{"id":4555,"date":"2022-04-27T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T07:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/?p=4555"},"modified":"2022-04-27T08:20:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T07:20:48","slug":"courttia-newland-at-the-antidote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/courttia-newland-at-the-antidote\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;What are you doing to make the planet better?&#8221; &#8211; Courttia Newland at THE ANTIDOTE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hear author and screenwriter Courttia Newland speak passionately about the climate emergency in a short interview following his performance at THE ANTIDOTE, Writers Rebel&#8217;s street literary festival at the Tate Modern on 15 April.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4555-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/INTV-Courttia-Newland-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/INTV-Courttia-Newland-1.mp4\">http:\/\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/INTV-Courttia-Newland-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Courttia read an excerpt from <em>Seed,<\/em>\u00a0from <em>Cosmogramma: and other short stories &#8211; <\/em>his collection of short stories about climate change and the African diaspora. For his full performance, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CzxUmlEacvc&amp;t=4h43m02s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CzxUmlEacvc&amp;t=3h12m00s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to see the entire festival<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 with contributions from eminent writers, poets and performers\u00a0<strong>Lemn Sissay<\/strong>, <strong>Zena Edwards<\/strong>, <strong>Inua Ellams<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Patience Agbabi<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Sarah Winman<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Greg Norminton<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Raymond Antrobus<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Joe Dunthorne<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Maggie Gee <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Nikita Gill<\/strong>\u00a0as well as Writers Rebel\u2019s own <strong>Monique Roffey <\/strong>and <strong>Alex Lockwood<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The event was compered by\u00a0<strong>Chris Redmond<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Liv Torc<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livtorc.co.uk\/hot-poets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hot Poets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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