Kei Miller’s new essay collection Things I Have Withheld is a moving, lyrical and provocative work exploring the meanings of silence and the things we cannot say.

The launch will include special guest appearances from Booker Prize-winning novelist Marlon James and celebrated poet and academic Tanya Shirley, both of whom will be in conversation with Kei. There will also be an opportunity for guests to ask the author questions.

Kei will be reading from his essays and exploring the themes which unite the collection: sexuality and identity, race and class, poetry and artistic freedom, art and appropriation, our bodies, and more. He will be introduced by Ellah Wakatama, his editor at Canongate, and the event will be hosted by Melanie Abrahams, literature curator and founder of Renaissance One.

This event is a collaboration between Canongate and Renaissance One.

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Spoken Word Double-Bill by Andrew ‘Mulletproof’ Graves and Renaissance One in association with Lincoln Drill Hall, followed by post-show DJ Psykhomantus.

A Spoken Word Double-Bill presented by Andrew ‘Mulletproof’ Graves and Renaissance One in association with Derby Silk Mill and Hello Hubmarine, followed by post-show DJ Psykhomantus.

Two leading writers discuss their search for the stories of young outcasts, haunted by history.

Two leading writers discuss their search for the stories of young outcasts, haunted by history.

Two leading writers discuss their search for the stories of young outcasts, haunted by history.