About this Event
For June we’re delving into a sci-fi, solar punk tale that didn’t just imagine a different world but did it over 100 years ago!
We’ll be reading:
Sultana's Dream and Padmarag by Begum Rokeya
A visionary Bangladeshi Muslim feminist from 1905, who wrote classics that still feel miles ahead of the present.
In Sultana’s Dream, Rokeya gives us Ladyland, a place where women run society through science, cooperation, and sheer brilliance while men are safely tucked away indoors. It’s satire with teeth, a gleeful, subversive flipping of patriarchal and kyriarchal systems that exposes just how flimsy it all really is. It doesnt end there! this book is a double feature tha's followed by Padmarag which goes further, with women building their own institutions, nurturing solidarity, and refusing to accept the limits imposed on them by class, colonialism, or men’s fragile egos.
These works are acts of resistance. They remind us that feminist imagination is political power and that the future has always been shaped first by those bold enough to dream it.
So join us in June as we talk utopias, rebellion, sisterhood, and the radical audacity of believing that another world is possible. Bring your fire. Bring your questions.
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The book club will be hosted at 12pm on 14/JUN/2026 at:
The Yard Coffee, 1A, Pivotal House, Red Lion St, Norwich NR1 3TB
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* The venue is wheelchair accessible.
* If the event is full but you’d still like to attend, feel free to email us to check for extra availability.
if you have any questions, contact is at:
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Yard Coffee, Red Lion Street, Norwich, United Kingdom
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