This exhibition celebrates the startling achievements of this daughter of London stage every season for over 50 years and a novella, Oroonoko, the first fiction in English to centre on a rebellion of enslaved Africans.
Aphra Behn wine, made by Kentish vineyard Barsole, features at the Canterbury Wine Festival, Westgate Hall.
A fantastic visit back to Canterbury and the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge to spend the day researching inspirational Kent women through the ages. Led by digital humanities expert Dr Catriona Cooper and facilitator and content curator Helen Crutcher, the group took the life of Aphra Behn, plus a guided tour of the Beaney's […]
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), part of UK Research and Innovation.
A year of events celebrating the life and works of the first woman professional writer in English and daughter of Canterbury, Aphra Behn (1640-1689).
