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Hear My Voice: Mothers Who Crafting the Cosmos Hear My Voice: Hear My Voice:
Make: Poetry Special with Monday 18 & Tuesday 19 February Near Futures and Parallel #MeToo Poets Sharing Event
Helen Mort, Rachel Bower 11am - 2pm Universes with Suzannah Evans in collaboration with Barnsley’s
and Toria Garbutt Be inspired by our ‘Astronomy Thursday 7 March Gender Equality Forum
Thursday 28 March 7pm - 9pm Friday 8 March
Photographer of the Year 2018’ exhibition 7pm - 9pm
and drop in to the Sadler Room to create
Join us for a morning of exploring all that Join us on National Book Day for a special
your own bouncing clay planets and
it means, how it feels and what it brings in workshop and reading to celebrate the Join anthology editor and poets, Deborah
colourful chalk nebulae!
becoming and being a mother. The everyday ‘Astronomy Photographer of the Year Alma, Victoria Bennett, Gill Lambert, and
joys and tribulations, the conflicts and Free drop-in session 2018’ exhibition, on loan from the Royal Jhilmil Breckenridge in conversation, as they
revelations, the expectations and frustrations, Observatory. share poems from #MeToo – rallying against
everything all rolled into one. Renowned SSSSSilent Exhibition As well as enjoying the incredible deep sexual assault and harassment: A women’s
Yorkshire poets and authors, Helen Mort, Phenomenon space images in the exhibition, we’ll be Poetry Anthology, and talk about the stories
Rachel Bower and Toria Garbutt will share Week 1: 26 January - 2 February writing about the relationship of humans to behind its creation and the impact it has had,
their poetry and personal experiences of Bowie Mix Tape v Holst - The Planets the vast unknown space that is the universe: on their own lives and the wider world.
being mothers and how they work to find Week 2: 4 February - 9 February our curiosity and desire to explore beyond Free activity
balance in being both poet and Mum. Public Service Broadcasting - the earth, and the feats of engineering that To book a place please email:
The Race For Space v NASA Sounds HearMyVoice@barnsley.gov.uk
There will also be opportunities to create have got us there. Through our writing we’ll
your own work and connect with others over 10am - 3.30pm explore parallel universes and imagine other
a brew, or two. life forms and what we might tell them about
Fully immerse yourself in the intergalactic
our world.
Babies and children welcome. experience as you wander around the
Astronomy Photographer of the Year, Suzannah Evans will also read poems from
Free, but book a place on Eventbrite
2018 Exhibition. This global phenomenon her debut poetry collection Near Future and
Workshops from 10.30am onwards.
comes to the Cooper Gallery for a limited new work from a project focusing on space
Lunchtime reading and sharing:
12.30pm - 1pm time only. So don a pair of Silent Disco exploration.
headsets and enjoy this incredible display of
Free activity
photographs in a unique and special way. To book a place please email:
HearMyVoice@barnsley.gov.uk
Pick your headsets up at the Cooper Gallery
reception before making your way into the
exhibition. You will have 2 soundtracks to
choose from.
Free drop-in session, donations welcome