Delia Jarrett-Macauley, Novelist, Biographer, Broadcaster and Consultant
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Wednesday 12 December 2012
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3.30-4.30pm
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Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
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Chaired by Professor Mary Evans
Open to all - no booking required.
This event has been rescheduled from Wednesday 17 October 2012.
Abstract
Using both her debut novel, 'Moses, Citizen and Me', (Granta, 2006) and her novel in progress, 'Bami-Jo Walker', which deals with contemporary African childhoods both here in the UK and on the continent, Jarrett-Macauley will talk about her approaches to creating the fictions, the challenges and responses, and read excerpts.
Biography
Delia completed a PhD in English Literature at the University of Kent where she also taught on the MA in Women’s Studies from 1989‐1995. She devised and managed the Arts Management programme at Birkbeck College, London, and has also taught at Goldsmiths College, on the PGCE. A biographer and a novelist, Delia’s interests span Classical and postcolonial literature, the visual and performing arts of the African diaspora and cultural politics. She has presented programmes on BBC Radio 3 and 4, given papers at several conferences and contributed to journals such as Gender and History and Feminist Review. Her first novel, Moses, Citizen and Me, won the Orwell Prize for political writing in 2005. Delia is also an experienced consultant and trainer with knowledge of public and private sectors, managing change, diversity and management development.