MERVYN MORRIS IN CONVERSATION WITH KEI MILLER

Join Mervyn Morris on a rare visit to London for an exclusive in-conversation with Jamaican poet, writer and critic, Kei Miller, on Mervyn's life and distinguished writing career from pre-independence Jamaica to postcolonial times.

Thursday 4 May; 6.30 for 7.00pm;  admission £10

George Padmore Institute, 76 Stroud Green Road, London N4 3EN

Join Lawrence Scott and Margaret Busby in conversation about this groundbreaking novel

Thursday 27 April

6.30 for 7.00pm

Admission £5.00

76 Stroud Green Road, London N4 3EN

020 7272 4889; newbeaconbooks@btconnect.com

Many of you would be wondering about if/when the GPI's annual fundraising lunch is happening this month.

We can confirm that it is not,but that there will be a celebratory fundraiser in the new year. This year's events around the 50th anniversary of New Beacon Books kept us very busy, with not enough time to prepare for our usual Christmas lunch.

You shall be updated about the exact date of the gathering in early 2017. Stay tuned!

The George Padmore Institute (GPI) Archives search room and office will be closed from Wednesday 21 December and will reopen on Monday 9 January.

NB: If you are planning to visit the GPI during the week of 9 Jan, please contact us by 20 December to make your research appointment.

For urgent enquiries during this period, please contact New Beacon Books on 020 7272 4889 or email newbeaconbooks@btconnect.com   (21-24 December; 28-31 December: 1.30-6.00pm).

See you in 2017!

In the last of a series of events celebrating 50 years of New beacon Books on Thursday 8 December, the GPI and NBB present

Print Activism in 21st Century Africa:

Wasafiri Special Launch Issue

Sulaiman Adebowale (Amalion Publishing), Ruth Bush (bristol University), Mary Jay (African Books Collective) and Madhu Krishnan (Bristol University) discuss the challenges and trends for print activism in contemporary Africa.