Breaking Ground – Black British Writers US Tour
The Breaking Ground tour list consists of five prose writers, five poets. All of the artists present a vast range of themes in their work and many are multi-genre writers, combining poetry and playwriting, for example. We have paid particular attention to balancing gender and age and to presenting both new and established names to audiences.
The ten tour writers are:
Diran Adebayo – Jay Bernard – Bernardine Evaristo – Gabriel Gbadamosi – Colin Grant
Nick Makoha – Karen McCarthy Woolf – Johny Pitts – Roger Robinson – Warsan Shire
(click each name to find out more about the individual writers)
We are about to take Breaking Ground back to the USA for the second part of the tour, starting in April 2016.
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Thursday 28 April
Breaking Ground at Seton Hall, New Jersey with Bernardine Evaristo and Colin Grant
Free and open to the public | 6-8pm | Arts & Sciences Hall, room 107, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
Friday 29 April
Breaking Ground at New York University with Bernardine Evaristo and Colin Grant
Monday 2 May
Creative writing workshops at California State Prison-Sacramento (formerly Folsom Prison)
Workshops for inmates will be conducted by Diran Adebayo, Gabriel Gbadamosi, Colin Grant, Nick Makoha, Johny Pitts and Roger Robinson | Closed event
Monday 2 May
Jay Bernard and Bernardine Evaristo – brown bag event at University of California at Davis
Tuesday 3 May
Breaking Ground Black British Writers Showcase featuring all ten tour writers – Mondavi Center
Tickets $30 / $10 concessions | 8-10pm | Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center, University of California, Davis, CA
Wednesday 4 May
Breaking Ground Showcase at Green Apple Books, San Francisco
Featuring nine tour writers | 7.30-9.30pm | Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Avenue, SF CA
Thursday 4 May
Breaking Ground Writers visiting classes at University of California, Davis
Closed event | various times | UC Davis
Thursday 4 May
Breaking Ground Readings at UC Davis