Thursday, October 27, 2005

Readings for the Dance the Guns to Silence Anthology

INTERNATIONAL LAUNCH POETRY READINGS
LONDON, ENGLAND                                10 November 2005
'Jamm' 261 Brixton Rd SW9 6LH          
7.30pm - 3am 
£5 b4 9.30pm  £7 after
Readings from 7.30-9.30 with
Jack Mapanje, Sarah Maguire,
John Lyons, Rommi S, and later performances with Heather Taylor, Steve Tasane, and Zena Edwards. Plus special guest readings from media personalities Joyce Ohajah and Henry Bonsu. MC Kadija Sesay. Then Dance the Guns to Silence through the night!

WASHINGTON, DC, USA                                    19 November 2005
Busboys & Poets Café and Bookstore,
2021 14th St, NW (intersection: 14th and V Streets)
5.30pm-7.30pm.                
In collaboration with the New African Films Festival presented by TransAfrica Forum , Afrikafe  and BET Jazz with support from PEN American Center's Freedom To Write Program. Headlining this event  Sonia Sanchez , plus Fred D'Aguiar, E. Ethelbert Miller, Kalamu ya Salaam, Tony Medina, Ogaga Ifowodo, Theodore Harris, Rachel E. Griffiths, Kamilah Aisha Moon, plus guest poet from UK, Rommi Smith. MC Kadija Sesay

17-20 November
Visit us at the African Studies Association Conference, Marriott Waldman Hotel, Washington DC at the African Writers Abroad bookstand.


PHILADELPHIA, USA                                    15 November 2005
Robin's Bookstore                             215 . 735 . 9600
108 s. 13th Street o Philadelphia, PA 19107     www.robinsbookstore.com
7PM
Free
With poets, Theodore Harris, Ewuare Osayende
guest poet from the UK, Rommi Smith and others to be confirmed.

NEW JERSEY, USA                                         20 November 2005
Details to be confirmed.


BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND                       29 November 2005
Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgebaston, B15,
5pm - 6pm                                    
0121 414 5128
Free
With poets, Stewart Brown, Heather Taylor, Simon Murray, and others to be confirmed. Reading and Q and A.

Dance the Guns to Silence International launch book readings and bookstand at the African Studies Association Conference in Washington DC  has been made possible with the support of Arts Council England, London.

LONDON, ENGLAND                                17 December 2005
Temi's Cyberkitchen                         AWA Xmas Party!
343-345 Cambridge Heath Road, E1 9RA      020 8257 4705
         
7pm - late
Poetry from Dance the Guns to Silence Anthology
Plus African and Caribbean buffet
Plus dancing
£12 members/£15 non members (advance). More at the door
Poets to be confirmed.

In support of our reading to raise funds for the Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation, Cyberkitchen have offered us a wonderful deal to celebrate and RememberSaroWiwa and a full African and Caribbean buffet will be available in between readings - then music and dancing - if you are not too full - afterwards!

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