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“Guest Blog” Archive

Teaching Children to Fail

15th July 2020

In this Guest Blog, Leyla Josephine reflects on her time as Schools Writer in Residence for Citizen.

2020CitizenGuest BlogLeyla Josephine

The Citizens of the Future

17th October 2019

2019CitizenClaire AskewEdinburghGuest BlogResidencySchools

Echoes of ‘Home’ | Nalini Paul

6th November 2018

A new sequence of poems inspired by our New Passages creative exchange programme from Glasgow-based poet Nalini Paul

2018Guest BlogNalini PaulNew PassagesNew Writing

Fragmentaria: a book of notions | Sampurna Chattarji

26th October 2018

A new sequence of poems inspired by our New Passages creative exchange programme from poet, novelist, translator and editor Sampurna Chattarji.

2018Guest BlogNew PassagesNew WritingSampurna Chattarji

Homecomings | Sandip Roy

22nd October 2018

A new piece of writing by Sandip Roy, the award-winning Kolkata-based author of Don’t Let Him Know, and a contributor to NPR in the U.S. as well as the New York Times, the Guardian, BBC, the Telegraph and more. Part of New Passages.

2018Guest BlogNew PassagesNew WritingSandip Roy

New Beginnings | Abir Mukherjee

19th October 2018

A new short story from award-winning author Abir Mukherjee, inspired by his journey from Edinburgh to Stornoway to Kolkata, India, as part of our New Passages project, supported by the players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

2018Abir MukherjeeGuest BlogNew PassagesNew Writing

Chris Leslie: A Disappearing City?

10th May 2017

2017Chris LeslieCumbernauldGuest BlogReimagiNation

David Bishop: Dredd Dystopias

28th April 2017

2017CumbernauldDavid BishopGuest BlogReimagiNation

Diane Watters: New Town, My Town

19th April 2017

2017CumbernauldDiane WattersGuest BlogReimagiNation
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