Thank you to everyone who came along to the inaugural Battersea Society event at Battersea Bookshop… we know how confusing it can be trying to find your way around the Power Station redevelopment, so well done for persevering!
Jeanne Rathbone author of Inspiring Women of Battersea, had organised the event and kept the audience rapt with her limitless, and awe-isnpiring, knowledge of amazing women in Battersea whose stories have gone unsung.
We read from our poetry collection, London Undercurrents, and curated the poems to fit in with the theme of the night – real women who’ve lived locally. This included poems about Charlotte Despard, Mare Spartali, and the Cooks sisters, who all lived and worked in Battersea, and their north London sisters, Mary Kingsley, Dido Belle, and Janie Terrero.
We had such a great time. Thank you to the book lovers who purchased copies of our book, and Jeanne’s, and to Battersea Bookshop for hosting us in their beautiful, and tempting, bookshop.
Look out for more Battersea Society events at Battersea Bookshop soon.
London Undercurrents 