Benjamin Zephaniah - A Celebration
Storyhouse Childless
Event details
Benjamin Zephaniah (1958 – 2023).
Writer. Activist. Beautiful human. Artist-in-Residence at Storyhouse (2021-2023) – his poems adorn the staircases and walls of the building.
This special event is inspired by his poem ‘Childless’ – in remembrance and gratitude for all he did for the CNBC community in speaking publicly about his infertility decades ago, leading the way for us all.
Conceived by the Storyhouse Childless Focus Group, curated by Jessica Hepburn and featuring the writers Kathryn Millington, Robert Nurden, Rod Silvers and Yvonne John
Members: £4.50
Non-members: £5
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About the speakers
Jessica Hepburn She/Her
Jessica Hepburn is an award-winning author, arts producer and adventure activist who has become one of the UK’s leading voices on fertility and family, as well as endurance sport. Jessica is the former co-founder of Fertility Fest which ran from 2016 – 2019. Jessica is childless not by choice after 11 rounds of IVF.
Robert Nurden (He/Him)
Robert is an author and journalist, who in 2023 published I Always Wanted To Be A Dad: Men without Children, which is a collaboration with other childless men and women. A former feature writer and sub-editor for the Independent and Guardian, he is now 73 and lives in London. He is childless by circumstance.
Kathryn ‘Milllie’ Millington She/her
Millie is a poet, originally from Doncaster, based in Sheffield with two enormous Norwegian Forest cats and her partner. Millie is childless not by choice and ‘Imprint’, her debut poetry pamphlet about her childless journey, was published by Fawn Press in 2023.
Yvonne John She/Her
Yvonne John is an author and activist for the Childless women of colour. Yvonne John delivered a key note at Storyhouse Childless in 2019 which looked at the unique aspect of the women of colour experience of childlessness. Yvonne is childless due to unexplained infertility.
Rod Silvers
Former market stallholder and stand-up comic Rod Silvers has written plays and sketches for the Edinburgh Fringe, BBC Radio and is soon to publish his first novel.