Mike Morris, co-director of Writing on the Wall, shares how writing can be used to transform communities. He gives us a sneak preview of the organisation’s 25th annual literature festival, WOW Fest: Fahrenheit 2024, and picks two other things that are firing him up right now.
I met Mike in Toxteth Library, a grade-II listed building which inspired Scottish-American businessman Andrew Carnegie to fund more than 1,000 libraries, including 660 in the UK and Ireland.
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Credits
Music by Yurii Semchyshyn from Pixabay
Useful links
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
At Lunchtime A Story of Love by Roger McGough published in The Mersey Sound
So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson’s podcast Things Fell Apart
Art and Revolution by John Berger
Mr Bates Versus the Post Office on ITV X
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