Hosted by the City of Wolverhampton Council, Wolverhampton Literature Festival returns from 3 to 5 February, 2023 for its seventh year.
The festival aims to champion the creative voices of Wolverhampton and the West Midlands and provide a platform to showcase their talents.
This year’s line-up includes Irvine Welsh, speaking about his new crime thriller and also reflecting on 2023 as the 30th anniversary year of his million selling debut novel, Trainspotting, Robin Ince, Richard Herring, Suhaiymah Manzoor Khan, Jazzie B, Emma Kennedy, Wolverhampton’s Poet Laureate Kuli Kohli, Miki Berenyi, Brian Bilston and the Digital Sisterhood - to name only a few.
There will be an exciting line up of poetry and spoken word throughout the weekend with Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists presenting the sixth Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Slam along with the headline poetry event, Stars of the Slam, featuring the 5 winners of the regional poetry slams battling out for the overall crown.
Find out more at www.wolveslitfest.co.uk
Saturday 14 January - Sunday 16 April
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
The shemza.digital exhibition features the work of renowned British Pakistani Modernist artist Anwar Jalal Shemza alongside the contemporary practice of Aphra Shemza, the artist’s granddaughter. It continues Shemza’s aesthetic exploration of an abstract form and extends his legacy for current and future generations. Launched in collaboration with the computer artist Stuart Batchelor, highlights the importance of migrant artists in British Art History and celebrates diversity in our increasingly polarised political climate.
The exhibition features participatory digital projections that invite you to create your own digital paintings that will become part of the ever-evolving archive of work, and will be exhibited in the gallery space. Interactive architectural sculptures respond to visitor’s movements. A specially commissioned soundscape by NYX and Petit Oiseau accompanies the work, fusing traditional South Asian instruments with drone & ambient electronic sounds.
Free admission
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On until Sunday 12 March
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Steve Evans abstract drawings take inspiration from the geometries of the built environment. He explores the mathematics and poetics of architectural form through pattern, layering and colour. His linear compositions evoke the spatial relationships of the buildings we inhabit and encounter in our daily lives.
Free admission
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On until Sunday 12 February 2023
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Opening in Nov 2022, the Wolverhampton Art Gallery presents DearTomorrow: Dear Wolverhampton – a community-led exhibition exploring letters to the future, reflection, hope, and imagining the beauty of what could be, in the face of climate change. Drawing deep inspiration from the past, present and future, this exhibition celebrates the resilience of the Wolverhampton community, built on embracing change.
The exhibition takes visitors on a journey through immersive, interactive installations, films, and soundscapes from poetry workshops facilitated by poet laureate Emma Purshouse within the Wolverhampton community. There are areas for visitors to write their own letter, including an interaction phone box, to record voice messages to DearTomorrow.
For more information on the exhibition visit our website.
Free admission
Visit Wolverhampton’s brilliant family-friendly venues to discover more arts and culture than you can shake a wet paintbrush at! We have regular activities for children and young people throughout school holidays as well as special events on weekends throughout the year.
From steel drum workshops, to art play takeover days, there is something for everyone.
Find out more on our website.
Fancy a treat, somewhere new to work or meet? Then why not pop along to Glaze, the eating space at Wolverhampton.
The new menu features everything from a Full English Breakfast, Porridge, Homemade soup of the day, a variety of sandwiches and jacket potatoes (both with different fillings), to our favourite coffees, new loose leaf teas and delicious handmade cakes. Whatever time of day your visit there’s certain to be a treat to tempt you.
Take a look at a new menu.
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