The building represents the future, but what’s left of the past in the foundations? I wanted to gather as many stories as I can and use those ideas to create a new piece of fiction inspired by The Word.” About Niel Bushnell I wanted to explore the idea of change, of how a location – or a person – can be split in two by a major event. “I wanted to use my time as the Writer in Residence at The Word to explore the relationship between the building and its location, and to find out what people who use this fantastic building think about it. In addition to his own work, he has taught comics in workshops, summer schools and night classes to everyone from young children to retirees and currently spends his days helping college students develop their own creative ideas. To date he has co-edited two volumes (with a third on the way) of BOO! The Horror Comic For Kids, which was shortlisted for a British Comic Award in 2014. His comics have appeared in a number of national and international anthologies and he has been self-publishing and promoting his own comics for over a decade. He has a Masters degree in Illustration & Design and has been freelancing as an illustrator for over eight years. I hoped to draw out the more humorous side of the topic and the people I met and to create something that will make them laugh as well as think.” Andrew Waugh About Andy WaughĪndrew Waugh is a Scottish illustrator, cartoonist and arts educator living in north east England. I wanted to talk to the people involved – from those who operate The Word to those who use it – and present their thoughts and opinions alongside my own experiences during the residency. “I intended to create a fun and engaging exploration into the evolving idea of what a library is and can be, using The Word as a case study – part comic reportage, part diary strip. His work was on display during the WRITE Festival. Jenni also showed off her own skills.Ĭelia Bryce Writer in residence, Poetry and SongwritingĬelia worked together with South Shields Community School, Horton Grange Primary School, The Autistic Unit Workers Education Authority and Singing for Dementia as part of her residency to create celebration poetry, which she performed during The Word’s 1st Birthday weekend.Ĭelia spent a lot of her residency in The Word talking to people about their ideas of what a celebration is and the words they associate with a celebration to get inspiration for new poems.Īs part of her residency she held a series of poetry workshops looking at various forms of poetry to inspire budding poets to create their own.Īt the residency presentation on Saturday 21 October Celia shared her poems and performed with her band to a jam-packed audience.Īndy Waugh Writer in Residence, Comic WritingĪndy was commissioned to produce an 8 to 12 page comic about life in The Word. The amateur slammers took to the stage at The Stags head, South Shields, at our WRITE Festival Poetry Slam where they showed off their skills. Jenni hosted four workshops for aspiring amateur poets to build upon their poetry slam skills, performance techniques and get them ready to compete in their very own poetry slam. She is the recipient of the Poets & Writers Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award, and is the youngest board member of 826 National, the largest youth writing network in the United States.Jenni Pascoe was our Poet in Residence from mid-March up until our WRITE Festival 2018 where she worked with various groups to develop their poetry skills. In 2017, Amanda Gorman was appointed the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate by Urban Word – a program that supports Youth Poets Laureate in more than 60 cities, regions and states nationally. She has written for the New York Times newsletter The Edit and penned the manifesto for Nike's 2020 Black History Month campaign. She has received a Genius Grant from OZY Media, as well as recognition from Scholastic Inc., YoungArts, the Glamour magazine College Women of the Year Awards, and the Webby Awards. Amanda has performed multiple commissioned poems for CBS This Morning and she has spoken at events and venues across the country, including the Library of Congress and Lincoln Center. Now her words have won her invitations to the Obama White House and to perform for Lin-Manuel Miranda, Al Gore, Secretary Hillary Clinton, Malala Yousafzai, and others. She has written for the New York Times and has three books forthcoming with Penguin Random House.īorn and raised in Los Angeles, she began writing at only a few years of age. history, as well as an award-winning writer and cum laude graduate of Harvard University, where she studied Sociology. Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S.
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