Words Chose Me · Young Poets Week When Young Voices Are Heard It is a beautiful thing when young voices not only arrive, but are recognised. A poem can begin as a private thought, a difficult feeling, a bright image or a question waiting for language. When it is welcomed, …
Bedfordshire Day Book Salon & Poetry Recital Skip to content Bedfordshire Day Book Salon & Poetry Recital About Programme Evening recital Venue 28 November 2026 · Davis Suite · Rufus Centre Bedfordshire Day Book Salon & Poetry Recital An intimate county-wide celebration of local writing, community storytelling, family-friendly literacy activity …
Creative Nature Programme Artful Nature Artful Nature is a creative nature-based programme developed by Naz Knight and delivered through Words Chose Me and NINE RED Presents…(CIC). Designed for all ages, from early years to golden years, it weaves together poetry, visual art, observation, movement, storytelling and wellbeing. The work creates …
Poetry Champion for Bedfordshire BedfordSHARE: Bedfordshire’s Poetry Together BedfordSHARE is the umbrella campaign led by Naz Knight as Poetry Champion for Bedfordshire, appointed by the Lord-Lieutenant Susan Lousada, and delivered in partnership with NINE RED Presents…(CIC). It is a celebration of Luton and Bedfordshire’s talent, skills, creativity and potential. It …
About Naz · Poetry Champion for Bedfordshire Naz Knight: writer, word mechanic and Poetry Champion for Bedfordshire Naz Knight is Bedfordshire’s Poetry Champion, appointed by HM Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire Mrs Susan Lousada, and leads the county’s Poetry Together work through BedfordSHARE — Bedfordshire’s Poetry Together umbrella campaign. As CEO of …
Words Chose Me · Poetry reflection This Is My Story, This Is My Song This Is My Story, This Is My Song is a line that has stayed with me for much of my life. It carries both a spiritual memory and a personal invitation: to remember that our lives …
Words Chose Me · Creative practice reflection Poetry as Narrative Documentation My creative practice has always been rooted in a belief that words can do more than describe an experience. Words can hold it. They can give shape to what has felt overwhelming, hidden, fragmented, silenced or difficult to say …
Words Chose Me · Workshop reflection Our House: Who Killed Eve? at Bedfordshire Police HQ This week, our hand-built 3D advent calendar house rolled into Bedfordshire Police Headquarters and took up residence in front of the RASSO team. Twenty-five doors. Twenty-five fragments of story. One question that refuses to sit …
Words Chose Me · Practice reflection Narrative Justice: More Than a Single Story So, today, I am focusing on narrative justice and the stories people are permitted to tell about themselves — and the stories that are too often imposed upon them. In a town of many languages, migrations, faiths …
Words Chose Me · Workshop reflection Emotion Fields: When Feeling Becomes Frequency Emotion fields move like waves. They rise, fall, tighten, expand and ripple through the body in ways that feel uncannily like frequency. Once cymatics shows us sound drawing geometry in water, it becomes difficult not to wonder what …
