Periscope Books in partnership with Free Word Mon 8 Feb 2016, 6:45pm Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA Breaking Knees is a collection of short stories by renowned Syrian author Zakaria Tamer, a master of the very, very short story. The collection tackles themes of repression &
Monday 1st February 2016, 7:30 pm Exiled Lit Cafe, Poetry Place, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX £5 or £3 Exiled Writers Ink members and asylum seekers. Freddy Macha, Tolu Agbelusi, Shamim Azad, Alia’ Kuwalit, Belinda Zhawi, Edin Suljic, Lloyd Benjamin, Haroon O Mahdi, Barbara Lopez, Fat
In Switzerland, at the close of 2015 an old book has been released in a new format: Rosa Laui by Kurt Marti appears as an audio CD recorded by Guy Krneta and others. The new edition is of regional significance and no multi-lingual edition will be published. Germany’s Luchterhand Verlag originally
Wednesday 3rd February, 7pm, at Waterstones Piccadilly in London Japan Robben is a poet, playwright, performer and acclaimed novelist. His novel You Have Me to Love will be launched during the evening in Waterstones Piccadilly. The book received glowing reviews in the Dutch press, winning prize
The Enemies Project Spring Programme 2016 includes Icelandic, Argentinian and Georgian Enemies projects, Camarade events in Essex and St.Andrews, the return of Kakania in London and Berlin, a collaborative exhibition in Newport, a collaborative event involving five Universities and a one day festiva
I’m on the stairs heading down from Peirene HQ to the kitchen. I’m precisely half way. I’ve counted the steps. Sixteen in total. I’ve done eight. Peirene skips past me. At the bottom of the stairs she suddenly stops and turns around, looking at me in surprise as if she hadn’t noticed me st
