Disabled Poets Prize

Deptford Literature Festival

Lewisham, Borough of Literature

30th Anniversary Commissions

London Writers Awards

Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards

African and Caribbean folktales with Wendy Shearer

Date

29 March 2025

Time

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Costs

Standard

£Free

Location

Deptford Lounge
Children's Library
9 Giffin Street
London
SE8 4RJ

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A fun filled storytelling session with music, colourful props and wonderful tales. For ages 8-11

The title Deptford Literature Festival in chunky black lettering outlined in bright yellow, sits on a background in blue and pale blue. It’s an illustration that includes an image of a hand with a pen, a closed fist, and the words ‘whose stories are told?’, ‘resistance’, ‘community’, and ‘history’.

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Join professional storyteller Wendy Shearer for fun-filled tales from her collection of African and Caribbean folktales, myths and legends where you will meet clever tricksters, foolish kings and magical shapeshifters.

Additional Info 

Please note: parents, guardians or carers must stay with their children during this event.

Access information:

  • All of our in-person events Friday-Sunday, including this one, will be BSL Interpreted for audiences that require it. For workshops, you will be asked when booking your free ticket if you require the services of a BSL interpreter. For all workshops where one or more attendees require BSL interpretation, we will arrange for an interpreter to be there.
  • This event is wheelchair accessible, with accessible toilets.
  • Deptford Lounge has Changing Place facilities, an induction loop and assistance dogs are welcome. For more information: deptfordlounge.org.uk/access
  • A quiet space is available during the day at Deptford Lounge, in the Music Room, on the first floor.
  • If you require additional access provision in order to attend or take part in the Festival, for example, larger print handouts at workshops, or a scribe, please get in touch before the Festival day at: [email protected]
  • If you require assistance on the Festival day itself, please come to the Festival Hub in the foyer of Deptford Lounge where we will be happy to help you.

For more information about the access provision available, please visit: spreadtheword.org.uk/access-at-deptford-literature-festival

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Wendy Shearer

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Wendy Shearer is an author of Guyanese heritage, with two books for children published by Scholastic and Lonely Planet, as well as Caribbean Folktales: Stories from the Islands and the Windrush Generation for older readers. She is a renowned performance storyteller of African and Caribbean folklore, with performances on award winning Cbeebies show JoJo and GranGran, at the V&A, British Museum, Shakespeare’s Globe and the Barbican.
Wendy’s background is in TV Broadcasting, having produced programmes for Children’s BBC (CBBC), Nickledoden and PBS America.

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