News From Nowhere Club: CLR James: An Unexpected Life

CLR James: An Unexpected Life  Speaker: John L. Williams John will be talking about his biography of the great Trinidadian historian, radical & cricket-lover: CLR James. His book brings this extraordinary 20th century life into brilliant focus as it moves from Trinidad to London to Lancashire to the USA & back again. ‘CLR James was decades ahead of his time in challenging our thoughts about empire, colonialism, black history &, not least, in writing brilliantly about cricket. He finally has the biography his extraordinary influence deserves’ (Barney Ronay). John is a Cardiff-born novelist & biographer; his subjects range from American crime fiction to Dame Shirley Bassey. Benjamin Zephaniah described John’s account of the Cardiff 3 case, Bloody Valentine, as his favourite book.  _____________________________________________________________________ Free entry Donations/Raffle/Voluntary Membership £5pa 7.30pm Buffet (please bring an item if you can: vegetarian or vegan only) No entry before 7.30pm please (unless specified) 8.00pm Talk and discussion till about 10pm _____________________________________________________________________ About the News From Nowhere Club “Fellowship is life and the lack of fellowship is death.”   William Morris Founded in 1996, the club challenges the commercialisation, isolation and privatisation of modern life. We meet monthly on Saturday evenings.