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Camp Books courtesy of Brook Palmieri
Apr 17
Tuesday, 26th January, 2021 to Friday, 30th April, 2021

Weemin’s Wark

Portrait of Kirsten MacQuarrie
Apr 22
1:00pm to 2:30pm

Story Café Special: Kirsten MacQuarrie

Free
Three books standing on a shelf with a plant. The books are New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby, which has a black cover with a photo of a black woman looking directly at the reader, her hands clasped behind her head; Where the Wild Ladies Are, by Matsuda Aoko, a yellow cover with a dark abstract shape in the top half, and an illustration of the knees of two women in skirts sitting beside each other; Queenie, by Candace Carty-Williams, a deep pink cover with the head of a black woman in profile, her face not visible, and long braids pulled up into a bun.
Apr 28
6:00pm to 7:30pm Event Series

Readers of Colour

Open Book. Credit: GWL
May 3
10:00am to 11:30am

Open Book

Free
Necropolis Women's Heritage Walk. Credit: GWL
May 8
2:00pm to 4:00pm

Women of the Necropolis Heritage Walk

£6.00 – £10.00
Detail of a small single-flower plant against a black background within a beige mount
May 10
Featured Featured 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Open the Door 2021: In Conversation with Amanda Thomson and Amy Gear

Patons & Baldwin knitting pattern cover. Credit: GWL
May 20
2:00pm to 3:30pm

Open the Door 2021: Stitches and Stories

Free
A selection of books by Maud Sulter overlaid on a table. Some books are open showing collage and photography by Maud Sulter.
May 20
6:30pm to 8:00pm

Open the Door 2021: Absence/Presence

Free
A film still shows two panels, with green ink. On one of them, the letters RELIC can just be made out as the ink is bleeding and blurring away.
May 21
2:00pm to 3:30pm

Open the Door 2021: Concrete Poetry Workshop

Free
Illustration of Shazleen Khan
May 21
6:30pm to 8:00pm

Open the Door 2021: In Conversation with Kate Charlesworth and Shazleen Khan

Free
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