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Crew mates include: Benjamin Zephaniah Rebel Rant, Owen Jones Chavs, Mike Carey Sci-fi, Ahdaf Soueif Arab Spring, Peter Hitchens Mail on Sunday, Pauline Black The Selecter, Gillian Slovo Feral Britain, Brian Turner War Poetry, Peter Hooton The End, Eamonn McCann Bloody Sunday, Bidisha The Guardian, Francis Wilson Titanic on Trial, Danny Dorling Fair Play.

Below Decks: 28th April – 31st May If Liverpool were to set sail on one of the many ships that have left its shores, Below Decks, where Garrett’s ‘Subterranean Theatre’ puts in its nightly shift, is where it would find itself. WoW’s Annual Festival will celebrate all things beneath the water line.

Buying Tickets Unless otherwise stated all tickets available from The UnityTheatre, 1 Hope Place, L1 9BG. Tel: 0844 873 2888 or to purchase online and for all further details visit www.writingonthewall.org.uk

For access and BSL signing contact WoW on 0151 703 0020 or email info@writingonthewall.org.uk

Saturday 28th AprilBelow Decks Festival LaunchAll aboard with Julie McNamara and pirates, plotters & poets, as WoW sets sail for a month-long voyage of discovery.

Stavros S Niarchos, Liverpool Cruise Terminal, Princes Parade, L3 1DL7.30pm £15/£12 (inc drinks)

Tuesday 1st MayA Rebel Rant withBenjamin ZephaniahMulticulturalism orMuscular Liberalism?One of the UK’s greatest poets and storytellers, Benjamin Zephaniah, explores issues of race, culture & identity. In partnership with Diverse Voices Award.

The Small Concert Room, St Georges Hall, L1 1JJ7.30pm £9/£6

Wednesday 2nd MayThe War TourPoet and former U.S. soldier, Brian Turner, visiting in partnership with The Reader Organisation, writer Zoë Lambert, and the Liverpool premiere of Bullets and Daffodils, a musical drama based on First World War poet, Wilfred Owen.

The Casa, 29 Hope Street, L1 9BQ7.30pm £6/£4

Thursday 3rd MayCopyright & Piracy in the Digital AgeJoin the Pirate Party, the Open Rights Group and Ian Prowse (Amsterdam) to discuss the rights and wrongs of copyright theft and downloading.

The Attic, 33-45 Parr Street, L1 4JN7pm-9pm £4/£2

Friday 4th MayFeral BritainFeral youth or feral elite? Join writers Gillian Slovo and Deborah Morgan, community activist Earl Jenkins and others for an event that should be as explosive as it’s subject matter.

The Bluecoat, School Lane, L1 3BX7.30pm £6/£4Tickets available from Bluecoat box-office 0151 702 5324 or online www.writingonthewall.org.uk

Saturday 5th MayGillian Slovo Book SigningGillian Slovo reading from her latest novel An Honourable Man.

News From Nowhere, 96 Bold Street, L1 4HY2.00pm Free

Saturday 5th MaySpeakeasy presents: Scotts on the RoXManchester’s premier performancepoetry collective pays respects to Gil Scot Heron and the music ofJill “Golden” Scott.

Kuumba Imani Millenium Centre, 4 Princes Road, L8 1TH7.30pm £6/£4

Tuesday 8th MaySpare Rib to SlutwalksLiz Kelly, Bidisha, Helen Walsh & Helen Millne ask ‘Has the women’s movement really moved on?’

The Women’s Organisation, 54 St James Street, L1 0AB (opposite Chung Wah Supermarket and St Vincent’s Church)7pm £6/£4

Wednesday 9th May77 RPM – The Titanic, the Clock and the DockThe Titanic – speed, deference and resistance on the waterfront. With Tony Wailey & Ian Morris.

The Casa, 29 Hope Street, L1 9BQ7.30pm £6/£4

Thursday 10th May99% of Nothing: Can change Ever Come from Below?Join Danny Dorling (Fair Play), Peter Hitchens (Mail on Sunday) and others to discuss Occupy and the recent protest movements.

The Bluecoat, School Lane, L1 3BX6.30pm £6/£4Tickets available from Bluecoat box-office 0151 702 5324 or online www.writingonthewall.org.uk

Friday 11th MayMade in Dagenham with William IvoryQ&A with screenwriter William Ivory and screening of the BAFTA nominated portrayal of the battle of Ford’s female machinists for equal pay.

Fact, 88 Wood Street, L1 4DQ6.30pm £8/£6

Saturday 12th MayDerry/Londonderry – So Good They Named it Twice!Writer Dave Duggan, poet GerardMcKeown and singer/songwriter Alan Burke - a night of drama, poetry and song looking forward to Derry 2013. With Croxteth Communiversity.

Alt Valley Skills Centre, Parkstile Lane, Croxteth, L11 0BS8 till late £6/£4

Book Launch - Dave Duggan - A Sudden SunNews From Nowhere, Bold Street 2pm

Sunday 13th MayHacked Off & the Death ofNews of the WorldTom Watson MP, campaigners and journalists discuss one of the major scandals of our time.

The Black-E, 1 Great George Street, L1 5EW (next to the Chinese arch)6pm £6/£4

Tuesday 15th MayBloody Sunday and theChildren of Conflict?Eamonn McCann and Phil Scraton explore the aftermath of Bloody Sunday 30 years on.

The Black-E, 1 Great George Street, L1 5EW (next to the Chinese arch)7pm £5/£3

Wednesday 16th MayFlash Fiction at the End of the WorldNational Flash Fiction Day: Readings from Sci-fi author Mike Carey who announces the winner of our on-line Flash Fiction Competition. Read the entries to our competition online or see our Flash Fiction Exhibition at Fact throughout May. 88 Wood Street, Liverpool, L1 4DQ.

Studio 2, 33-45 Parr Street, L1 4JN7pm £4/£2

Thursday 17th MayWas Dickens a Radical?Deborah Mulhearn, (Mersey Minis) explores Dickens’ social and radical legacy in this bicentenary year of celebration.

Toxteth Library, Windsor Street, L8 1XF6.30pm £3/£2

Friday 18th MayBlack by Design withPauline BlackLead-singer of Two-Tone Ska legends The Selecter delivers an evening of readings and solo acoustic classics.

The Rodewald Suite, Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, L1 9BP8pm £10/£6Tickets available from The Philharmonic box-office 0151 709 3789 or online www.writingonthewall.org.uk

Saturday 19th MayGeorge Garrett – A Stoker with PunchKen Worpole, Tony Wailey and Francis Boyce launch the George Garrett Archive Project. Exhibition of newly discovered archive of George Garrett’s life & work in the Bluecoat Creative Hub throughout May.

The Bluecoat, School Lane, L1 3BX1pm £4/£2Tickets available from Bluecoat box-office 0151 702 5324 or online www.writingonthewall.org.uk

Saturday 19th MayEight Legs Good - a SpiderProject retrospectiveA tenth anniversary celebration of Spider’s work featuring film, poetry performance and prose.

The Bluecoat, School Lane, L1 3BX8pm Free but ticket requiredTickets available from Bluecoat box-office 0151 702 5324 or online www.writingonthewall.org.uk

Tuesday 22nd May –Thursday 24th MayWaiting for BrandoPremiere of debut play by Mike Morris & Steve Higginson, directed by Carl Cockram, starring Paul Duckworth and Joe Shipman. www.waitingforbrando.co.uk

The Unity Theatre, 1 Hope Place, L1 9BG8pm £10/£8

Friday 25th MayTitanic on TrialThe Titanic still excites and provokes the imagination. Join the discussion with authors Frances Wilson, Nic Compton, Steve Turner & Alan Scarth. Ragtime music and more.

Merseyside Maritime Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool Waterfront, L3 4AQ7pm £15/£12 (incl. drink on arrival)

Saturday 26th MayThe Art of RhymeWoW & URBEATZ present… performances by some of Liverpool’s best young Urban poets and writers.

The Brink, 15-21 Parr Street, L1 4JN8pm Free Entry

Monday 28th MayFor the Love of Liverpool - An Evening with Romantic Novelist June FrancisJune Francis grew up in Liverpool and has now had thirty books published. Her latest, It Had to Be You, is set in the North-West in the 1950’s.

Trinity Methodist Church Hall, High St, Skelmersdale WN8 8AT.7.30pm

Tuesday 29th MayChavs, Scavs and HijabsOwen Jones (Chavs) will be joined by Peter Hooton (The Farm, The End), Phil Thornton (Casuals), and activist Sanum Ghafoor, to discuss the politics of media representation.

The Black-E, 1 Great George Street, L1 5EW (next to the Chinese arch)7pm £6/£4

Wednesday 30th MayThe Arab Spring withAhdaf SoueifAward-winning Egyptian author Ahdaf Soueif discusses the Middle East Revolutions with Guardian journalist, Bidisha.

Kuumba Imani Millenium Centre, 4 Princes Road, L8 1TH7pm £6/£4

Thursday 31st MayPulp Idol Final & WoWFest Closing PartyJoin our novel writing competitionfinalists for a night of superb readings on the road to publication, (judges include Luke Brown, Senior Editor at Tindal Street Publishers), and for celebrations all round as the festival closes for another year. For entry details see our website.

Studio 2, 33-45 Parr Street, L1 4JN7pm £4/£2