exetreme imagination 2013
1 March 2012 - 31 March 2013
PI/s in Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ: Professor Debra Myhill
Funding awarded: £ 80,472
Sponsor(s): Arts Council & Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ City Council (5,000)
About the research
exetreme imagination is the name of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ?€?s children?€?s literature festival, first held in November 2010.?? Its title was devised by a Youth Steering Group from St James High School which helped the organisers to devise and plan a successful city- and county-wide event, a week-long festival of over 120 events celebrating reading and writing for and by children, attended by approximately 3000 people. The second, more ambitious festival, co-funded (as was the first) by the Arts Council, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Council and The University of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ, and supported by Literature Works,?? the South West?€?s literature development agency, ran over half term in February 2013.?? exetreme imagination brings together in partnership all Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ?€?s main arts organisations to celebrate writing for children and writing by children.
The legacy plan is to hold a biennial festival which excites and engages children and their families in the processes of reading and writing.
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