Are you aged 50+ and of Caribbean heritage? Do you have stories about food, gardening, migration, or family traditions that you’d love to share?
Come along to speak with award-winning writers Leone Ross and Joan Anim-Addo. Leone and Joan will listen to you and each write a short story inspired by your stories.
The stories from the event will be published in an anthology. This will available in both digital and printed formats, and distributed to local libraries and community centres. Participants will receive free copies.
The session will be paired with free Caribbean food.
If you have any questions, get in touch with Courtney: [email protected]
Part of the Mouth Mek Fi Nyam Windrush Project, itself part of the Lewisham, Borough of Literature Campaign.
About Leone Ross
Leone Ross is a novelist, short story writer, editor and educator. Her third novel, This One Sky Day (Faber) was nominated for the Women’s Prize, the Goldsmiths Prize, and the Ondaatje Prize, the BOCAS Prize — and named a New York Times Editor’s Choice. Her short fiction has been widely anthologised and her first short-story collection, Come Let Us Sing Anyway, prompted the Times Literary Supplement to call her ‘a pointiliste, a master of detail…’. In 2021, she won the Manchester Prize for Fiction for a single short story. She has judged the Mslexia Magazine, VS Pritchett Award and Bridport Prize writing competitions, in the short story category. Ross has taught creative writing for 27 years, up to PhD level, and presently works as a freelance writing mentor. She is the editor of Glimpse: A Black British Anthology of Speculative Fiction, published in 2022 (Peepal Tree).
About Joan Anim-Addo
Joan Anim-Addo is a creative writer of several genres including theatre, poetry and the short story. She is an interdisciplinary scholar whose writing has engaged Lewisham for decades. Founding the Caribbean Women Writer’s Alliance, she spearheaded ‘Lewisham Literature Festival: A Celebration of Black Writing’, 2003. Her Longest Journey: A History of Black Lewisham continues to inform and inspire action borough-wide and beyond. She is co-founder of Goldsmiths’ Creative and Life-Writing postgraduate programme which has produced many inspiring contemporary UK writers. She has recently co-founded and is at the heart of The Black British Writers and Scholars Alliance. She is Director of the Centre for Caribbean and Diaspora Studies, and Emeritus Professor, Goldsmiths University of London. She is the UK’s first Black Professor of Literature. She was born in Grenada.
About Spread the Word
Spread the Word is London’s literature development agency. We have have a national and international reputation for change-making research and developing programmes for writers that have equity and social justice at their heart.
With thanks to the City Bridge Foundation for supporting the CRIPtic x Spread the Word Salon and Connect through Connectivity.