Comics from Crisis – Bradford Literature Festival

University of Bradford – Small Hall

There are currently over 65 million forcibly displaced people in the world – the highest levels of displacement since records began. Documenting the experiences of refugees is a vital undertaking and one in which words alone can often fall short. Cartoonist and activist, Kate Evans, drew on her time spent volunteering at the refugee camp in Calais to write Threads, ... Read More

£2.40 – £6

New York Launch event for Threads From the Refugee Crisis

Verso Loft Verso loft, 20 Jay Street Suite 1010, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Launch event for Threads and discussion on the Syrian refugee crisis @ Verso loft 20 Jay Street Suite 1010 Brooklyn, New York 11201 Join Verso Books, Muftah, and the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research for the launch of Kate Evans’ new graphic novel, Threads from the Refugee Crisis and a wide-ranging discussion on the refugee crisis in Syria and the Middle East. ... Read More

Threads Launch in Toronto

OCADU Learning Zone 122 St. Patrick Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Join us on Wednesday 20th September, at 6pm, to celebrate the launch of Kate Evan's upcoming book, Threads, at the learning Zone, OCADU, 122 Patrick Street (Level 1), also accessible from 113 McCaul Street directly across the main OCADU campus in Toronto. Co-sponsored by Amnesty International – Toronto, Centre for Refugee Studies – York University, Romero House and Faculty of ... Read More

Kate Evans – “Threads: From the Refugee Crisis” in Chicago, discussion with Megan Byrd

57th St Books 1301 E 57th St., IL, United States

Kate Evans discusses Threads: From the Refugee Crisis. She will be joined in conversation by Megan Byrd. At 57th Street Books RSVP HERE (Please note that your RSVP is requested, not required) About the book: In the French port town of Calais, the historic home of the lace industry, a city within a city has arisen. This new town, known as the Jungle, is ... Read More

Refugees, Art, and Journalism with Sarah Glidden. Bloomington, Indiana

G&IS Indiana Uni Global and International Studies Building, 4-East, 355 N. Jordan Avenue,, Bloomington, IN, United States

With Cartoonists Kate Evans and Sarah Glidden Monday, September 25, 2017 6:00 pm Global & International Studies Building Auditorium, Room 0001 When we talk about refugees we usually talk about numbers and statistics, rather than faces or stories.  Refugees as a group devoid of rights, home or future remain face- and voiceless. Countless victims, whose bodies are found on the trails through the ... Read More

Dialogue and Book-signing with Kate Evans: activist and author of “Threads from the Refugee Crisis” @ The International House, Charlotte, North Carolina

The International House 1817 Central Ave #215, Charlotte, NC, United States

The Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice and The Center for Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Studies at UNC Charlotte are delighted to host author and activist Kate Evans to discuss her work of graphic journalism: Threads from the Refugee Crisis. From Verso Publishing:  “In the French port town of Calais, the historic home of the lace industry, a city within ... Read More

Free

Kate Evans: Threads, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBC, Vancouver

Chan Centre Chan Centre for the Performing Arts University of British Columbia 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

BEYOND WORDS Kate Evans: Threads For British-based cartoonist, artist, activist, and author Kate Evans, the only proper response to the refugee crisis now facing Europe (and the rest of the world) is action. In her latest graphic novel, Threads: From the Refugee Crisis, she faces the situation head on; reporting accounts of those marginalized and unwelcome in today’s EU with heartbreaking clarity. ... Read More

Red Rosa Exeter

Exeter Uni Lib Arts Room TS1 Alexander Building, Exeter, United Kingdom

As part of the 3 day Liberating Arts Festival in Exeter, award-winning cartoonist, author and activist Kate Evans presents the life and work of the indomitable revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg and discusses her relevance for the contemporary labour movement.

£5.00

The Savage Ink of Steve Bell

People's History Museum Left Bank, Spinningfields,, Manchester, United Kingdom

Watch me talk to Steve Bell! Join us for a very special Radical Late at the People's History Museum, as we welcome cartoonist Steve Bell for a night of caricatures and conversation! Best known for his long running cartoon strip If… in The Guardian newspaper, Steve is an award winning cartoonist and author, whose work features prominently in the museum’s latest exhibition Savage Ink: The Cartoon & ... Read More

£8 – £10

Revolution Then and Now

Brunei gallery SOAS Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh St, Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom

The revolutionary tradition has a long history, and revolutionaries have inspired subsequent generations in fighting for a world free of exploitation, oppression and class distinctions. This panel discusses historical and contemporary debates between reformists, who have sought to discover a principle of harmony in social relations under capitalism, bypassing the question of revolutionary politics, and revolutionaries, who have argued for ... Read More

Free

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