Durham Book Festival 2018: Alta'ir Durham-Jordan Creative Exchange

Published: March 28, 2019, 11:52 a.m.

b"This New Writing North podcast was recorded at Durham Book Festival 2018. In this episode Jordanian screenplay writer Mofleh Al Adwan and poet Linda France discuss their experiences taking part in the Alta'ir creative exchange. This cross-cultural exchange between Durham and Amman was established to help raise the profile of British writing in Jordan and of Arab writing and culture in the UK. \\n\\nAlta\\u2019ir is a partnership project between Durham Book Festival/New Writing North, the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), St Mary\\u2019s College, Durham University, Dr Fadia Faqir and the British Council.\\n\\nDurham Book Festival is commissioned by Durham County Council and produced by New Writing North. Find out more about the festival at durhambookfestival.com."