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Clear Lines started as the UK’s first-ever festival dedicated to addressing sexual assault and consent through the arts and discussion. Founded and crowdfunded by volunteers in 2015, it was a truly special grassroots success -- and is still going. Clear Lines was born out of the need to create an open, honest, and inclusive conversation around these experiences, to replace the shame and silence with insight, understanding, and community. Since our two multi-day festivals in 2015 and 2017, we now hold a series of events online, in London, and further afield, often partnering with organisations to create a survivor-centered, arts-inspired dialogue around sexual violence and abuse.

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Have a look at some of our past events.

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Comedian Bridget Christie at our 2015 Festival

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Alana Avery, Katherine O’Brien, Tania Mendes, Bridget Christie, Winnie M Li, Nathalie McDermott at our 2015 Festival

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Tijana Stolic, Winnie M Li, Zing Tsjeng, Penny East, Sadie Wearing, and Nathalie McDermott at LSE in 2019

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Crime novelist Kate Rhodes in 2015

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Some of our 2015 Festival volunteers

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Sohaila Abdulali, Winnie M Li, and Katrina Kilkenny at Waterstones in 2019

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Poet Victoria Adukwei Bulley in 2015

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Winnie M Li, Sohaila Abdulali and Katrina Kilkenny at Waterstones in 2019.

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Writers Emily Harrison, Winnie M Li, Kayo Chingonyi, Rachel Long, Belinda Zhawi, Amaal Said, and Victoria Adukwei Bulley in 2015

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Clare Shaw and Winnie M Li winning a Royal Society of Literature grant in 2019

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Books by Winnie M Li and Sohaila Abdulali on sale at Waterstones in 2019.

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Poet Amaal Said in 2015

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Winnie M Li, Sohaila Abdulali and Katrina Kilkenny at Waterstones in 2019.

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Our bookstall at the 2015 Festival, courtesy of Newham Bookshop.

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Crime novelists Erin Kelly, Kate Rhodes, and Winnie M Li in 2015.

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Marcus Ryder, Nina Burrowes, Winnie M Li, Radhika Sanghani, and Alison Holt in 2015.

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Marcus Ryder, Nina Burrowes, Winnie M Li, Radhika Sanghani, and Alison Holt in 2015.

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Comedians Tiff Stevenson, Sarah Kendall, Stuart Black, and Josie Long in 2015.

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A busy audience at our 2015 Festival.

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A busy audience at our 2015 Festival.

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Our Co-Founder Winnie M Li in 2015 reading what would later become her award-winning novel Dark Chapter

Clear Lines is the UK’s first-ever festival dedicated to addressing sexual assault and consent through the arts and discussion

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