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28
July
2022
|
12:03
Europe/London

Creative SwagÖ±²¥ at the Bluedot Festival 2022

On 23 and 24 July, Creative SwagÖ±²¥ hosted a series of panel discussions with talented and award-winning poets and storytellers at the Bluedot Festival 2022.

Bluedot Festival 2022

Curated for Creative SwagÖ±²¥ by Senior Research Fellow Ellah Wakatama OBE, the conversations focused on new publications in many genres, touching on poetry, science fiction, fantasy, nature writing, and memoir. With a variety of poets and storytellers, these conversations also acted as a celebration of diversity, inclusivity, and the power of literature, with speakers reflecting on their experiences, their work, and their visions for the future.

The conversations included:

  • Love and Being – Niki Igbaroola, Jared McGinnis, and Kasim Ali
  • Our Future Selves – Geoff Ryman, Temi Oh, and Nikhil Singh
  • Writing Nature, ft. The Nan Shepherd Prize – with Marchelle Farrell and Nina Mingya Powles
  • Poetry: Remixes and Reimagination
  • Crime and Punishment – Nadine Matheson, Kia Abdullah, and Parker Bilal

Thank you to all those who joined us for these wonderful conversations. Beyond our Creative SwagÖ±²¥ line-up, the Bluedot Festival was yet again a wonderful and perfect blend of science, music and culture after its two-year hiatus. From µþÂáö°ù°ì

and the Halle symphony orchestra head-lining Sunday to Tim Peake speaking about his Top Gun inspiration, it was a .

If you’re looking forward to next year as much as Creative SwagÖ±²¥, tickets are already available for the .