Creative Writing and Language Diversity at the Greater Manchester Festival of Libraries 2022
15-19 June 2022 saw the return of Festival of Libraries.
Following the success of last year鈥檚 inaugural celebration, the 2022 festival showcased a vibrant and varied programme of 80 events in libraries across all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.
鈥� the University鈥檚 creativity-championing research platform 鈥� offered seven workshop sessions in partnership with the and the .
Professional writers from the Centre for New Writing facilitated a series of 鈥榃riting for Wellbeing鈥� workshops which explored how creative writing can have positive effects on mental health and wellbeing. 鈥楬ave you seen my duckling? 鈥� Storytime in mother languages鈥� was run by the Linguistic Diversity Collective for parents and caregivers from minority language backgrounds and their young children, encouraging shared book reading and building a narrative around a wordless picture book.
The workshops were well received and rated highly, with attendees of Writing for Wellbeing commenting, 鈥淎 really good session that got me thinking, a very good facilitator,鈥� and 鈥淚 really enjoyed the session.鈥�
鈥楬ave you seen my duckling鈥� attracted parents and caregivers with over 12 languages spoken between them. One attendee commented that 鈥渋t was amazing to have a chat with a Professor of Linguistics.鈥�
The workshops took place in several libraries in the Greater Manchester area.
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