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Stories, poetry, histories and memories are all shared in our fortnightly podcast created by Lewisham libraries staff. We started collecting material at the beginning of Covid-19 lockdown in April 2020 and shared them with customers and residents through Facebook as the weekly series “Lewisham Voices”. We are now publishing them more widely through this podcast. There are memories from residents of growing up in Lewisham during the 1950s, and local author Caleb Azumah Nelson reflects on a more recent childhood. Poets recite their poetry, and authors read whole stories or share special chapters from their novels. Historians remember famous residents such as Olaudah Equiano and Robert Browning, and a theatre company reveals how they involve the community in their productions. Each fortnight the podcast will have a different theme or format – but the link is always “words”. Keep in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lewishamlibraries, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LewishamLibraries/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/LewishamLibraries www: https://lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/libraries Music: Forget your feet - Tayler Watts. Artwork: Emily Fellah
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Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
National Poetry Day
Chrissie Gittins lives in Forest Hill in the Borough of Lewisham. She writes poetry, radio drama, short stories and poetry for children. Day to celebrate you leaving home is taken from one of her adult poetry collections Sharp Hills (2019)
Efe Nakpodia a Lewisham resident and poet reads ‘when’ from his second poetry collection White Noise and Carousels.
Sarah Lipton-Sidibeh reads Stagnation from The First Collection (2020) She writes short stories, poetry, plays, children's books, film scripts, song lyrics and educational textbooks.
Sharmay Mitchell reads three poems, Tight-rope, I never let a poem and The loving vice. She is a Londoner of Saint Lucian and Dominican heritage. By day she works in behavioural research and the rest of her time is spent in creative pursuits such as poetry-writing, making stop-motion videos, illustration and jewellery-making. Her debut poetry collection is 'be the Uplifter: Positive Poems' www.sharmaymitchell.com
Copies of the collections are available in Lewisham Libraries – catalogue
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