Leave a Comment · Posted on August 21, 2022
Dream Big Book Launch
Hosted by Hive’s The1Devotion, this event launches the latest print anthology of spoken word by Sheffield’s creative voice and influence groups for care-experienced young people aged 7-25 years: Sheffield Children in Care Council (CiCC) and Sheffield Care Leaver’s Union (SCLU). This second anthology…
Leave a Comment · Posted on August 12, 2022
Interview with Young Adult Fiction Writer Paula Rawsthorne
Sheffield Hallan University Creative Writing student, Lauren Wright, recently interviewed multi-award-winning young adult fiction writer Paula Rawsthorne about all things fiction. Paula chatted with Lauren about everything from how she found her way into becoming a writer, and what it’s been like working with publishers, to how she…
Leave a Comment · Posted on August 11, 2022
My Name is Adebiyi by Najma Ahmed
My Name is Adebiyi by Najma Ahmed | Read by Kenneth Omole | The following monologue started life in a workshop working with actor and writer John Rwoth-Omack. Hear from Adebiyi a street vendor in the city of Lagos. He’s had enough.
Leave a Comment · Posted on August 10, 2022
We Are Everything Chapbook from Mixing Roots
Recently we launched two amazing anthologies at an open mic event at the iconic Leadmill Sheffield. One of those anthologies was the chapbook We Are Everything, from our Mixing Roots project run by Warda Yasin & Danae Wellington…
Leave a Comment · Posted on August 9, 2022
If Buildings Could Speak
A summer creative writing workshop for ages 14-19 in Barnsley Thurs 18 Aug | 1:30pm – 4pm | Free | What would buildings or streets tell us if they could speak? What have they seen and what have they heard? What tales would they tell us, and what do they observe about us strange humans who move through them?