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Open the Door
18th May, 2020 to 22nd May, 2020
This year we invite the digital world to Open the Door by hosting our women’s writing festival entirely online, focusing on environmental and ecofeminist ideas.
Open the Door, Monday 18th May to Friday 22nd May, Online
View the Open the Door 2020 schedule of events here.
‘The future of the planet concerns all of us and all of us should do what we can to protect it.’
– From Unbowed, One Woman’s Story by Wangari Maathai
We’re shining a special spotlight on Brazilian abolitionist and author Maria Firmina dos Reis; Scottish novelist, playwright and radio producer Jessie Kesson; and Kenyan environmental and political activist Wangari Maathai. Log on for creative writing exercises, recorded events, digital poetry slam, Q&A’s and lots more.
Find out more about Open the Door and the writers we’re spotlighting here.