BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9559@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240717T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240717T190000 DTSTAMP:20240624T161303Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bluecoat-liverpool-arab-arts-fes tival-janette-ayachi-exploring-heritage-through-poetry/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Bluecoat: Liverpool Arab Arts Festival: Janette Ayachi: E xploring Heritage Through Poetry DESCRIPTION:\nJanette Ayachi: Exploring Heritage Through Poetry\n\n\n\n\nWe dnesday 17 July\, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmBluecoat\n£8 / £6 concessions\nBook T ickets\n\nScottish-Algerian poet Janette Ayachi gives a special reading a t Bluecoat exploring dual heritage through poetry\, hosted by Deryn Rees-J ones.\n\nJanette Ayachi is a Scottish-Algerian poet\, London-born &\; Edinburgh-based. She has a BA combined honours degree in English Literatur e &\; Film Media Studies (Stirling University) &\; an MSc in Creativ e Writing (Edinburgh University)\n\nShe’s a regular on BBC Scotland arts programmes (and has even starred in a whisky advert!) Her poetry\, prose and essays have been published internationally &\; translated into seve ral languages. She also collaborates with artists and performs her poetry at festivals or events.\n\nShe is the author of Hand Over Mouth Music (P avilion\, Liverpool University Press) which won the Saltire Poetry Book of the Year Literary Award 2019 and Quick Fire\, Slow Burning (Pavilion\, LUP) released in April 2024.\n\nShe is writing her travel memoir Lonerlus t about travelling alone searching landscapes\, culture\, desire and huma n connection\, alongside her debut fiction novel\, Of Sweet Figs and For get-Me-Nots.\n\nwww.janetteayachi.com\n\nIn partnership with the Universi ty of Liverpool Centre for New and International Writing and Pavilion P oetry. \n\nDeryn Rees-Jones is Professor of Poetry at the University of Liverpool\, and is the editor of the new Pavilion Poetry series\, for Live rpool University Press.\n\nThe Centre for New and International Writing i s the University of Liverpool’s focal point for the study of contempor ary and international literatures\, for creative writing\, and new writing in its many manifestations.\n\nwww.liverpool.ac.uk/new-and-international- writing/\n\nPavilion Poetry seeks to publish the very best in contemporar y poetry. Always international in its reach\, Pavilion Poetry is poetry th at takes a risk. Whether by new or established and award-winning writers\, this is poetry sure to challenge and delight.\n\nFurther event informatio n:\n\nSuitable for 14+\n\nVenue:\n\nBluecoat\, Sandon Room\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\n\n\n\n\nTickets &\; Booking information for all Li verpool Arab Arts Festival events can be found here: https://www.arabartsf estival.com/2024-festival/here:  ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/06/Janette-Ayachi-banner.png CATEGORIES:Literature & Poetry,Performance LOCATION:Bluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United K ingdom GEO:53.404542;-2.984173 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=School Lane\, Liverpool\, L 1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bluecoat:geo :53.404542,-2.984173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR