Brum Buzzcut : Birmingham’s queer & LGBTIAQ+ festival for words and conversation
Sunday 26 May 12-1:30pm
Queer Ecology with Annie Higgins
For our first session on Sunday’s main Buzzcut Festival artist blacksmith Annie Higgins joins us to talk about reclaiming and centering our relationship to the environment from a queer perspective as a powerful act of care and resistance.
Annie, along with Craftspace, will lead a gentle-making activity and share how craft allows us to slow down our consumption, consider our material choices and directly impacts the shape of the world around us.
Find out more about Annie’s work here https://anniehigginsblacksmith.wordpress.com/about/ and on Instagram @annie_higs
Sunday 26 May 2-2:45pm
Burning My Roti with Sharan Dhaliwal
Sharan Dhaliwal - writer, founder of Burnt Roti magazine and Middlesex Pride - will join us to read from her celebrated book Burning My Roti: Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian Woman. Part guide and part memoir, through her book Sharan speaks openly about her journey towards loving herself and offers advice, support and comfort to people that are encountering the same issues. After the reading Sharan will be in conversation with Alexia and the audience
Find out more about Sharan’s work here https://www.sharandhaliwal.com/ and on Instagram @sharandhaliwal_
Sunday 26 May 3-3:45pm
Speaking Queer with Samiir Saunders
To close out Brum Buzzcut Festival 2024 we are joined by multimedia poet, musician, and performance artist Samiir Saunders. We invite you to hear works from their 2021 alternative hip-hop EP up all night, reading poetry, as well as some newer poems which touch on themes of queer intimacy, queer spirituality, and queer rage.
Find out more about Samiir’s work here https://samiirsaunders.com/ and on Instagram @smaiduskhan
Please note:
- Meet at Court 15 Bookshop at Birmingham Back to Backs.
- Please wear comfortable clothing.
- Find us in the outdoor courtyard for this event, through Court15 bookshop off the pavement at 61 Hurst Street. There is step-free access into the shop, and two steps into the courtyard. Step-free access into the courtyard is located around the corner on Inge Street. Please come into the bookshop and we will accompany you. There is a disabled toilet in the courtyard.
- Not suitable for children.
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Sunday 26 May 12-1:30pm
Queer Ecology with Annie Higgins
For our first session on Sunday’s main Buzzcut Festival artist blacksmith Annie Higgins joins us to talk about reclaiming and centering our relationship to the environment from a queer perspective as a powerful act of care and resistance.
Annie, along with Craftspace, will lead a gentle-making activity and share how craft allows us to slow down our consumption, consider our material choices and directly impacts the shape of the world around us.
Find out more about Annie’s work here https://anniehigginsblacksmith.wordpress.com/about/ and on Instagram @annie_higs
Sunday 26 May 2-2:45pm
Burning My Roti with Sharan Dhaliwal
Sharan Dhaliwal - writer, founder of Burnt Roti magazine and Middlesex Pride - will join us to read from her celebrated book Burning My Roti: Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian Woman. Part guide and part memoir, through her book Sharan speaks openly about her journey towards loving herself and offers advice, support and comfort to people that are encountering the same issues. After the reading Sharan will be in conversation with Alexia and the audience
Find out more about Sharan’s work here https://www.sharandhaliwal.com/ and on Instagram @sharandhaliwal_
Sunday 26 May 3-3:45pm
Speaking Queer with Samiir Saunders
To close out Brum Buzzcut Festival 2024 we are joined by multimedia poet, musician, and performance artist Samiir Saunders. We invite you to hear works from their 2021 alternative hip-hop EP up all night, reading poetry, as well as some newer poems which touch on themes of queer intimacy, queer spirituality, and queer rage.
Find out more about Samiir’s work here https://samiirsaunders.com/ and on Instagram @smaiduskhan
Please note:
- Meet at Court 15 Bookshop at Birmingham Back to Backs.
- Please wear comfortable clothing.
- Find us in the outdoor courtyard for this event, through Court15 bookshop off the pavement at 61 Hurst Street. There is step-free access into the shop, and two steps into the courtyard. Step-free access into the courtyard is located around the corner on Inge Street. Please come into the bookshop and we will accompany you. There is a disabled toilet in the courtyard.
- Not suitable for children.
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