14 April 2021
Literature and Sexual Trauma: Authors Writing Their Lived Experience
With Susan J Brison, Shivanee Ramlochan, Una, and Winnie M Li
A Collaboration with The SHaME Project (video available soon)
16-17 March 2021
Creative Writing Workshops for Professionals Working Against Sexual Violence and Abuse
Facilitated by Clare Shaw
At the St Mary’s Annual Conference
Funded by The Royal Society of Literature – Literature Matters Award
3 March 2021
Sexual Violence and Criminal Justice: Approaches in Psychology, History, and Literature
With Amina Memon, Winnie M Li, and Joanna Bourke
A Collaboration with The SHaME Project
Video available to watch at this link
10 & 12 February 2021
My Story, My Words: Creative Writing Workshops for Survivors of Rape and Sexual Abuse
Facilitated by Clare Shaw
Hosted by St Mary’s SARC
Funded by The Royal Society of Literature – Literature Matters Award
2020
Stories by Survivors: Podcasts about Sexual Assault, Consent, and Survivorhood
With Alyssa Rochelle, Catriona Morton, and Lucy Hall
Chaired by Katrina Kilkenny
2019
Set Yourself on Fire: A film screening in collaboration with she will survive
In conversation with filmmaker Darnell Lamont Walker
Chaired by Katrina Kilkenny
Using Writing to Share Experiences of Sexual and Domestic Abuse
A workshop facilitated by Winnie M Li
Made possible by The Angles Project, On Road Media, and Arts Council England
What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape
An exclusive author conversation with Sohaila Abdulali and Winnie M Li
Writing About Sexual and Domestic Violence
Hosted by WoWFest Liverpool
A panel with Winnie M Li, Julie Leoni, and Gill Moglione
Creative Writing Workshop for Survivors of Rape and Sexual Abuse
Facilitated by Winnie M Li
Made possible by WoWFest Liverpool and the Royal Society of Literature
Gender, Media & the Survivor series at London School of Economics:
Even When I Fall: A film screening and Q&A
With Sky Neal & Kate McLarnon (filmmakers), Winnie M Li, and Dr. Sumi Madhok
Media Representations of Domestic Violence
With Penny East, Nathalie McDermott, Zing Tsjeng, and Dr. Sadie Wearing
2018
Writing About Trauma, Recovery, and Gender-Based Violence
With Louise Beech, Clare Best, Madeleine Black, Abigail Tarttelin, and Clare Shaw
Chaired by Tanaka Mhishi and Winnie M Li
BoilerRoom DJ Night: Sexual Harassment & Assault in the Club, Music & Festival Scenes
With Martha, BBZ, Lil C, and Manara
Reflecting on Rape Culture: Visual Artists on the relationship between their work & VAWG
With Lidia and Paige Megan Hawley
Recovery and Activism: A New Life after Sexual Violence
With Vicki Bothwell, Jade Swaby, and Winnie M Li
Hosted by The Spiral of Containment: Rape’s Aftermath exhibit
Re-Writing Violence, Writing Recovery
A conversation with Madeleine Black and Winnie M Li
BEFORE 2018
In 2017 and 2015 we held multi-day festivals in London.
For more their line-up and speakers, see below schedules...
2pm: Art Gallery Opening
2pm: Open House Sessions
4.30pm: Why doesn’t she just leave?
6pm: Arts and Activism – Tackling Sexual Assault
8pm: Film Night
2pm: Open House Sessions
4.30pm: Creating clear lines on harassment and revenge pornography
6pm: How can we improve media coverage of sexual assault and abuse?
8pm: Theatre Night
10.30am: Creativity, Vulnerability and Resilience: Arts Therapy Workshop –
12.30pm: What do we tell the kids about sexual abuse?
12.30pm: Pop-up photo studio with Johanna Ward
2pm: Visual Artist Q&A
3pm: Why do they do it?
4.30pm: Sexual assault: The questions you’ve never had the chance to ask
6.30pm: Where have all the good men gone?
8pm: Comedy Night
12.30pm: Pop-up photo studio with Johanna Ward
11am: Clear Lines Memoir Writing Workshop.
12pm: Poetry Workshop
1pm: Storytelling Sexual Abuse through Comics.
2.30pm: Do real men get raped?
4pm: Bridget Christie: A Book for Her Edinburgh Preview.
5.30pm: Sexual Violence in Popular Crime Fiction: A Conversation with Killer Women.
6.45pm: Finding pleasure after pain: Sex and intimacy after sexual violence.
8pm: Spoken Word Night.
2pm: I know what consent is…
with Jayne Bullough, Cordelia Morrison, Liz Kelly, Zahrah Al-Bejawi – Brook
4pm: Consent and the Media
with John Wellington, Emily Jacob, Tazeen Ahmad, Nathalie McDermott (Chair), Faye White, Yvonne Roberts
7pm: Film Night
with Linda Steinhoff, Pamela Drynan
12pm: Sexual trafficking: Where is the consent
with Pamela Zaballa
1.30pm: Sexual Assault and Disability
with Rhama Hussein, Lynne Tooze, Ashley Stephen, Rosemary Frazer
3pm: Literary Approaches to Sexual Violence
with Una, Marti Leimbach, Winnie M Li
4.15pm: I heart consent workshop
with Yasmin Rassool, Kathryn Spark,
4.30pm: Using the Visual Arts – A Conversation
with Sejal Chad
6pm: Theatrical Showcase (Saturday)
with Tanaka Mhishi, Imogen Butler-Cole, Ayesha Antoine, Anna Lanyon, Nina Millns, Matthew Hebden
8pm: Comedy Night
with Tiff Stevenson, Sara Pascoe, Alice Fraser
12pm: Reclaiming Justice
with Dr Nina Burrowes, Jade Swaby, Emily Jacob, Nina Millns
2pm: What difference does race make?: Sexual Violence and BAME Identity
with Subah Rasab, Sereena Al-Noor, Professor Amina Memon (Chair), Dr Sundari Anitha
3pm: Queering Sexual Violence
with Nina Nasim, Tanaka Mhishi, Dr Nina Burrowes
4.30pm: Creative Showcase (Sunday)
with Silke Grygier (Survivors Collective), SC (Survivors Collective), Tiffany Murphy, Emma Berentsen
6pm: Foreign Body
with Imogen Butler-Cole
8pm: Spoken Word Night
with Seraphima Kennedy (compere), S.K. Perry (curator), Bridget Minamore, Sabrina Mahfouz, Ness Lyons, Winnie M Li