor
£5/£3 concs
10.30am – 1pm
The Women's Library,
Red Poems with Dorothea Smartt
£5/£3 concs
2pm – 4.30pm
The Women's Library,
WEDNESDAY 8 MARCH
Writing Erotica with Vastiana Belfon
£5/£3 concs
10.30am – 1pm
The Women's Library,
Writing for Magazines
£5/£3 concs
2pm – 4.30pm
The Women's Library,
THURSDAY 9 MARCH
Crime writing with Dreda Say Mitchell
£5/£3
10.30am – 1pm
The Women's Library,
That Tricky Second Album with Donna Daley-Clarke and Claire Collison
£5/£3 concs
2pm – 4pm
The Women's Library,
FRIDAY 10 MARCH
Submitting to Anthologies, Journals and Competitions with Kadija Sesay
£5/£3 concs
10.30am – 1pm
The Women's Library,
Memoir Writing with Kadija Sesay
£5/£3 concs
2pm – 4.30pm
The Women's Library,
SATURDAY 11 MARCH
Getting Published – From Laptop to Bookshop
with Debbie Taylor, editor of Mslexia
£5/£3 concs
2pm – 4pm
With Thanks to African Writers Abroad for arranging the majority of these workshops.
SPIT-LIT FESTIVAL EXHIBITION
THE READING ROOM
Oh! art gallery,
3 March – 3 April 2006
Mon-Fri 10am – 10pm, Sat & Sun 10am – 6pm
Admission FREE
SPIT-LIT has commissioned four women artists from the oh! art Associate Artist Scheme at Oxford House to create an installation inspired by reading.
TERRE BROOK
CIARA McGARRITY JENNY STAFF
The exhibition has been designed to create an environment in which children and adults can enjoy books, stories and reading together.
On Sat 4, Sun 5 and Sat 11 March
between the hours of 11am and 5pm there will be children's authors in THE READING ROOM reading from their books as part of the SPIT-LIT Festival celebrating women's writing. So please bring your children along to enjoy these special sessions and meet the authors
Books will be on sale
Visiting authors include:
ANNE MEEK, KATHRYN WHITE,
TINA MacNAUGHTON
KATY WATSON & VANDA CARTER,
SARAH DYER, JEAN URE, LINDA NEWBERY
A full programme with times of visits may be found on www.alternativearts.co.uk
Under SPIT-LIT Festival.
SPIT-LIT is supported by the Arts Council England London,
Capitalwoman 2006, Aternative Arts, The Open University.