4-star review from The Times and The Sunday Times

thetimes.co.uk/article/mehek-…

Our 25 April event feat. 🦻🏽Raymond Antrobus
+ Dr Shalini Sengupta on the life and legacy of Professor Benjamin Zephaniah Professor Benjamin Zephaniah (born on this day in 1958) is SOLD OUT! Waiting list now in action - if you can't make it, let us know... 🙏

Our 25 April event feat. 🦻🏽Raymond Antrobus + Dr Shalini Sengupta on the life and legacy of Professor Benjamin Zephaniah Professor Benjamin Zephaniah is SOLD OUT! Waiting list now in action - if you can't make it, let us know... 🙏 ncl.ac.uk/ncla/events/ev…

This is going to be unmissable. Mehek - Friday 19th April Northern Stage co-presented by #GemArts and Dance City Dancewear A 5-star review on LiftedLeg and The Times ★★★★★ Aditi Mangaldas and Aakash Odedra’s Mehek is a spellbinding take on love. liftedleg.com/2024/04/aditi-…

We are pleased to announce that the James Berry Poetry Prize 2024 in partnership with Bloodaxe Books is now open! 📚The prize offers £1000, expert mentoring and debut publication for emerging poets of colour. More info here 🏆

ncl.ac.uk/ncla/james-ber…

I have enjoyed every workshop I've ever done at the NEWCASTLE POETRY FESTIVAL
Patricia Smith on writing difficult subjects
Bill Herbert & Poettrio on translating poetry as a team

This year looks great 👇

Very excited to be teaching this live workshop NCLA on 10/5 - we’ll be working with postcards, wax crayons, felt tip pens & materials poets bring to open safe colour channels back to our deepest places of memory & creation & then out into new work a shamanic calling forth

🤓We’re excited about Suji Kwock Kim’s workshop ‘Eco-poems & non-human perspectives’ 💚🌲on Sat 11 May 12.30-2.30 📝 #NPFP24

Booking info 🎫newcastlepoetryfestival.co.uk

😌We’re really looking forward to alice hiller ‘Colour as portal and energy channel’ workshop on Fri 10 May 1-3pm 🌈🎨

Booking info 🎫newcastlepoetryfestival.co.uk

📚We have an excellent workshop series at Newcastle Poetry Festival! #NPFP24 On Thurs 9 May is Fred D’Aguiar’s ‘Poetry and Aesthetics’ 🤓
Booking info found 🎫
newcastlepoetryfestival.co.uk

NCLA celebrates Prof. Zephaniah's life and work w/ poet 🦻🏽Raymond Antrobus + Dr Shalini Sengupta
Free w/ registration - 25.4.24, 7pm.
Join us for readings, memories, inspiration...

Two weeks to go until Mehek and doesn't it look incredible!? 🤩

Join us for this enchanting new duet between leading South Asian dancers Aditi Mangaldas and Aakash Odedra Company.

Co-presented with GemArts and Dance City.

📍Stage 1
🗓 19 Apr
🎟 northernstage.co.uk/whats-on/mehek/

Come hear Alpa Shah Alpa Shah discuss the sickness at the heart of the world's 'biggest democracy', Free at NCLA, 16 May, 7-8pm ncl.ac.uk/ncla/events/

Did you know? Some of the earliest ideas around galaxies and dark matter were developed in the North East of England 🌌

Join us for an out-of-this-world webinar on 18 April to discover @uniofnewcastle's and our region's impact on astronomy research 👉 bit.ly/3TR9YWI

Newcastle artists ❤️ #Gaza #Palestine
On now High Bridge Works: Crowdfunder Art Exhibition, Family Open Day TODAY: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/ncamap
11 May: Music Fundraiser Star & Shadow Cinema cinema
starandshadow.org.uk/programme/even…
23 May: 4 Palestinian creatives w/us, Free:
ncl.ac.uk/ncla/events/ev…

For the next 10 days you can visit UNION exhibition in the Long Gallery; showcasing artwork by students from Fine Art NCL and ENPEG "La Esmeralda" (in #Mexico ), followed by a celebration event on zoom on 11 April. Details ⬇️

You can hear/ see Manya's February event with us now live in our archive! archive.nclacommunity.org/content/?p=3876

We are pleased to announce that the Novel Prize is open for submissions until 1 June. The winner receives $10,000 & simultaneous publication with us in the UK, @newdirections in the US & Giramondo Publishing in Australia. More details here: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/prizes/novel-p…