Melanie Abrahams

Can't believe this is finally happening tomorrow! ✨ We’ll be at the @britishlibrary with @Speak_Volumes at 7pm to celebrate The Complete Works Poets. There’s still time to join us - get your tickets now! Book at bit.ly/RSLWorks

We're delighted to collaborate with artist #OmariSwanstonJeffers on 4 part #RiseUpFestival about intergenerational trailblazers & the vibrant Leeds #Caribbean community who have shaped Britain. Join us next on 26/10 #WindrushBySong @NorthernSchool bit.ly/4ePt7jL #BHM

A poem doing the rounds from STURGE TOWN, @matthewshenoda @AfricanPoetryBF @JustineHenzell @SaddiqDzukogi @peepaltreepress @calabashfest @munthoni @Annyinpin

Don't miss this landmark event Mapping the Future: The Complete Works Poets @britishlibrary on 25/10 with @BernardineEvari @arshi_mona @NickMakoha @YomiSode @Natteitler @BloodaxeBooks @RSLiterature Book at bit.ly/cwpbl #completeworkspoets

On Sat 12 October artist & writer @_valdajackson and I will co-facilitate a workshop @AttenboroughAC as part of the @WORDLesta @renaissanceone @BrightSparksMH #BHM afternoon. A space prioritising artistic voice & wellbeing in a social space. Info: attenborougharts.com

At last! #mrloverman @PenguinUKBooks is arriving in your living room on October 14 on @BBC 1. You can binge-watch the entire series on #bbciplayer. Starring #lennieJames #ariyonbakare #sharondclarke @fablepicsuk @Sony (Sorry, comments blocked, you know what it's like on here...)

@ParveenRumina You're welcome. Am looking forward to what's next!

I am actually writing ✍️ thanks @wordtraipser

On Sat 10 @_valdajackson and I will be co-facilitating a workshop on resilience, wellbeing, progress and progressing your artistic voice for global majority womxn at the @RWABristol info & booking bit.ly/3LUt3Cn

Be safe. Keep family, friends & buddies close. Solidarity & kinship in jarring & threatening times. The thing about resilience is you don't 'bounce' back to the same place. And people tell you to have it/use it. You draw on it because you need to. And, keep on, because. #riots

Next stop on #UnknownSoldier UK tour with @SeniSeneviratne is #HebdenBridge. Join us this evening 7.30pm at beautiful @wainsgatechapel, Tickets wainsgate.co.uk/seni-senevirat… Thanks to hosts @uncletilly @HBPiano director @AmandaHuxtable curator @wordtraipser funder @ace_national

Join us from 11am for the launch of Weird Futures, our new season of exhibitions and workshops exploring our place in the future, featuring work by artists who have all collaborated with children. Sun 21 Jul, 11am - 5pm. Free, drop in.

At @RadioFreePimlic tonight making my next show. It’s called Afterlife Cool Down. Mellow sounds from Kingston Jamaica to Berlin, Brazil, Phoenix Arizona, Brixton & beyond! To be aired in the next few days

As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, Scarthin invites you to Writing with Scissors, a poetry and collage workshop with @Jo_Bell Loosen and liberate your creative practice. We will do exercises to generate short poems, and then cut, paste and compose a collage...

Still time to get to @WordsofColour day! @southbankcentre marking #JamesBaldwin #100, curated @iamheathermarks and @MsJoyFrancis feat @EmmaDabiri #mendez @nktgill @misbehavingmonk @yassmin_a @SarahNilestar @travisalabanza #BurtCaeser @nicholas_daley_

Thanks to @kimlitup & @WilkswoodReggae festival team for hosting @JohnAgardPoet. A reggae rainsplash! but one where #JohnAgard gave one of his best performances of #AlternativeAnthem 'Put The Kettle On!' as 'the English answer to Armageddon'! #Festival #Reggae #summerfestival

#withlovegriefandfury by wonderful @salenagodden is spellbinding. The author says she 'made a lot of mess'. She has made a gloriously messy work, a tribute to living, a song to loss, packed with love, craft and feeling. Buy it. @canongatebooks

2024 is our 40th anniversary year, & in it we will be showcasing the best of Wasafiri, as well as reflecting on our history, the literary industry, & possibilities for our shared futures. Support us! Print & Digital Subs📝 Solidarity Subs💞 Gift Subs 🎁 wasafiri.org/subscribe/

For our upcoming book club we will be reading James Baldwin's 'Nobody Knows My Name'. Join us at Bristol Beacon on Saturday 27th July from 1pm-2pm to discuss the work of this brilliant writer. Tickets are FREE, but please do book: #e110972" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/brist…

FIVE DAYS LEFT for this fundraiser in memory of Michael Donaghy to support a poet to attend a @arvonfoundation Advanced Writing Programme. If you are wondering why so many of us care about Michael's legacy, here is one of his best poems. ❤️ crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-michael-…

Lovely article by @BlackOutP_ in the @LivEchonews to celebrate our 50th Birthday. Thank you! liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…