Thanks  for dropping by my web page. Here in England the clocks have been turned back an hour. There’s something Dark about the mornings and something cold about the nights.

Now for the light. london is gorgeous in the winter. So in January I'll leaving these shores to be  the British Council Writer in Residence at The University of California, Los Angeles throughout January 07.

What’s on this month.

There’s readings around the country – you can see on the readings page.

On November 7th I’ll be narrating the Afternoon Play on BBC radio four. It’s called The Lost Boys Of Africa BBC.  On 24th November I’ll be writing and broadcasting the poems on Saturday Live on BBC Radio Four.    For three nights only I’ll be performing a test piece at The Hammersmith Lyric (twenty minutes only) called Why I don’t Hate White People. 

On the 9th November I shall be curating  and hosting the my first event at The South Bank. It's called 24 Hour Party People? with manchesters finest writers such as Terry Christian, Henry Normal, Shobna Gulati, Johnny Bramwell and more.  That’s at The Sprit Level at The South Bank 9th November. The venue was opened by The Queen of England just a few weeks ago.

Bizarre fact:  The  name on my birth certificate is  an original throughout the world. If you google “Lemn Sissay” the only responses will be about myself - no other. Bizarre Fact:  Received an email to say that Sissay in Quecha a native American tongue means “Blossoming spirit”.

NewspaperInterview Independent Newspaper on 1st August click. Here's an article published in The Guardians Comment is free web page 14th Aug entitled a year in black and white - 1967 click