Celebrate Birmingham's most famous poet with this Poetry Jam, at Broadstairs' Happy Reading Bookshop...
1 -1.30pm
Ages 9+
Alongside special guest Africa Daley-Clarke, Happy Reading Bookshop celebrates the life of true legend Benjamin Zephaniah by sharing his poetry ...
Enter the crazy world of rap poet Benjamin Zephaniah!
Please note, this is a relaxed event where Nicci and Africa will be sharing poems from a number of Benjamin Zephaniah’s books for children aged 9+, and inviting children (where they feel comfortable to do so) to take turns in reading poetry, and - if they would like - to add their own personality, performance and energy!
Funky Chickens
A reissue of the wonderfully irreverent collection of poetry for young people, touching on everything from vegetables to the Queen, and from sewage to the sun. There's plenty of humour as well as poems on racism, pollution and the murder of a cat.
Talking Turkeys
A reissue this unconventional collection of straight-talking poems about heroes, revolutions, racism, love and animal rights, among other subjects, that will entice many new readers to poetry. It was his very first ground-breaking children's poetry collection - playful, clever and provocative - this is performance poetry on the page at its very best.
Wicked World!
Welcome to the wild and wicked words of Benjamin Zephaniah. You'll find loads of cool people who make up our world in this rapping, happening hip-hop collection. From the South Pole to Mongolia and the Himalayas, this is a real world tour of poems about people and places, cultures and nationalities across our planet. Including poems about Inuits, Celts, the history of Britain, Maories, the Dalai Lama, the North and South Poles, and much more - this is a rhyming round-the-world trip.
All books are published by Puffin.
Dr Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah was born and raised in Birmingham. He began performing poetry in his early teenage years, and left school aged 13. His first poetry book, Pen Rhythm, was published when he was just 22, and the next fourty years saw 13 poetry collections, six novels, five children's books and seven plays. He has 16 Honorary Doctorates and a wing in West London's Ealing Hospital named in recognition of his work. Benjamin was passionate about both local and global issues, and his work focused on themes including human rights and protecting the environment. He was widely considered to be among the first poets to address the climate crisis.
Tickets £1 child (redeemable against any book purchased in the Bookshop, on the day)
Booking essential - reserve your place
This is 1 of 3 Benjamin Zephaniah events; see also Nature Trail, and Leave the Trees, Please
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Tickets and Pricing
£ 1 per child (redeemable against any book purchased in the bookshop, on the day)
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Benjamin Zephaniah Celebration Poetry Jam with Happy Reading Bookshop & Guest
Happy Reading Children's Bookshop, Upstairs at Staple, 30a Reading Street, Broadstairs
CT10 3AZ
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