Readings, Talks, Discussions, Performances and Workshops exploring contemporary issues and ideas with an international line-up of novelists, journalists, broadcasters, poets, playwrights, comics, musicians and artists.

Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street E1: 6pm – 8pm : FESTIVAL LAUNCH RECEPTION
in the Toynbee Studios Café with North London Singers.; 8.30pm : GUERRILLA GIRLS ON TOUR
flying in from New York specially to open the
SPIT-LIT Festival with 'Feminists Are Funny'

Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street E1: 2.30pm : ACTIVISM Sheila Cohen & Lynne Segal
discuss their new books with Marian Kilpatrick.; 4.00pm : EASTERN PROMISE Nora Ikstena & Carmen Banciu
discuss their work as writers from Eastern Europe with Alexandra Buchler.; 5.30pm : BETWEEN TWO CONTINENTS Marilyn Heward Mills & Lesley Lokko discuss their novels with Delia Jarrett-Macauley.; 7.00pm : THE SECRET MAGAZINE Jenna Bailey reveals the CCC, the Co-operative Correspondence Club.; 8.30pm : LEA DELARIA in concert
with the Dirty Martinis led by Janette Mason.

Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street E1: 2.30pm : WOMEN & WAR with Helen Rappaport.; 4.00pm : LES LIT Velvet Magazine with Naomi Young, Val Lee and Fiona Cooper.; 5.30pm : BITCH LIT from Manchester with Maya Chowdhry, Rosie Lugosi & Char March.; 7.00pm : APPLES & SNAKES performance poetry with
Melted Demerara, Liz Bentley, Saran Green, Aime Hansen & MC Anna Barzotti.
The Brady Arts Centre, 192-196 Hanbury Street E1: 2pm – 6pm : BANGLADESHI BOOKFAIR
with children's storytelling.; 6pm – 8pm : BANGLADESHI WOMEN'S CELEBRATION
with writers and performers arranged by Bishwo Shahitto Kendro.

Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street E1: 7.00pm : A MATTER OF HONOUR Jasvinder Sanghera
discusses her book 'Shame' with Ahlam Akram and Rekha Waheed.; 8.30pm : UNDER COVER Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
chairs a discussion on The Politics of the Veil
with Josie Appleton, Rabina Khan, Shamim Azad and Merryl Wyn Davies.

Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street E1: 7.00pm : JULIA BELL & CATHERINE JOHNSON
discuss their books for young adults with
Gail Cameron and Joanna Ingram from The Women's Library.; 8.30pm : MARTINA COLE, NATASHA COOPER, DREDA SAY MITCHELL, CATHI UNSWORTH, LAURA WILSON.
Five remarkable women crime writers discussing their work.

Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street E1: 7.00pm : CELEBRATING ROKEYA SAKHAWAT HOSSAIN (1880-1932)
with Shaheen Choudhury Westcombe MBE.; 8.30pm : SABLE LITMAG presents
Dorothea Smartt, Jackee Holder, Rommi Smith, Akkas-Al Ali, Laken Randhawa, Seni Seneviratne, Tanya Chan Sam & Nkechi Ebite MC.

Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street E1: 12.30 – 2pm : THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY LUNCH
with guest speaker Anni Marjoram Policy Adviser on Women's Issues to the Mayor of London.
Tickets Ł12 includes lunch - Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street E1; 7.00pm : NEW VOICES NEW WRITERS
Tahmima Anam and Roma Tearne present their debut novels.; 8.30pm : SARAH JANE MORRIS in concert

Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street E1: 7.00pm : ` PEEPAL TREE PRESS
Kadija Sesay presents Raman Mundair, Rommi Smith, Khadija Ibrahiim, Dorothea Smartt & Seni Seneviratne.; 8.30pm : MALIKA'S KITCHEN Janett Plummer presents
Charlotte Ansell, Cath Drake, Patricia Foster, Sifundo Msbele, Denise Saul, Heather Taylor.

Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street E1: 2.00pm : THE SPIT-LIT DEBATE presented by the Institute of Ideas
'Brickbats, Bovver Boots and Bans – How free should artistic expression be?' with
Linda Bellos, Karen Chouhan, Louise Jury, Shirley Dent & Humera Khan
chaired by Claire Fox.; 4.00pm : MOVIES & MONEY Helen de Winter talks to Alison Owen about her new book
'What I Really Want to Do Is Produce'; 5.30pm : MARVELLOUS MUSICALS Emma Brockes
discusses her new book 'What Would Barbara Do? How Musicals can change your life'.
SPIT-LIT COMEDY NIGHT: 7.00pm : LOVELY LINDA 'I think The Nurses Are Stealing My Clothes'
THE VERY BEST OF LINDA SMITH presented by Warren Lakin and Ian Parsons with readings by Kate Rutter.; 9.00pm : THE SPIT-LIT COMEDY SHOW with
Lucy Porter, Christina Martin, Diane Morgan, Susan Murray and Kerry Godliman MC.

Programme may be subject to alteration and addition.
TICKETS: Ł6/Ł4 concs or Ł7/Ł5 concs or Ł10/Ł8 concs (except where indicated).
Book for two events on the same day and save Ł2. (except IWD Lunch)
Bookings 020 7247 2584.
Booking form online at http://www.alternativearts.co.uk/cmsfiles/SPIT-LIT%20Booking%20Form%2007.doc
Full colour programmes are available to download from http://www.alternativearts.co.uk/cmsfiles/2802%20Spit%20Lit%2007%20prog%20lo-res.pdf

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