Background Noise @bgnoiseuk
A monthly mailing list of the best conversations in London. Sign up at https://t.co/4BZ88AV6th backgroundnoise.uk London Joined January 2020-
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On Tuesday, @ois_mck will join @rosielanners in conversation to discuss his new novel EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS in this talk at @BurleyFisher. Find out more: bit.ly/3UtaTLY
Next week, @girlsinfilm_GIF will host a Q&A with director Soudade Kaadan following a screening of her new film NEZOUH at @thecastlecinema. Find out more: bit.ly/4djFq7E
Tomorrow evening, @MediaComGold will welcome @aurelmondon to present on his and @aaronzwinter 's @RunnymedeTrust report CREATING A CRISIS. Find out more: bit.ly/3y8xNAF
Next week, Ilan Pappé, @PriyamvadaGopal and @aasiyalodhi will discuss Stuart Hall's 1992 essay THE WEST AND THE REST in this online talk from @StuartHallFdn's READING THE CRISIS series. Find out more: bit.ly/3JHBAb2
In two weeks, @feministlibrary will host a panel discussion and interview with feminist philosopher Adriana Cavarero to celebrate the new anthology on her political thought POLITICAL BODIES. Find out more: bit.ly/3Qltb0t
On Monday evening, @kenfero will take part in a live Q&A following a screening of his documentary INJUSTICE in this event from the Hackney Art Activism Festival at @riocinema. Find out more: bit.ly/3QdDKT6
Next Friday, @mayaywind will join @FeryalAwan, @HummaAndleeb, Izzat Darwazeh and Larne Abse Gogarty to discuss her book TOWERS OF IVORY AND STEEL in this talk from @IOE_London. Find out more: bit.ly/49HKzU0
Next month, a panel of @Jeandamerique, Estelle-Sarah Bulle, @jallenpaisant and Clare Finburgh Delijani will pay tribute to the author Maryse Condé in this #BeyondWordsFest event at @ifru_london. Find out more: bit.ly/3vU5NQO
JUST ANNOUNCED, @mcintosh_kim will join @SoSowemimo in conversation to celebrate the paperback release of her essay collection BLACK GIRL, NO MAGIC in this event at @reviewbookshop. Find out more: bit.ly/3vKkiqm
Next weekend, @Foyles will welcome Elaine Feeney, @sineadgleeson and @neevkm to discuss their latest work in this talk chaired by @BarryPierce. Find out more: bit.ly/3TTiao1
On Sunday, @ICALondon will host a day of conversations and screenings to consider what it means to live within structures that are failing. Find out more: bit.ly/3Jh9Fhz
Next week, @CSDWestminster and @ROAPEjournal will welcome @BianchiniP27859, @nssylla and @LeoZeilig for the launch of their new edited collection REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN AFRICA. Find out more: bit.ly/4aomfaN
Later this month, @jo_hamya will join Natasha Brown in conversation to discuss her new novel THE HYPOCRITE in this talk at @LRBbookshop. Find out more: bit.ly/4aoiv9j
Tomorrow evening, Joshua Leon will join @oliviaaherne and @E_amyj in conversation to celebrate the launch of his new publication THE PROCESS in this event at @ChisenhaleGal. Find out more: bit.ly/3PMTuN0
On Saturday, @_TheWhitechapel will host a day of talks inspired by @Channel4's new documentary series DEFIANCE: FIGHTING THE FAR RIGHT. Find out more: bit.ly/3xkiHIh
Next month, @NaoiseDolan will join Rebecca Wait in conversation to celebrate the paperback publication of her book THE HAPPY COUPLE in this talk at @BurleyFisher. Find out more: bit.ly/3vo4j0X
Next month, @youarehasti will host an evening with Sanah Ahsan to celebrate their new poetry collection I CANNOT BE GOOD UNTIL YOU SAY IT in this event at @TheCommonPress. Find out more: bit.ly/3PzUvrv
Later on this month, @StuartHallFdn will welcome @isaacjulien to deliver a keynote presentation for the seventh Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation at @ConwayHall. Find out more: bit.ly/4afHgnL
On Friday evening, Reference Point will host a launch event for the new @haymarketbooks collection AGAINST ERASURE with @meznaqato and @RamiRmeileh. Find out more: bit.ly/3Vb5xag
On Wednesday, @Vinncent, @zara_dinnen, @sitainshort, Peter Osborne and @hhnnccnnll will discuss the phenomenon of immediacy as it relates to culture, art and protest in this panel event to mark the release of @tankmagazine's spring issue. Find out more: bit.ly/3V8lnT2
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