Simone de Beauvoir: Where are we now? Maya Centre fundraiser event

Recently screened at the Bristol Festival of Ideas to a sell-out audience, The Literary Consultancy is proud to present on behalf of The Maya Centre Imogen Sutton’s prize-winning documentary Daughters of de Beauvoir (BBC/Arts Council 1989) which interweaves the life of feminist icon Simone de Beauvoir with those of the women she influenced – in particular through her seminal book The Second Sex. As well as archive footage of de Beauvoir with Jean-Paul Sartre, the film includes exclusive interviews with writers Kate Millett, Ann Oakley, Angie Pegg and Marge Piercy. Following the screening, Patron of The Maya Centre, Melissa Benn, will chair Imogen Sutton, Ann Oakley, Angie Pegg and Margaret Drabble to discuss what Simone de Beauvoir’s writing means today.

Ticket-donations for this event go directly toward supporting the Maya Centre’s essential work providing long term counselling and psychological support to vulnerable women in Islington. The Maya Centre is running an emergency appeal, so generous donations will be hugely appreciated. For more information, please visit the website.