Peepal Tree Press Literary Readings
Monday 18 November 2013 6.00pm
G09, Old Whiteknights House, Whiteknights Campus
All are welcome to this free event.
Curdella Forbes is the critically acclaimed Jamaican
author of Ghosts (Peepal Tree 2012); Songs of
Silence (Heinemann 2002, 2010); Flying with Icarus and
Other Stories (Walker Books 2003), a collection of
stories for younger readers; A Permanent
Freedom (Peepal Tree 2008); and an award-winning
scholarly work, From Nation to Diaspora: Samuel
Selvon, George Lamming and the Cultural Performance of
Gender. Currently Professor of Caribbean Literature at
Howard University, she lives in Takoma Park, Maryland.
Roger Robinson is a writer and performer who lives
between London and Trinidad. He has performed
worldwide and is an experienced lecturer on poetry
and performance. He was also chosen by Decibel as
one of 50 writers who have influenced the black-
British writing canon over the past 50 years. He has
received writing commissions from Stratford Theatre
Royal East, The National Trust, London Open House
and the National Portrait Gallery, LIFT and the Tate.
For further information, please contact:
Professor Alison Donnell
a.j.donnell@reading.ac.uk
