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Story Nation

Off site communities events this August

15th September 2022

This year’s August Festival saw the most extensive array of communities activities yet. Find out more about our off-site activity.

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Communities at Edinburgh International Book Festival

13th July 2022

Take a look at what’s happening in our Communities Programme over the course of the Book Festival this August

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Guest Blog: Ken Cockburn

22nd June 2022

Hear from poet Ken Cockburn, who has been leading poetry workshops at Eagle Lodge Care Home as part of our Story Nation project.

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Looking Ahead: What’s On in 2022

20th January 2022

For our first blog post of the year, find out about what the Communities Programme has planned for 2022.

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Taking the Book Festival to Scottish Prisons

1st October 2021

Find out more about our engagement with prisons across Scotland during the Book Festival this August

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R-Words meets Citizen and Story Nation

22nd July 2021

Several community writing groups have been creating inspiring group poems as part of the R-Words project.

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Storytelling at the new Royal Hospital for Children & Young People

12th May 2021

This week we’re celebrating the first of our in-person Story Nation activities at Sick Kids, with interactive storytelling sessions led by Andy Cannon

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Summer 2020 – Communities Update

1st July 2020

An update on where we are with our Communities Programme: Citizen, Story Nation and our Online Festival, in Summer 2020

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Announcing Story Nation

2nd June 2020

Find out about Story Nation, part of our Communities Programme which engages long-term with Prisons, Hospitals and Care Homes.

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