Women, Writing and Freedom
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‘A word after a word after a word is power.’ Margaret Atwood
In a masculine centred literary tradition that values male over female voices, women refuse to be silenced and continue to tell the truth about their personal and political lives. Join us in exploring the politics of silence and in honouring the voices of women writers everywhere who, despite repression and invisibility, risk all to give voice to the need for liberation and freedom.
Speakers:
Keynote speaker Maureen Freely on the crucial work done by English PEN and like-minded partners, with particular reference to women writers.
Hema Macherla on the plight of Indian women – fallen women, broken women and women shunned by society.
Avril Joy on working for over twenty-five years with women writers in HMP Low Newton.
Lynn Michell on publishing women writers. She is here to celebrate ten years of Linen Press and to launch The Red Beach Hut.
