Let’s play the Mancala! Playing Our Way Through History 📚🌍At our CALF-Events, we believe literature is not only what’s written. It’s what’s carved, spoken, passed down, and played. That’s why we’re shining a light on MANCALA – an ancient African strategy game that is far more than entertainment. It is an awesome vessel of cultural […]
So, The Balloons Weren’t Just Balloons In 2018, I had a naive, hopeful, determined idea as a new author with little understanding of how to navigate the Author persona. So I created a small WhatsApp group: The Kiddie-Writers Forum. We supported each other through endless questions, messy drafts, rejections, social media following, and honing our […]
Welcome to Calf-Events Greetings! This blog post has been a long time in the making, lurking quietly in the background as we waited for the “perfect moment” to introduce who we are, what we do, and how far we’ve come. But if there’s anything we’ve learned, it’s that there’s no perfect time—only the right energy. […]
Calf-Events 2024 see our pictures By 2024, CALFE achieved significant milestones, engaging multiple venues, including Manchester Museum, Chelmsford Museum, and Colchester, with a total of 43 artists delivering activities over five weeks. Online attendance reached new heights, with 226 registrations and over 1,200 page views. CALFE’s consistent growth highlights its success in creating vibrant literary […]
Calf Event 2023 CALFE expanded its offerings to a hybrid model, hosting both online and in-person events. With nearly 900 page views for the online event and strong participation at Chelmsford Museum, the event successfully broadened its audience reach while maintaining its high-quality programming. https://calfevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Calfe-2023-Christmas-Video-1.mp4
Calf Event 2022 2022 In Pictures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ypp5ckJavk On Friday, 28th October 2022, the second annual event brought together families for another vibrant evening of storytelling, music, and poetry. With Eventbrite logging 1,300 page views and an estimated 165 families in attendance, the event highlighted the beauty of diverse stories. Featuring authors and storytellers from Jamaica, […]
Calf Event 2021 2021 In Pictures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZHXVXRUDVM In 2021, Sade Fadipe was inspired to conduct wellbeing interviews with Creatives of ethnically diverse backgrounds like herself, exploring how they coped with the cancellation of events, contracts, and book launches during uncertain times. These conversations culminated in a virtual showcase of authors that laid the foundation for […]
