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Crossing Borders reaches W. Africa, November
24th, 2003
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| Crossing Borders personnel
Graham Mort, Hannah Henderson and Chris Bartram have just
returned from Nigeria where they met representatives from
British Council offices in South Africa, Cameroon, Ghana and
Nigeria. They are now working together to plan the next phase
of development, which will bring those countries into the
scheme by April 2004. |
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Ugandan Writers at UK Literature Festivals
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| In 2003 Crossing Borders
acted as consultants to the Words by the Water and Cheltenham
literature festivals. Three Ugndan writers - Ayeta Wangusa,
Goretti Kyomuhendo and Julius Okwinyo – were appointed
as writers in residence as a result. |
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Crossing Borders Writers’ Visits 2004
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| Plans are now being laid for
the Crossing Borders writers’ visits in February/March
2004. Graham Mort will visit Zimbabwe, Sara Maitland, Uganda,
Brian McCabe, Zambia, Catherine Johnson, Malawi and John Lindley,
Kenya. The writers will be running workshops for Crossing
Borders participants as well as new writers. They will also
be taking part in a public reading of new work. |
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Manuscript Editing Scheme Comes to Uganda
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| Four Ugandan writers are taking
part in a new offshoot of Crossing Borders. In this
manuscript editing scheme, four writers - Winnie Munyarugerero,
Ernest Sempebwa Bazanye, Mildred Kiconco and David Tumusiime
- will have an entire manuscript taken through a rigorous
editorial process by their UK-based mentor. If the idea is
successful, then it will become a feature of Crossing
Borders in other participating countries. |
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Commonwealth Regional Short Story Winner
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| Jackee Budesta Batanda has
been participating on Crossing Borders for two years now.
She was declared Regional Winner for Africa of the Commonwealth
Short Story Competition 2003 with her story 'Dance With Me'.
Her story 'Blue Marble' has also been shortlisted from a field
of over 500 entries for consideration for this years' Macmillan
Writer's Prize for Africa. |
