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                                  Past Events & Exhibitions

                                  Below are links to past events and exhibitions that have taken place at W&T


                                  Speaking Out: Voices Celebrating LGBT History Month. 15 Feb 2012
                                  With Booker-nominated author Paul Bailey, author/aerialist Will Davis, publisher/writer Helen Sandler, filmmaker Campbell X, poet/performer Andra Simons, artist Aliyahgator
                                  Glimpses of a Vanished World. 10 Jan - 12 Feb 2012
                                  Photography exhibition by Gitl Braun
                                  Dickens' London: Bermondsey in Dickensian Literature. 10 Feb 2012
                                  With author Peter Clark
                                  Holocaust Memorial Day 2012. Tues, 24 Jan 2012
                                  Featuring Talk by Survivor Leslie Kleinman, Exhibition and short film screening of work by artist Gitl Braun, Readings by author Jake Wallis Simons and poet Eve Grubin.
                                  Mark Haddon and Michael Rosen
                                  Canada Water Library. Mon, 23 Jan, 2012
                                  _Vanessa Woolf - Snow Queen
                                  Christmas Storytelling For The Family. Sun, 11 Dec, 2011. 3pm
                                  _Life Stories Cafe: True Storytelling Event
                                  Dorothea Smartt (Emcee)
                                  Shaun Levin, Jacob Sam La-Rose, Naomi Woddis, Olumide Popoola
                                  Fri, Dec 9, 2011. 7pm
                                  _Frank Key and Outa_Spaceman
                                  An Evening of Lugubrious Music and Lopsided Prose

                                  Fri, Nov 18, 2011. 7pm
                                  _Jude Cowan - For The Messengers
                                  Poetry & Mixed Media Art In Response To The News

                                  Nov 1 - Nov 27, 2011
                                  _Jude Cowan and Jon Snow - For The Messengers
                                  Mon, Nov 7, 2011. 8pm
                                  London Stories
                                  A Joint Exhibition Featuring Sarah Baxter's London Illuminated and Antonio Olmos' Landscape of Murder. Oct 4 - 30, 2011
                                  London's Underworlds
                                  Sebastian Groes, Maureen Duffy, Oliver Harris, Sarah Baxter
                                  Wed, 12 Oct 2011, 7pm
                                  Sue Rose - From The Dark Room
                                  Book launch 6 Oct 2011, 7pm
                                  Key To The Story: Synopsis Writing With Nii Parkes
                                  Workshop organised by Spread The Word
                                  Wed, 28 Sept 2011, 6.30pm
                                  Sawubona Presents Colours of South Africa
                                  Shangaan embroidery from Kaross
                                  Sept 13 - Oct 1, 2011
                                  Michael Richmond - Sisyphusa
                                  In conversation with Christopher Summerville
                                  Tues, 20 Sept 2011, 7pm
                                  Bermondsey Remembered: Two Centuries In Business
                                  Barry Albin-Dyer
                                  Tues, 13 Sept 2011, 7pm
                                  Portraiture: Journeys Through A Process
                                  Liz Day
                                  Aug 29 - Sept 11, 2011
                                  Boxed In Exhibition - Dwora Fried
                                  Jul 5 - Aug 28, 2011
                                  Double Author Event - Simon Van Booy & Molly Peacock
                                  Thurs Aug 4, 2011. 7pm
                                  Simon Van Booy -  Everything Beautiful Began After
                                  Molly Peacock - The Paper Garden: Mrs Delany (Begins Her Life's Work) At 72
                                  Rosie Wilby and Jen Brister:  Comedy Double Bill
                                  Fri, Jul 29, 2011.7pm
                                  Boxed In
                                  Artist Dwora Fried, Poet Charlotte Innes, Performance of 'Out-takes From The American Dream' - by actresses Stephanie Ellyne and Erin Hunter. Tues, July 5, 2011. 7pm
                                  Refuge: Joint exhibition to commemorate Refugee Week 2011
                                  June 7 - July 3, 2011
                                  Featuring
                                  'Waiting For' - a multimedia installation by Birgit Muller and Mike Moran
                                  'Fragments From Another Life' - a photography exhibition by Rhonda Klevansky
                                  'People and Change' - selected artworks from SDCAS asylum seekers
                                  Readings by Creative Writing Workshop Participants
                                  Led by Rosemary Furber
                                  Sunday, July 3, 2011. 1pm
                                  Refuge - Event commemorating Refugee Week 2011
                                  Artists Mike Moran, Birgit Muller, Rhonda Klevansky
                                  Author Kamin Mohammadi
                                  Poem performed by John Constable
                                  Sunday, June 26, 2011. 4pm
                                  Life Stories Cafe: True Storytelling Event
                                  Dorothea Smartt, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Nigel Young,
                                  Kinsi Abdulleh, Jane Trowell
                                  Friday, June 24, 2011. 7pm
                                  Jacqueline Saphra
                                  The Kitchen of Lovely Contraptions: Book Launch
                                  Tues, June 21, 2011. 7pm
                                  Jessica Harris & John Garvey
                                  An Afternoon of Music with Irish duo Jessica and John featuring Hugh Murray
                                  Sunday, June 19, 2011. 2pm
                                  John Constable
                                  Book Launch, Talk, Performance: Southwark Mysteries
                                  Thurs, June 16, 2011. 7pm
                                  Dogsbodies & Scumsters
                                  Alan McCormick, Jonny Voss. Performance by InterAct
                                  Tues, June 7, 2011. 7pm
                                  Writers' Rendezvous... In Conversation with Blake Morrison
                                  Tues, May 31, 2011. 7pm
                                  Words Made Flesh
                                  Author Readings: Laurika Bretherton, Rosemary Furber, Rochelle Gosling, Peter Miller, Jennifer Nadel, Susan Oke, Mark Pendry, Rosie Rowel and Colette Swires
                                  Sat, May 21, 2011. 3pm
                                  26 Presents... An Evening of Spoken Words
                                  Polar Bear, Joshua Idehen, Inua Ellems
                                  Friday, May 13, 2011. 7pm
                                  Museum of London Book Launch
                                  The Cluniac Priory and Abbey of St. Saviour Bermondsey, Surrey: Excavations 1984-95
                                  Wed, May 11, 2011. 7pm
                                  The Imaginary Herbarium of Dr James Miranda Barry
                                  Alessandra Pirovano. May 4 - Jun 5, 2011
                                  Beautiful Sentence: Writings from Women in Prison
                                  Leah Thorn, Farah Damji, Laurel Townhead. Wed. Apr 27, 2011. 7pm
                                  Southwark Speaks: People, Places, Things
                                  Exhibition. Apr 2 - 30, 2011.
                                  Sid Gauld and Elizabeth Tillotson on Music. Southwark Arts Forum Event - Talks & Music Performances. Tues, Apr 19, 2011. 7pm
                                  Paul Bailey, Southwark Elders, Young Poets. Southwark Speaks: People, Places, Things
                                  Tues, Apr 12, 2011. 6pm
                                  London Dreamtime Presents... Shadows and Fog
                                  Friday, Apr 8, 2011. 7pm
                                  Tollington Press Book Launch: The Comedienne by VG Lee (10th Anniversary Edition) & The Full Heritage Experience by Maureen Sandler, Rosie Sandler and Helen Sandler
                                  Apr 7, 2011. 7pm
                                  Life Stories Cafe: True Storytelling Event
                                  Mar 25, 2011. 7pm
                                  Mugabe's Victims: Zimbabwe Today
                                  Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund
                                  Mar 22 - Apr 3, 2011
                                  Living In Conflict. Martyn Stanton Harris
                                  Feb 22, 2011 - Mar 20, 2011
                                  Struggling To Share The Promised Land. David Lurie
                                  Feb 22, 2011 - Mar 20, 2011
                                  Naomi Alderman, Sarah Blake, Elif Shafak. Discussion Chaired by Homa Khaleeli
                                  Breaking The Silence: International Women's Day. Tues, Mar 15, 2011. 7pm
                                  Martyn Stanton Harris, Shira Geffen, Rabai al-Madhoun, Ivor Dembina, Shaun Levin
                                  Israel-Palestine: Life In A Conflict Zone. Sun, Mar 6, 2011. 4 pm
                                  Rosie Wilby: Rosie's Pop Diary
                                  An evening of visuals, stand up comedy, storytelling, music
                                  Thursday, Feb 17, 2011, 7pm
                                  Gena Turgel MBE, Mark S. Smith, Leah Thorn, Susan Weinberg
                                  Surviving History - The Holocaust Remembered. Tues, Jan 25, 2011. 7pm
                                  Niki Segnit
                                  The Flavour Thesaurus. 20 Jan 2011, 7pm
                                  Unravel
                                  Camilla Seckin. Jan 12-23, 2011.
                                  Christmas Special with Imogen Robertson, Helen Castor and Patrick Dillon
                                  Fri, Dec 17, 2010. 7pm
                                  I Think in Pictures, I Write in Pictures
                                  creating art with text and image
                                  . Dec 10, 2010 - Jan 9, 2011
                                  with work by Tahera Aziz, Isabelle Chapman, Anna Collin, Kate Griffin, Ruth Harris, Irene Jeffery, Lisa Thompson, Simona Piantieri
                                  Polly Toynbee & David Walker
                                  The Verdict: Did Labour Change Britain? Tues, Dec 7, 2010. 7pm
                                  Jane Miller
                                  Crazy Age: Thoughts On Being Old. Nov 30, 2010. 6.30pm
                                  Patrick Neate
                                  An Evening With Rosie Furber and Patrick Neate. Nov 23, 2010. 7pm
                                  Clare Mulley
                                  Eglantyne Jebb: Saving The Children. Nov 18, 2010. 7.00pm
                                  Jan Greenman and Luke Dicker
                                  Life At The Edge: Living With Asperger And ADHD. Nov 14, 2010. 12.00pm
                                  Travellers
                                  Kirstine Fryd. Nov 9 - Dec 5, 2010
                                  We Are Who We Are: Glimpses of Traveller Life
                                  Exhibition Launch, Public Talk, Film Screening and Performances. Nov 9, 2010. 7pm
                                  Jill McGivering
                                  An Evening With Rosie Furber and Jill McGivering - The Last Kestrel. Oct 26, 2010. 7pm
                                  Avi Shlaim
                                  Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations. Oct 20, 2010. 7pm
                                  Kishwar Desai
                                  Witness The Night: Female Infanticide In India. Oct 14, 2010. 7pm
                                  Time Out On Holiday Street (AIDS In Ukraine)
                                  Simon Crofts. Oct 12 - 7 Nov, 2010
                                  Simon Crofts, Oksana Shved
                                  AIDS In Ukraine: Stigma And Secrecy. Oct 12, 2010. 7pm
                                  Joshua ES Phillips
                                  None Of Us Were Like This Before: US Soldiers and Torture. Oct 6, 2010. 7pm
                                  Mili Kaikkonen
                                  An Audience With Mili (Psychic Platform Event). Sept 23, 2010. 7pm
                                  Michael Foley
                                  An Evening With Rosie Furber And Michael Foley
                                  The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes It Hard To Be Happy. Sept 21, 2010. 7pm.
                                  Tim Butcher
                                  Chasing The Devil: The Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit. Sept 16, 2010. 7pm
                                  Truth & Lies
                                  Jillian Edelstein, Janet Suzman, Paul Herzberg,  Richard Freedman. Sept 14, 2010. 7pm
                                  Truth & Lies (Stories from the Truth & Reconciliation Commission)
                                  Jillian Edelstein. Award-winning images on the Truth & Reconciliation Commission in South Africa. Sept 14 - Oct 10
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                                  Holocaust Memorial Day 2012
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                                  Jon Snow and Jude Cowan
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                                  Maureen Duffy, Sebastian Groes, Oliver Harris
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                                  Michael Richmond and Christopher Summerville
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                                  Simon Van Booy and Molly Peacock
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                                  Comedian Jen Brister
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                                  Launch of Dwora Fried's 'Boxed In' Exhibition, July 2011
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                                  Kamin Mohammadi
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                                  Southwark Speaks 12 Apr 2011
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                                  John Constable 16 June 2011
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                                  Tollington Press Book Launch, 2011
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                                  Southwark LGBT Meeting
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                                  Anti-Poet performing at Open Mic Poetry December 2010 session
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                                  Paul Bailey
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                                  Shadows And Fog
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                                  Elif Shafak, Sarah Blake, Naomi Alderman
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                                  Julie Kertesz
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                                  Gena Turgel MBE
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                                  Niki Segnit
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                                  Polly Toynbee & David Walker
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                                  Avi Shlaim
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                                  Janet Suzman
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                                  Tim Butcher
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                                  Paul Herzberg
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                                  Kishwar Desai
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                                  Clare Mulley
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                                  Leah Thorn

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