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Young Women’s Writing Project

Ages 13 - 18
Saturday (Fortnightly) Starting 09/11/2019:
12.00noon - 1.00PM
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Weekly writing and performance workshops for young women facilitated by award-winning writers such as Mona Arshi (https://www.monaarshi.com) and Chloe Esposito (https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/chloe-esposito/129218/).

“I really enjoyed learning how to use the iPad for creativity. Learning with the Apple Team was great, they make everything fun and we get to use nice products. The Apple team are so helpful. I would love to do more sessions and just keep learning.”

Over two years, ‘The Agents for Change’ young women will write about their lives using a mash-up of genres such as poetry, flash fiction and rap to develop memoirs about their unique lives.  They will also attend summer performance workshops with the outstanding writers and publishers who has facilitated workshops nationally and internationally.

“I enjoyed reading out my work and hearing what everyone likes about it and understanding it.”

The young women’s stories will be edited and published by Vanguard Readings, the publishing company run by Richard Skinner, author of The Red Dancer, The Velvet Gentleman and other works of poetry and fiction.  Richard is the also the Director of the Fiction Programme at the world famous Faber Academy and he will be on the lookout for the next best-selling writer from the workshops.

“I can write what I want, it helps me express myself.”

There will be two book launches one in 2019 and 2020 and the young women will also go on tour, reading and performing to schools and youth centres, sharing their life stories and raising issues that are of concern to young women.

“It’s good to get such positive feedback as I’m always being told I can’t do things. This gives me a bit of hope.”

 

When:

Term time – Thursdays at Lampton School and on Saturdays (Fortnightly) 12.00noon – 1.00pm in the Treaty Kitchen, Hounslow Treaty Centre, starting on Saturday 9th November 2019.

Holiday Activities – To be confirmed.

Where

Hounslow Treaty Centre (Treaty Kitchen), High Street, Hounslow, TW13 1ES

For more information contact Sonia on 07711 583646 or Bijal on 07793 210283

 

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15th January 2020

“School holidays are really long and it hard to find things to do. The summer programme gives me so many choices. I can do art, sports, dance, cooking and trips. Its all free and I have had the chance to try things that I didn’t do before” Young person, 13

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