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Writeidea

 

The Writeidea Festival 2011 was the third year of this popular free reading festival - and it is now established as a highlight in the cultural calendar in the capital. We are already planning Writeidea 2012!

Highlights of Writeidea 2011 

We were proud to be able to start the festival with the inaugural Gilda O'Neill Memorial Lecture, named in honour of the much loved East End historian and novelist. On Friday 11 November historian Louise Raw spoke about her book on the famous 1888 strike by women workers at the Bryant and May match factory in Bow.

Idea Store - bringing writers and readers together.

Many of these events were British Sign Language interpreted in association with Deaffinity.

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The Gilda O' Neill Memorial Lecture. Striking a Light: Looking for the Real Matchwomen

The story of the unexpectedly successful strike of 'matchgirls' against a powerful employer continues to exert a strong hold on the public...

David Rosenberg: Battle for the East End

75 anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street Throughout the 1930s, Oswald Mosley's blackshirts increased their campaign against the Jewish...

Matthew Parker: The Sugar Barons

Family, Corruption, Empire and War in the West Indies 'The Sugar Barons' tells how the West Indies became by far the most valuable and important...

Is Class an Issue in Fiction?

Alex Wheatle and William Nicholson in conversation with Penny Wrout. Alex Wheatle Alex Wheatle is an award winning British novelist, playwright and...

Dreda Say Mitchell: Geezer Girls and Hit Girls

Women in crime fiction. Dreda Say Mitchell is an award winning crime novelist and all-round media personality. With her 'Geezer, Gangster and Hit...

I & I The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh and Wailer with Colin Grant

Stir it up! The Wailers are the undisputed kings of reggae and their music still has a massive influence across the world today. Bob Marley, Peter...

Total Sin: What Makes London Interesting?

Panel discussion with Catharine Arnold, Paul Willetts and Jonathan Kemp. Paul Willetts Paul Willetts is the author of 'Members Only: The Life and...

33 Revolutions per Minute with Dorian Lynskey

A conversation with Dorian Lynskey on his book about protest songs in the twentieth century followed by live music from Tower of Dad. Dorian...

Michael Rosen's Storytime

A workshop for children aged between 6 and 11 years. Michael Rosen Michael Rosen is a poet, scriptwriter, broadcaster and performer and has been...