by Administrator | Aug 6, 2020 | Readers & Writers
Just over two years ago I needed to travel to London last minute. Unable to get a train I stood in a long queue waiting to board a coach. I didn’t know anyone in the queue and most of all I hadn’t expected that I would need to act in solidarity with one of the...
by Administrator | Jul 6, 2020 | Readers & Writers
I was commissioned by City Arts to write a poem as part of its ‘Words of Wisdom’ project. ‘Words of Wisdom’ encourages people aged 55+ to take part in writing and poetry, and to connect across the generations. Before launching into the process of writing the...
by Administrator | May 27, 2020 | Readers & Writers
Our chair, David Belbin, writes: It’s a pleasure to welcome the founder of Nottingham Black Archive and one of the original patrons of our UNESCO Creative Cities bid, Panya Banjoko. A writer and performance poet, she is currently a PhD student at NTU. Panya’s poetry...
by Administrator | Mar 12, 2020 | Quick Reads
“Thursday afternoons are not quite the same since finishing the My Voice Creative Writing project at Scotholme Primary. No more sitting on the red, converted, double decker bus stationed in the school carpark doling out poems, no more discussions around poems we...
