Shahrazad - Stories for life

The week of Strangers and Canaries workshops creative writing workshops in schools across Norfolk was a real success. Workshop leaders Gervais Kouloungou, Molly Naylor, Sarah Bower and Asmeron had a great week with young people.

Between the 4th and the 8th of October, we will be working with 1231 students schools across Norfolk to deliver creative writing sessions that explore issues faced by asylum seekers and refugees.

Next week, Refugee Week is on in Norwich, and Shahrazad takes part with several events. Refugee Week is a unique opportunity to discover and celebrate the contributions refugees bring to the UK, and this time Shahrazad offers Digital Stories exhibitions, a poetic search for Europe's soul, and a library that lends out humans!

In February Writers Centre Norwich organised for over 200 students at schools across Norfolk to work with a professional writer and a refugee to compose a series of Letters to Europe. These missives from the young people of the UK to their counterparts in Europe form part of an international conversation about the future of Europe, and the hopes and dreams young people harbour for it.

Between 22nd and 25th February, as part of the Shahrazad project, over 200 students at schools across Norfolk will be working with a professional writer and a refugee to compose a series of Letters to Europe. These missives from the young people of the UK to their counterparts in Europe will form part of the international conversation about the future of Europe, and the hopes and dreams young people harbour for it.

A numerous audience of invited guests from London and many corners of Europe defied the rather frosty weather conditions of the UK capital and joined the celebration of ICORN becoming an independent, international organisation at the Free Word Centre on Thursday 7 January.