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“Leyla Josephine” Archive

Citizen Goes Online

4th November 2020

Last week we launched The Citizen Collective, an online creative writing initiative for young people across four local high schools. We’re also starting an online writing group for adults in North Edinburgh and Musselburgh

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Looking back: Spotlight on Citizen Events

21st October 2020

In this blog, we highlight three Citizen events from the August 2020 Book Festival Online which examine what ‘community’ means in a time of crisis

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“A citizen is…” – your responses in poetry

16th September 2020

Discover a new poem, Citizen, created with ideas from our Stories & Scran participants, put together by Leyla Josephine

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Stories & Scran: A Special Citizen Event

25th August 2020

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Enjoy Edinburgh International Book Festival from your own home

12th August 2020

A spotlight on three Citizen events from our August 2020 programme, which aim to help us understand the meaning of community in the time of Covid-19.

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Teaching Children to Fail

15th July 2020

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

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Book Bags for Citizen

8th July 2020

This week we have been packing and distributing book and activity packs to children and adults in Musselburgh and North Edinburgh.

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