An urban conversation
A meeting space for writers, urban designers, architects and planners interested in creativity and place, hosted by UrbanWords.
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Welcome to Shaping Place
- To provide a contained online space for interested people to discuss issues, share best practice, and test out ideas relating to how writers and urban design professionals can work together.
- To create a space for writers and urban design professionals to profile their work and interests.
- To enable people to get in touch with each other to take forward individual projects and conversations.
Please set up a profile page so other members can find out more about you, take part in the discussions, and add any relevant events you are involved with.
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Literature, Books recommended reading... 3 Replies
Started by Richard Byford in General conversations about place and writing. Last reply by Richard Byford Sep 29.
Gallery in a Caravan 3 Replies
Started by Richard Byford in Improvements and Feedback. Last reply by Richard Byford Sep 29.
Following on from NALD training day (24th Sept)
Started by Sarah Butler in Literature and Regeneration - An Introduction: Following on from NALD training day (24th Sept 09) Sep 24.
Blog Posts
The 1000 Verse Renga Project
Roger McGough: "This is a lovely idea."
Alan Summers is the Embassy of Japan's roving Japan-UK 150 haiku & renga poet-in-residence for 2009, and as Director/tutor of With Words he is in partnership with B&NES Council and Bath Libraries for The 1000 Verse Renga Project.
BBC Poetry Season:
"The free project, led by Japanese poetry expert Alan Summers, is the first attempt in Europe to produce a 1,000 verse Renga."… Continue
Posted by Alan Summers on November 19, 2009 at 4:00pm
Canal Club
I spent three days last week on the Canal Club, on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal (towards the Liverpool end) as part of Urbanism 09. I was commissioned by… Continue
Posted by Sarah Butler on September 22, 2009 at 5:59pm — 1 Comment
Write Up of Writers Shaping Places on www.rudi.net
Posted by Sarah Butler on July 21, 2009 at 12:27pm
The lost photograph from Chris's presentation
Posted by Sarah Butler on July 2, 2009 at 11:15am
Writers Shaping Places - A Response
Posted by Miriam@UrbanWords on July 1, 2009 at 12:30pm
Events
November 19
Thursday
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The 1000 Verse Renga
November 19, 2009 at 3pm to December 25, 2009 at 11:45pm – City of Bath vs The World
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