About
A social entrepreneur, writer and producer who designs and delivers global literary programmes and a variety of specific projects.
Current programme:
Founder & Director of Untold Narratives CIC. A development programme for writers structurally marginalised by community or conflict.
Untold team at the launch of My Dear Kabul (Coronet, 2024)
Recent projects include:
Your Local Arena was an Arts Council England-funded project co-produced by Lucy Hannah and Speaking Volumes, which featured the BBC's Arena film archive, with award-winning Arena producer Anthony Wall as creative consultant. Your Local Arena matched UK venues or literary festivals to Arenafilms relating in some way to their local area, and invited speakers to explore particular themes. In 2020-21 the project was delivered online. In 2023-24, Your Local Arena was a year long series of UK-wide live events.
Poet, Jacqueline Bishop featured on film in Caribbean Nights: Poetry