Writing on the Wall Liverpool 2015: American Dreams – Celebrating the best of American literary prowess

Posted on 28 April 2015
By Khyle Deen
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Introducing ‘American Dreams’, WoW’s Star Spangled programme of spoken word, theatre, film, discussion and debate. From Wall Street to Water Street, Liverpool’s literary links to America, and specifically New York, are mapped out and explored in a celebration featuring New York/US based writers, Innovative Theatre and bang up to the moment Spoken Word artists. Join WoW on a transatlantic journey through the wild, strange frenzy of the shared maritime history of these two iconic port cities.

Plus: WoW’s usual eclectic mix of high quality writers and artists:

Walter Mosley Jon Ronson Strictly Harlem Tracey Thorn

Owen Jones Lemn Sissay Marvel Comics Ryan Gattis

Camilo José Vergara Yasmin Alibhai Brown Salena Godden

In events dealing with:

RACE AND FOOTBALL, FEMINISM AND ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT BY DECEIT,

LIFE IN GAZA, WOMEN IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS, AID IN SUDAN & JEWISH

IDENTITY AND WRITING.

Our acclaimed PULP IDOL and FLASH FICTION competitions open the way for new writers to get published.

Visit us at www.writingonthewall.org.uk