We are pleased to invite you to an event centring Caribbean Cultural Heritage in its legacies in Britain today. The event was organised by Dr Kristy Warren with the support of the Lincoln School of Humanities, including the LSHH Decolonising Lead, Dr Emily Timms, and Heritage and EDI CoASSH team.
Date and Time: 1.00-2.00pm, Thursday 5 December,
Location: LMS0008, Ross Lucas Medical Sciences Building
Registration: To register please email Kristy Warren: kwarren@lincoln.ac.uk
Abstract
Join writer Ioney Smallhorne, for a poetic lecture exploring how Caribbean culture shapes her writing as a descendant of the Windrush generation. Personal and poetical, this talk delves into the legacies of migration, questioning colonialism and its ongoing impact on identity. Through the lens of poetry, we’ll explore the challenges and joys of maintaining and contributing to Caribbean cultures while living far from the islands that inspire them. From storytelling traditions to ancestral resilience, this session invites reflection on the power of words to bridge oceans and preserve heritage.
Speaker’s bio
Ioney is a Black, working class, neuro-divergent writer, poet, performer & educator from Nottingham. Her craft is ignited by her Caribbean/Jamaican heritage, fuelled by the tapestry of the Black British experience, & smoulders with the essence of the natural world & womanhood.
She is an alumnus of Goldsmiths College’s MA in Creative Writing & Education 2019, Obsidian Black Poets 2023, & Peepal Tree Press Inscribe writer program. Shortlisted for the Caribbean Small-Axe prize 2016 & for the Sky Arts/Royal Society of Literature Fiction Award 2021. Winner of the Writing East Midlands/Serendipity Black Ink Writing Competition 2021 & longlisted for the Moniak Mhor, Emerging Writer award 2024. Ioney was the 2022 New Art Exchange resident artist & selected for the Middle Way Mentoring program, mentored by Leone Ross.
Published in Glimpse, the 1st Black British speculative fiction anthology (Peepal Tree 2022), & five poems in, Spin, children’s poetry anthology by diverse writers (Otter-Barry 2024)