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. …