This year, we welcomed several groups to the Festival site, held special author visits with our community partners and there were daily Communities Programme events throughout the Festival. This year, Communities Programme activities were on a scale never seen before at the August Book Festival. Alongside special showcase events, a series of Words from the Wards events and two installations, …
Citizen at the North Edinburgh Community Festival
As part of our Citizen project, early this month our Communities Team and Adults Writing Group helped take the joy of the Book Festival to children and families at the North Edinburgh Festival. Relaunched in 2022 the North Edinburgh Community Festival is an annual day-long festival held at West Pilton Park. This year’s edition featured over 100 organisations and, with …
Our First Citizen Trainee Writers in Residence: Hannah Ekekwe and Lintong Zhang
Since 2019, we have appointed Writers in Residence to work with community partners and local people on our long-term creative project, Citizen. In this latest edition of On the Road blog, we thought we’d introduce you to our first ever Citizen Trainee Writers in Residence… Hannah Ekekwe and Lintong Zhang have been appointed as our first Citizen Trainee Writers-in Residence. …