In solidarity with the strike @ucu at @NorthEnglishes we have postponed this event until further notice! Stay tuned :)
Really excited for our first 2026 event! This time we'll repeat last year workshop as many people were interested in participating. If you're around, do sign up! lnkd.in/eMrTWebX spaces are limited!
Really excited for our first 2026 event! This time we'll repeat last year workshop as many people were interested in participating. If you're around, do sign up! lnkd.in/eMrTWebX spaces are limited!
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Onto the second part of the event — a workshop on Sustainable Writing Practices! ✍🏻
Q&A time with @SabynJaveri & @yeisilcarolina! 🎤
“Storytelling doesn’t have to belong to one tradition. These are stories that we tell ourselves. Sometimes we have to outrun them.”
“What are the stories you’ve been told to carry? What are the stories have you never dared to write?”
“Being human isn’t about living in the stories that are handed to us, but rewriting them.” 📝
“Translation has become a way back in for me. I’m interested in the tales from the kitchen table. In these stories, I sense something radical.”
She cites Carol Ann Duffy, Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde (and others), as key inspirations — they “reached into silence and found voices.” Sabyn started to think, ‘could I write something like this, too?’
She also explored feminism more at Oxford, and started to question how many women’s stories were hidden.
Sabyn talks about applying for a Masters degree in Creative Writing at Oxford: “I had a portfolio, a small constellation of published stories. I didn’t think of it as a constellation, I thought of it as a means of survival.”
“With each small piece that got published and each word that got sent out into the world, I could feel my spine straighten.” 🖋️✊
“Yes I am a storyteller, but the stories I’m interested in are the one’s that people don’t want to tell. I’m interested in the stories that are hidden and make people uncomfortable.”
We’re looking forward to hearing about Sabyn’s literary journey! 📚
We’re kicking off our next event, ‘Sabyn Javeri in Conversation with the North Modern and Contemporary Network’, at @ToonLibraries! 📚
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A reminder we are hosting Sabyn Javeri at the Newcastle City Library this 3rd July. All welcome!
We are really looking forward to hosting our first event at @ToonLibraries with author, writer, and academic @SabynJaveri supported by Northern Bridge Consortium and @NorthEnglishes Sign up here: shorturl.at/7A6w4 @BACLS_official @EuroCompLit @ModConDurham @NCL_English
We are really looking forward to hosting our first event at @ToonLibraries with author, writer, and academic @SabynJaveri supported by Northern Bridge Consortium and @NorthEnglishes Sign up here: shorturl.at/7A6w4 @BACLS_official @EuroCompLit @ModConDurham @NCL_English
We had a lovely time with @anniezaidi yesterday at @READEnglish with lots of participation and a visit to the pub! Thank you to everyone who made it and shared their writing outcomes. What a lovely evening! More events by our NMC to come soon :)
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@NorthModCont presents 'Creative Writing as Research Practice: A Workshop' with writer @anniezaidi, taking place 28 Jan 6-8pm, in ER146.
Find out more here👉durham.ac.uk/departments/aca…

ALT NMC Presents 'Creative Writing as Research Practice: A Workshop' with writer Annie Zaidi. 28.01.25, 6pm-6pm. ER146 (Elvet Riverside I), Durham University- 83 New Elvet, DH1 3AQ. Discuss the ways in which creative tools can be applied to your own writing. Participate in two creative writing exercises which will help to locate the context of your work and hone your voice. Annie Zaidi is a bilingual writer. Her award-winning body of work spans multiple genres including non-fiction, fiction, scripts, poetry and graphic storytelling.
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Deadline extended to 7th Feb! You know what to do...✍️✍️✍️
Submit your abstract here: forms.gle/Jmx4BBpdB7L36PPd7
📢The CfP for our next WHN-BACLS conference (10-12th June 2025, University of Stirling) is now live!
Find it here forms.gle/Jmx4BBpdB7L36PPd7 and send us your abstracts by Friday 24th January 2025.
We can’t wait for our next event! 🖋️
You can sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…














