Working with a large number of diverse, individual, secondary school students in Nottingham, UK, and the rhythms and words that speak to them, Shreya guided the youngsters in creating striking lyrics about their everyday and yet very important worlds.
Please click here to read the article in full, and for the first part, which has been posted before, please click here to read it once more.
Please click here to read the first of her two articles for Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature on her series of 19 creative, entertaining, multidisciplinary workshops for British secondary schools in the last six months.
Shreya will lead workshops with students, professional development for teachers, with the production of a wonderful anthology of students’ writing, or joyful, creative event, at the end of the project. Please watch this space for updates!
“In September 2022, Five Leaves Bookshop started its (online) journey around the world’s UNESCO Cities of Literature with a visit to Québec City. One of the cities on the tour was Nanjing in China, where Shreya Sen-Handley met Ding Jie.
Both writers are multi-talented – Shreya has written in many formats including memoir, poetry, fiction, plays, opera, and journalism. She has also illustrated children’s books. Ding Jie is not only a novelist, but he is also a fine artist.
Nanjing UNESCO City of Literature were kind enough to ship us some physical prints of Ding Jie’s paintings to hang in the bookshop, and they’ve also sent us digital images of those and others. As Shreya is no mean artist herself, we thought it would be fitting to host an online gallery of both their work…”
This was followed by an exhibition of Shreya’s artwork alongside Ding Jie’s in Nanjing, China!
Please read the rest of the article and have a gander at their vibrant art here
Shreya Sen-Handley 