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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Cambria><FONT
size=3>NOTE extra events added, including Homespun Women’s Social in the
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face=Cambria><FONT size=3>‘Not Just Tea and Sandwiches – Women of the 1984
Miners Strike’<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></U></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face=Cambria><FONT size=3>Saturday 21<SUP>st</SUP> June – 12pm – 8pm, followed
by Homespun Women’s Social<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Cambria><FONT size=3>The Feminist
Library, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">5 Westminster Bridge Rd</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">London</st1:City> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">SE1
7XW</st1:PostalCode></st1:address></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p><FONT size=3
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face=Cambria><FONT size=3>PROGRAMME<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face=Cambria>Exhibition in the Library</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face=Cambria> – <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">All Day</B>. Artefacts
documenting women’s activism in the Miners’ Strike, presented alongside
contemporary artwork. Curated by Megan Pickering (</FONT><A
href="http://iamnotawomanartist.tumblr.com/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">http://iamnotawomanartist.tumblr.com/</FONT></A><FONT
face=Cambria>) featuring original work by Jessica Scott (</FONT><A
href="http://jessica-scott.com/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">http://jessica-scott.com/</FONT></A><FONT face=Cambria>)
</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3 face=Cambria> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face=Cambria>12-1.30pm Storytelling Workshop: Fiction from Fact, with Laura
Wilkinson. </FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Cambria>This workshop
will consider different approaches to writing fiction (short stories and novels)
inspired by real life events using a range of images and ideas. Suitable for all
levels and experience. Come ready to write. Places limited – please RSVP to
</FONT><A href="mailto:bookshop@feministlibrary.co.uk"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">bookshop@feministlibrary.co.uk</FONT></A><FONT
face=Cambria>. Fee £10 (if you have trouble attending because of the fee, please
contact us so that we can discuss arranging a subsidy) </FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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lang=EN-US><o:p><FONT size=3 face=Cambria> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=3><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria" lang=EN-US>12.30-2pm
Film: </SPAN></STRONG><EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria"
lang=EN-US>Here We Go! Women Living in the Strike</SPAN></B></EM><SPAN
lang=EN-US><FONT face=Cambria>, produced and directed by Maggie Wright, followed
by discussion with Jill Mountford of North Staffs Miners’ Wives
Group</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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lang=EN-US><o:p><FONT size=3 face=Cambria> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
face=Cambria><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>1.30-2.30pm Lunch break</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US> – please bring a
packed lunch</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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lang=EN-US><o:p><FONT size=3 face=Cambria> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face=Cambria>2.30 –
4pm <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Literature of the Miners’ Strike:
where are the women? </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
face=Cambria>Women were key activists during the 1984/85 <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> dispute, yet
their voices remain marginal in popular representations of the strike. </FONT><A
href="http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/staff/katy-shaw"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dr Katy
Shaw</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face=Cambria>, a leading authority on the literature
of the Miners’ Strike, in conversation with </FONT><A
href="http://www.laura-wilkinson.co.uk/"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Laura
Wilkinson</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face=Cambria>, author of </FONT><A
href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Public-Battles-Private-Laura-Wilkinson-ebook/dp/B00IX0A9RI/ref=pd_rhf_eebr_p_img_5"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Public Battles, Private Wars</FONT></A><FONT
face=Cambria>, explore women’s crucial involvement in the events of 1984/5 and
the role now played by the strike in modern fiction.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p><FONT size=3
face=Cambria> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Cambria><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US>4pm-4.30pm
Refreshment Break – </SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US>Tea, real coffee and cakes (inc.
vegan and GF options) available for modest donations. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Cambria><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US>4.30-6pm
Recording Experiences of the Strike – Documentary and Oral History.
</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US>Looks at women’s experiences in the strike and its
aftermath, how it changed lives and communities, if these changes lasted, and
what can we take from them today.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=3><FONT face=Cambria><SPAN lang=EN-US>We will be screening “Not Just Tea
and Sandwiches,” a short documentary from “The Miners’ Campaign Tapes”, as well
as being joined by Rachel Kirk of One For All Productions, creators of oral
history project “Holes in Tights”, which </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>records the
experiences and memories of North East Women in
1984/5.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"
lang=EN-US><o:p><FONT face=Cambria> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Cambria><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>6 – 8pm Group Meal
and Discussion, </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>kicked off
by</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US> Kit Habianic, author of <I>Until Our Blood Is Dry,
</I>(Parthian, 2014) which explores transitions in a male dominated South Wales
mining community where traditional values are ripped apart. Kit will also tell
of her eight-year struggle to get the book published. <A name=_GoBack><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We will</A></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US> reflect on the
day as a group, and consider what we can take from the various sessions, and how
they might relate to our communities today. Hot food with vegan and gluten-free
options will be provided for donations.
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style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"></SPAN>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Cambria><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US>8pm</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US> onwards Homespun Women’s Social, with music from the
80s!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang=EN-US><o:p><FONT size=3
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"
lang=EN-US>Suggested donation minimum £3 to the Library to support its ongoing
work.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>All genders welcome to the day’s activities, but the
social is self-defined women only – accessible building – if possible please
contact in advance so that we can facilitate access
needs.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>