Libraries Inside Out - Burnley

The third location for the Libraries Inside Out Project is Burnley - writer and tutor Alison White tells us about her experiences working with the Burnley writers to create writing that will, in a matter of days, be lit up on the outside of Burnley library.

It is one thing to say words out loud, it is another to commit them to paper, but to put your words in light on stone? Well, that’s a brave and wonderful thing to do.

In late October a group of young adult and adult writers worked with creative writer Alison White to produce a range of short writings including comments about life and how they’ve lived it so far, hidden autobiographies, flash fictions and partial stories that we are privileged to eavesdrop on. The work is presented in a range of ways, from rapid writing capture on Post It notes to hidden sentences overwritten so that they are tantalisingly obscured partial revelations about their lives to photographic capture of things that are written on hearts and made visible for one day only to the world.

All the contributors were thrilled to be part of the Learning Revolution; many of the contributors are still in full time formal education but embraced the opportunity to profile their creative work in a public space and learn beyond the walls of a traditional learning space. The results of their endeavours will literally break out of the traditional space and manifest itself on the outer walls of Burnley Library. We hope you will come and enjoy their creative sparks.

Their creativity will be projected onto Burnley Library on the 12^th, 13^th and 14^th November.