On Care and Listening: Mina Holland and Alice Vincent

By Van Gogh House London

Mina Holland and Alice Vincent discuss their latest books, Hark: How Women Listen and Lifeblood: A Mother in Search of Hope.

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San Mei Gallery

39a Loughborough Road London1 SW9 7TB United Kingdom

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2 hours
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TALK On Care and Listening: Mina Holland and Alice Vincent

Mina Holland and Alice Vincent discuss their latest books, Hark: How Women Listen and Lifeblood: A Mother in Search of Hope. This conversation moderated by journalist India Rakuson will explore themes of motherhood, care, sound and listening through the eyes of these two authors.

Lifeblood is a raw, honest and moving memoir of caring for a baby with a rare and life-threatening illness and learning to look beyond the normal and cherish the precious present.

Like so many of us, Alice Vincent had become overwhelmed by the sensory overload punctuating our every moment. And then, a baby’s heartbeat arrived. Hark is a personal quest to rediscover sound as something alive and vital and restorative.

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Van Gogh House London

Organised by Van Gogh House London, the Festival of ENCOUNTERS is a free-to-attend, large-scale event, featuring up to 40 talks and other kinds of encounters, by artists, writers, activists, musicians and thinkers in venues across the northern end of Brixton. This includes not only Van Gogh House, but also galleries, parks and community centres and other exciting venues including non-traditional spaces such as cafes, and a co-op workshop space. The Festival is inspired by serendipitous encounters with interesting people in unexpected places, bringing together exciting voices, thoughts and ideas to and from Brixton.

Van Gogh House London is very grateful to Lambeth Council for their support in helping us bring this inaugural Festival of ENCOUNTERS to fruition.