Stir It Up - 50 years of writing Jamaica

Stir It Up - 50 Years Of Writing Jamaica

Monday September 10th, BBC Radio 4

To mark 50 years of Jamaican independence, Salena Godden considers the impact of her Jamaican heritage on her literary identity. Salena will take us on a personal journey exploring the rich and varied body of work created by her literary contemporaries. This programme features new commissioned poetry and excerpts from Salena Godden’s book ‘Springfield Road’ adapted for BBC Radio 4.

BBC Radio 4 

NEW: 'Springfield Road' on Tumblr

Among others we’ll meet novellist and playwright Courttia Newland, celebrated dub poet Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze and the highly acclaimed Professor Kwame Dawes. Its a celebration of the poetic heart of Jamaica. And its produced by Rebecca Maxted, Radio Production Awards Winner 2012 - Producer of the Year and Best Documentary/ Feature Maker.

 

The Last Days Of Nowhereisland

The Last Days of Nowhereisland // 7th - 9th September 2012, Bristol 

For the final stop of its tour, Nowhereisland will leave the coast, journey under Clifton Suspension Bridge and enter Bristol via the harbour lock to moor in Cumberland Basin, with its Embassy parked alongside on the harbourside.

Saturday 8th September

Alex Hartley will be joined by resident thinkers, artists, poets and writers, Philip Hoare, Tim Etchells, Salena Godden, Keith Wilson, geographer Tim Cresswell, constitutional lawyer Carl Gardner and scholar of utopia, Richard Noble, to explore Nowhereisland as utopian dream, direct action and a landscape on the move. 

book tickets here > http://thelastdaysofnowhereisland.eventbrite.co.uk

  

'The Puzzle' by Salena Godden here > www.nowhereisland.org