ReWrite

Aalborg Aarhus Manchester
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ReWrite brought together Squad Writers and their contemporaries from Denmark for a creative journey across borders in a collaboration between Ordkraft, LiteratureXchange, Manchester Literature Festival and The Writing Squad.

ReWrite connected writers from the three cities: Aalborg, Aarhus, and Manchester. Each city hosted a four-day workshop with writers and translators, leading to sharing at each literature festival. In Manchester the writers wrote on the city with Keisha Thompson, made the city in a Lego Serious Play workshop with Squad grad Beth Davies, walked the city with grad and board member James Varney, and wrote the city in a contemplative workshop with Core Team member Malika Booker.

Elizabeth Gibson and Tallulah Howarth represented the Squad from Manchester, working with Johanne Bisgaard from Aalborg and Loc-An Nguyen and Asta Birkler from Aarhus.

ReWrite began in Aalborg Spring 2025 with workshops leading to a live sharing at Ordkraft Literature Festival, and following our visit to Aalborg in June, ReWrite culminated in Manchester in October.

The main aim was long term and to give the writers experience of each others’ practice rather than create new work, but we’re delighted to be able to share pieces that came out of, or were inspired by the Rewrite process in Push 21.