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56 Wanstead Village Directory<br />
Celebrating Culture<br />
Fabula Festival – Redbridge Libraries’ biggest cultural event of the year<br />
– is back this autumn and promises to delight residents with a jampacked<br />
programme. Anita Luby reports<br />
Fabula Festival (2 to 13 <strong>October</strong>) is a<br />
celebration of the arts and libraries<br />
and their power to transform lives.<br />
It’s delivered through a programme<br />
of performances, children’s events,<br />
author talks, films, writing programmes,<br />
workshops and arts projects. It gives<br />
residents the opportunity to participate<br />
in a range of new and exciting activities<br />
delivered by a range of local and national<br />
organisations, showcasing the very best<br />
in literature, music, drama, dance, film, art<br />
and technology.<br />
Festival highlights include an evening with<br />
author Lucinda Dickens Hawksley at Wanstead<br />
Library (10 <strong>October</strong>, 7.30pm). Everyone knows<br />
Charles Dickens’ novels, but did you know<br />
he was also a keen actor, mesmerist and<br />
conjuror? Lucinda – who is also Dickens’ greatgreat-great-granddaughter<br />
– will talk about<br />
the man behind the novels: the journalist,<br />
social campaigner, dog lover, travel writer,<br />
and a man who was so influential in his own<br />
time that when he died the whole country<br />
went into mourning. She will also look at the<br />
changes he helped bring about in society,<br />
which still have resonance today.<br />
Elsewhere in the festival, there are writing<br />
workshops galore and opportunities for<br />
emerging artists to learn from established<br />
performers. Spoken word artist Yomi Greeds<br />
Sood from Apples & Snakes will be leading a<br />
masterclass for aspiring writers followed by a<br />
performance event featuring him and rising<br />
star on the poetry circuit, Debris Stephens.<br />
The ever-popular Kids Take Over events at<br />
Redbridge Central Library over the weekend<br />
of 12 and 13 <strong>October</strong> are once again delivered<br />
in partnership with Discover Story Centre.<br />
Kids of all ages will be treated to an array of<br />
Lucinda Dickens Hawksley<br />
author events such as David Litchfield, Sufiya<br />
Ahmed, Nadia Shireen and Simon Moles,<br />
writing workshops, comic book workshops,<br />
exhibitions, theatre and dance performances.<br />
There will also be opportunities to explore<br />
the world of STEAM (science, technology,<br />
engineering, arts and maths) in our awardwinning<br />
digital makerspace: Lab Central.<br />
Thanks to generous funding from Arts Council<br />
England, the festival is even bigger and<br />
better this year as we celebrate the power of<br />
libraries during National Libraries Week (7 to<br />
13 <strong>October</strong>). Focusing on the theme of libraries<br />
in the digital age, visitors to the festival will<br />
get the opportunity to discover the digital<br />
innovation taking place across Redbridge<br />
Libraries from Hublets, Yetitablets, eBooks,<br />
eMagazines, makerspaces, film streaming, a<br />
tech lending library and more. All of this can<br />
be accessed for free with your library card to<br />
open up a world of possibilities.<br />
Fabula Festival is curated and produced<br />
by Redbridge Library & Culture Service,<br />
managed by Vision RCL on behalf of<br />
Redbridge Council.<br />
For more information and to book tickets,<br />
visit visionrcl.org.uk/fabula<br />
To advertise, call 020 8819 6645 or visit wnstd.com
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