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  • Food from Home: An Exploration of Food Memories and Identity

    Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery 51 Priestgate, Peterborough, United Kingdom

    Platforma 2025 (Peterborough): A creative, participatory workshop exploring connections between food, memory, and migration with artist Madhu Manipatruni and Peterborough Presents.

  • Home from Home Poetry Workshop

    The Hold Ipswich, United Kingdom

    Platforma 2025 (Ipswich): Join local writer Sue Wallace-Shaddad for a poetry workshop reflecting on the challenges of belonging and consider what makes us who we are, and how our identities are influenced by others.

  • Sabrin Hasbun @ Norwich Book Festival

    The Forum Millennium Plain, Norwich, United Kingdom

    Platforma 2025 (Norwich): Sabrin Hasbun, winner of the inaugural Footnote X Counterpoints Writing Prize presents her book Crossing: A Love Story Between Italy and Palestine.

  • Footnote x Counterpoints Prize Readings

    Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London SE1 8XX

    Meet the finalists for the £15,000 prize for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds who shine a light on today’s most pertinent topics.

  • Counterpoints Lecture with Elif Shafak

    Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre

    Global bestselling writer and renowned activist Elif Shafak explores whether creativity can help heal our divided world.