Panya joined the team and began her fellowship by carefully cataloguing and creating a database for Nottingham City of Literature’s archives. This was a crucial aspect of the project as it ensured that important archival material that documented our ten years as a designated City of Literature was safely stored and easily accessible. The archive is more than just the history of the City of Literature. It is social history which documents Nottingham’s rich and vibrant arts scene and evidence of our place as a city of collaboration and stories. She was interviewed by LeftLion magazine about her fellowship and what it meant for a city of stories.
During her time, Panya created a digital poem for us to celebrate reading and show our younger audiences that reading is something to be enjoyed and not to be taken too seriously. You can watch her Ten Ways to Read a Book here: