Arts & Culture
Come Together for River of Light
River of Light – the iconic light art festival – will return to the streets of Liverpool this autumn under the theme of ‘Together’. Between 23 October – 1 November, tens of thousands of visitors will once again explore the city and experience the giant outdoor art gallery, which has become a staple of Liverpool’s...
Talking Culture: Public Discussion Group
Talking Culture is a series of friendly discussions where curious people can come together to think, talk, and explore today’s major issues. The next session will take place on Thu 3 Sep, and will focus on questions associated with masculinity online. What is happening with masculinity online? Against a complicated backdrop shaped by all sorts...
Jalsaghar Closing Event with Jennifer Lee Tsai
Join us for an evening of pop-up poetry readings by Bluecoat’s Artist in Residence Jennifer Lee Tsai. A number of Tsai’s poems that share themes with the exhibition have been selected by both Tsai and exhibiting artist Debjani Banerjee, and will be read against the backdrop of Jalsaghar. Free, booking required
Family Fun Day – Discover Chinese Music & Culture
Join Pagoda Arts for a FREE two-hour interactive family experience, where children and adults can discover Chinese culture through music, stories and hands-on activities. During the afternoon you can: * Watch the family short film Jingwei and Piggy, produced by First Take, and discover a magical journey from Shanghai to Liverpool. * Enjoy live performances...
The Writer’s Bloc Birkenhead: Showing Personality in Writing with Charlie Lea
Charlie Lea is passionate about all things literary. As well as writing his own stories, he loves running creative writing workshops for both adults and children, online and in person as well as promoting the joy of reading to all. For his work boosting literacy and a love of all things literary, he was appointed...
The Writer’s Bloc Bootle: Showing Personality in Writing with Charlie Lea
Charlie Lea is passionate about all things literary. As well as writing his own stories, he loves running creative writing workshops for both adults and children, online and in person as well as promoting the joy of reading to all. For his work boosting literacy and a love of all things literary, he was appointed...
The Writer’s Bloc Birkenhead: Screen Writing for Beginners with Margy McShane
Margy McShane is a teacher of Screenwriting and Creative Writing. She has taught at LJMU, Manchester Metropolitan University, and on many community projects throughout Liverpool including WOW and The Bluecoat. She’s facilitated anthologies at WOW and SWAN Women’s centre and has an MA distinction in Screenwriting and a Diploma for Teaching in the Lifelong Learning...
The Writer’s Bloc Bootle: What’s Your Story? With Jenny Newman
Jenny Newman has written three novels, Going In (Penguin), Life Class (Chatto & Windus) and In the Blood (Psychology News Press). She is also the author of A Novel in Nine Steps (Mslexia Publications), editor of The Faber Book of Seductions, and co-editor of British and Irish Novelists: an introduction through interviews (Arnold); The Writer’s...
The Writer’s Bloc Bootle: Words for Change: Writing Protest Poetry with Amina Atiq
Amina Atiq is a Yemeni-British poet, teaching artist, performer and award-winning community activist whose practice centres on storytelling, social justice and community cohesion. Her work spans poetry, performance, education and community engagement through international residencies, commissions and collaborations. These include Weston Jerwood Creative, the Humboldt Foundation Residency (Germany), Roots & Routes (Germany and the Netherlands),...
Writer’s Bloc Toxteth: Poetry – Redrafting/Editing with Alison Schultz
Alison Schultz is a poet and musician from the beautiful Wirral Peninsula aka The Left Bank of the Mersey and has a background in teaching up to Post Graduate level. She is one of the team who run Wirral Poetry Festival (annual), curates/hosts a monthly performance night, The Wordsmithery, and performs at Arts Centres and...
