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Rhapsodies in Blues: The Influence of Music on Black Women’s Writing

By N Smith6th March 20208th March 2020 Categories: news Tags: black women, black womens writing, mac Leave a comment

Saturday 7 March 2020 Join playwright Polly Wright and creative Adaya Henry for the day in a specially devised writing workshop that celebrates the musicality of Black women’s writing. The day will weave readings from Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and Bernadine Evaristo with music, an inspirational visit to The Influence Project exhibition followed by a…

Man Booker Discussion – MAC Birmingham 17th May 2018

By N Smith17th May 201817th May 2018 Categories: Books, news, Publications Tags: books, mac, Man Booker Prize, reading Leave a comment

Join the Writers Reading group @HearthCentre to discuss the book they are shadowing for the Man Booker Prize 2018 #MBI2018 – Vernon Subutex 1 at the Hexagon ‘@mac_birmingham on May 17 at 7.00 pm. Translator @Terribleman and writer @DespentesActu -all 5 stars so far! Read the Guardian article here

Daily Mail Article On Gualterio Letters

By N Smith6th November 20166th November 2016 Categories: Blogs, news Tags: blogs, gualtiero, history, italy, letters, Libya, POW, travelling, Wales, worldwar2, WWII Leave a comment

Just over a year ago Polly’s story was featured in the Daily Mail. Please click HERE to read more!

Polly with Walter Bellisi

By N Smith3rd October 20163rd October 2016 Categories: news Tags: blog, blogging Leave a comment

Polly with Walter Bellisi A local journalist who’s writing an article about our story and who knew Gualtiero’s brother and niece.

Do you have a prisoners of war story?

By N Smith12th October 201512th October 2015 Categories: news, prisoners of war, Publications Tags: hearth centre, prisoners of war Leave a comment

Do you have a prisoner of war memory like the one published here? or has one been shared with you by a friend or relative? If so we would love to hear it and publish it on our website. To send us your P.O.W. memory just send us a message via our contact page. Please…

Turning the Page

By N Smith22nd September 2015 Categories: Birmingham and solihull mental health, events, news, poetry, Publications Tags: Bham Rep, birmingham, hearth centre, mandy ross, pocket, polly wright, publications Leave a comment

I will turn the page and go now and go to a place not here, where dragons live and battles rage and peace comes dropping slow… Edited by Mandy Ross and Polly Wright, reading for Well-Being is proud to present Turning the Page, a collection of new poetry written by mental health service users, shown alongside…

Poem in Your Pocket 3 – Turning the Page

By N Smith9th September 20159th September 2015 Categories: events, news, poetry Tags: birmingham, hearth centre, pocket Leave a comment

Come to an evening of popular, stress-busting poems, read by our team of trained readers from the Hearth Centre’s resoundingly successful Reading for Well-Being project. To celebrate the launch of poetry anthology, Turning The Page, there will be readings of some of the published poems by well-known writers. Bring your own ‘poem in your pocket’ along and it…

Sathnam Sanghera

By N Smith9th September 20159th September 2015 Categories: Birmingham Literary Festival, news, theatre Tags: arts, birmingham, birmingham literary festival, hearth centre, theatre Leave a comment

Birmingham Literature Festival: Sathnam Sanghera The STUDIO at The REP 11 October This event looks at the process of one piece of writing inspiring another. The Hearth Centre‘s most recent project, Writing Begets Writing, drew inspiration from Sathnam Sanghera and the process he used as a writer. Local writers led fiction-writing masterclasses in psychiatric hospitals…

Don’t Leave Me Now

By N Smith3rd June 20153rd June 2015 Categories: events, mental health, news, theatre, Uncategorised Tags: arts, birmingham, Brian Daniels, dementia, hearth centre, mac, mental health, polly wright, theatre

See Hearth’s Artistic Director tread the boards again at Mac! This time in an exciting new play about Dementia. New End Theatre Beyond in association with Stage Productions Ltd presents DON’T LEAVE ME NOW by Brian Daniels Two rehearsed play readings, directed by Jeni Draper Cast: Brian Daniels, Shenagh Govan, Karen Spicer, Annie Swale, Polly Wright On Wednesday 1 July…

Save the Date: Poem in Your Pocket 21st October 2015

By N Smith31st May 201531st May 2015 Categories: events, news, theatre Tags: arts, birmingham, birmingham rep, birmingham synagogue, hearth centre, pocket, poems, reading for wellbeing, theatre

SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday October 21st 2015 we are holding an evening Reading for Well Being’s Poem in Your Pocket and launch of Turning the Page at the Bedlam Festival at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre

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