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Year of Writing 2021 – are you made of the “write” stuff?

January 20, 2021
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Year of Writing 2021 - are you made of the “write” stuff?

Liverpool City Council is asking everyone in the city to pick up a pen or tap away at a keyboard in 2021 as it launches its Year of Writing this Friday [22 January].

Co-ordinated by Writing on the Wall, #LiverpoolWrites will be a celebration of writing in all its forms, and will see writers, artists, and arts and cultural organisations coming together to inspire young and old to put pen to paper to improve literacy in the city.

Year of Writing 2021 - are you made of the “write” stuff?

The year of activity will start with a video launch on Friday at 11am, featuring messages from Lord Mayor of Liverpool Cllr Anna Rothery, Acting Mayor Cllr Wendy Simon and writers from across the city region including Levi Tafari and Jude Lennon. You can watch the film from 11am on the Year of Writing website – www.cultureliverpool.co.uk/year-of-writing-2021/ .

The video will remain available to view following the launch on the website.

Friday’s launch will be followed by the first citywide initiative Write Here Write Now starting on Monday 25 January.

Adults and children are invited to get involved each day from Monday to Friday for a ten-minute writing burst to get the creative juices flowing. Video prompts for Write Here Write Now will be given by authors including Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Levi Tafari, Jeff Young, Winnie M Li, and Patrice Lawrence and will be posted on the #LiverpoolWrites website and social media channels, with children’s prompts going live daily at 9.30am and those for adults live from 6.30pm. The prompts will remain on the website as a resource throughout the year.

Everyone taking part in Write Here Write Now can share their pieces either on the initiative’s Facebook page –  www.facebook.com/2021LiverpoolYearofWriting – or by uploading to their own social media feeds using #LiverpoolWrites 

Write Here Write Now will also host a similar week of activities for Early Years children the week beginning Monday 1 February, which is also National Storytelling Week. The week will feature plenty of writing and creative activities for parents and carers to share with their children.

The year-long #LiverpoolWrites programme is being planned with flexibility built in to respond to any guidance and restrictions that may be in place but will include:

  • The Writer’s Bloc – pop-up writing centres in communities and libraries
  • Liverpool Writers in Residence 
  • Writing advice desks
  • Heritage trails
  • A Writer’s Marketplace and a Writer’s Boot Camp 
  • Competitions including playwriting, novel writing, flash fiction and short stories.

Mike Morris, co-director of Writing on the Wall and Liverpool Year of Writing chair, said: 

“From March 2020 onwards, Writing on the Wall had to move all its events online so we’re confident that the pandemic won’t stop Liverpool’s Year of Writing from being a success. 

“In fact, moving online increased accessibility for many groups so we’re sure that #LiverpoolWrites will not only be inspirational and fun but it will be inclusive and diverse, reaching all of Liverpool’s communities.

“Writing is not only a life skill, it is, now more than ever, a way for people to make sense of their lives and what is going on in the wider world. Liverpool is full of people with stories to tell and feelings to share, #LiverpoolWrites is the year that we want people to get involved and find their voices.” 

There will also be plenty of work in schools, supported by School Improvement Liverpool and Liverpool Learning Partnership, including the Letter to Liverpool project, coding workshops and creating new zines.

#LiverpoolWrites follows on from 2020’s Year of Reading.

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