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Launch of ‘Closure’

3rd November, 6.30 at Waterstones, Piccadilly Circus. Conversations on Closure Editor Jacob Ross will be talking with contributors Pete Kalu, Jennifer Makumbi, Seni Seneviratne and Ayesha Sidiqqi about their stories in Closure and their own writing processes as well as offering the audience insights around Black British Fiction. (more…)

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XV Poetry on the Lake

XV Poetry on the Lake Celebration  9th-11th October 2015 Carol Ann Duffy, Gillian Clarke, Imtiaz Dharker, Mmakgari Dabutha, Seni Seneviratne, Michael Swan, Neal Hall, Fausta Squatriti, Kenneth Steven,Caroline Carver, Rebecca Bilkau and international poets.  

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Beyond Words Poetry Night

Seni’s next reading in London will be at Beyond Words Poetry Night on Tuesday May 6th – 7.30 As well as booking headline performers for all to enjoy the event hosts a platform for new, amateur and up and coming talent.Beyond Words is a monthly poetry event in South London that hosts talent from the world of […]

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25th Aldeburgh Poetry Festival

DARK LIGHT Saturday  9 November  – 9.30 to 10.00 Bill Jackson in discussion with Seni Seneviratne against the backdrop of his Aldeburgh exhibition READING: ALTERNATIVE VOICES Sunday 10 November – 12.00 to 1.00 Seni Seneviratne’s mixed Sri Lankan and English heritage both informs her natural lyricism and enlarges her empathy for the marginalised and traumatised across the world. DARK LIGHT […]

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IN OUR OWN WORDS – San Francisco

SRI LANKAN WOMEN WRITERS IN CONVERSATION on March 27th 2013 17.30 TO 19.30 at San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco Dharini Abeysekera, Nayomi Munaweera, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Seni Seneviratne, Pireeni Sundaralingam, Arany Uthayakumar In conjunction with Women’s History Month, Kearny Street Workshop proudly presents In Our Own Words: Sri Lankan Women Writers in Conversation at the […]

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