Dr Velma McClymont will discuss writing, her novel Little River - the story of Scotland and Jamaica and talk about the black experience in Britain during the Windrush era: 1948-1973.

This FREE author event run in partnership by West Norwood Cemetery NHLF project and West Norwood Library, booking is essential as places are limited - see link below.

Dr Velma McClymont is a writer, poet, scholar-activist, international speaker and the director/publisher of WomanzVue Books. She is a former lecturer in Caribbean Studies and has worked in banking, local government and as a visiting author in schools and libraries across the UK (including Scotland) and in Jamaica.

Her latest novel is Little River, a sweeping historical novel of a Scottish sugar baron and the Jamaica his life becomes enmeshed with.

A Windrush child, Dr. McClymont, born in rural Jamaica, joined her parents in England in the late 1960's. She grew up in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth where she attended a RC convent school.

During her talk, Dr. McClymont will speak about her experience of living in London in the 1970s, and about the black experience in Britain during the Windrush era: 1948-1973.

When: Friday 30 June 2023; 6.30pm - 8pm 

Where: West Norwood Library, 1-5 Norwood High Street, West Norwood, London SE27 9JX

Further information: BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE
This completely free author event is brought to the community as part of the ongoing National Heritage Lottery funded project. You can find out more on the project website: www.westnorwoodcemetery.org
If you have any queries on accessibility, or anything else, please contact Kim Hart on khart@lambeth.gov.uk