Tottenham Literature Festival | SATURDAY FESTIVAL
Saturday, 19 November
FESTIVAL DAY PROGRAMME: SATURDAY 19 NOVEMBER
Saturday 19 November | 12:00 – 18:00 | BGAC
Tickets from £8 (Pay What You Can)
Join us for a full day of healing stories by incredible Black authors. Ranging from talks, performances, workshops, and our arts and books market – there’s lots to choose from. Each talk will open with a performance or screening by d/Deaf artists curated by Deaffest. Talks in the BGAC Theatre will be BSL interpreted. All events listed below are part of our Festival Day Pass (excluding the free ‘Meet the Author’ interviews).
Book your Festival Day Pass tickets here.
Workshop: Speed-pitch Your Book!
12:00 – 13:30 | BGAC The Hub
A fun, fast interactive workshop where you travel to ‘islands’ and pitch your book in under two minutes to a literary agent, publisher, editor or author to receive on the spot feedback. Your publishing expert will pick only a select few to pitch, so you need to come ready and prepared to share your idea. Featuring Kemi Ogunsanwo, Nancy Adimora and others. This workshop has limited capacity, details on how to apply to take part will be sent upon confirmation of your Festival Day Pass ticket booking.
Panel: Reclaiming Our Stories
12:30 – 13:45 | BGAC Theatre
Panel discussion chaired by A Quick Ting On exploring Black British culture and history through the act of archiving, documentation and celebration with Christian Adofo, Tippa Irie and Tobi Kyeremateng. BSL Interpreted. Included in your Festival Day Pass.
‘Meet The Author’ programme in The Mezzanine
Pop-Up – 14:00 – 17:00 | BGAC The Mezzanine
Part of #TLF22 free programming strand of interviews, featuring Kris Manjapra on his latest book Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation plus others in the Mezzanine.
Free programme
Panel: Internal Worlds
14:15 – 15:30 | BGAC Theatre
Panel discussion exploring Black character interiority and powerful worlds of imagination and escape within historical fiction (Nadifa Mohamed‘s The Fortune Men), romance and magic realism (Leone Ross‘s This One Sky Day), poetry (Victoria Adukwei-Bulley‘s Quiet), K Bailey Obazee (PRIM.BLACK) and others. BSL Interpreted. Included in your Festival Day Pass.
Workshop: Travis Alabanza
14:30 – 16:30 | BGAC The Hub
A very special #TLF22 workshop with playwright and author Travis Alabanza, this year’s Artist in Residence for the Tottenham Literature Festival. Please note this session is for Black LGBTQ+ participants. Due to the bespoke nature of the session we have limited capacity, and there will be a simple application process. If you require BSL interpretation or have any other access requirements, please indicate this when applying for your place. Details on how to apply to take part in this workshop will be sent upon confirmation of your Festival Day Pass ticket booking.
Panel: Black Love
16:00 – 17:15 | BGAC Theatre
Panel discussion celebrating Black love in all its essence from familial, community, friendship, romantic, nature and self with Ayanna Lloyd Banwo‘s When We Were Birds, Jendella Benson‘s Hope and Glory, Lizzie Damilola Blackburn‘s Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? and Okechukwu Nzelu’s Here Again Now. Chaired by Maame Blue (author of Bad Love). BSL Interpreted.
Included in your Festival Day Pass.
Keynote Lecture by Travis Alabanza
17:30 – 18:00 | BGAC Theatre
Tottenham Literature Festival’s Artist in Residence, Travis Alabanza delivers the keynote lecture inspired by their debut None of the Above.
Included in your Festival Day Pass.