The Word's the Thing

The poems: Background
These were written in deliberate attempts to cover a range of lengths and styles. Some are meant to be taken quite lightly; others are meant to be lingered over. The people involved in bringing these poems together have donated them for use in the Year of Reading in Birmingham.
There is the possibility of using further ‘episodes’ as triggers to gather in other poems written in 2008 by people living or working in Birmingham.

The tales: Background
These are (fictional) stories told to an imaginary researcher. They capture fragments of the lives of each narrator. The ‘tales’ are being brought together as an imagined account of social research but, in the meantime, a selection have been donated to Birmingham’s 2008 Year of Reading activities.
As more ‘episodes’ come out, it will be interesting to know what your views are of the lives described, but for now why not simply read them and talk to others about what you have read.

The non fiction: Background
Because the 2008 Year of Reading is about the many different forms of reading (and writing): not just books, or fiction, or poetry.…….the final part in each episode will be web links, or interesting extracts from articles.

All downloadable files are in PDF format. Adobe Reader can be downloaded free at http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html?promoid=BPCQR

Taster		(138kb)		(103kb)
Episode 1		(126kb)		(124kb)		(68kb)
Episode 2		(127kb)		(132kb)		(67kb)
Episode 3		(123kb)		(105kb)		(80kb)
Episode 4		(127kb)		(114kb)		(67kb)
Episode 5		(125kb)		(116kb)		(71kb)
Episode 6		(117kb)		(78kb)		(78kb)

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