Project Ideas
Celebration of the spoken and written word lies at the heart of East-Side's projects. This section will give you ideas of how you can bring literature to life with East-Side's help. Our projects are not limited to what you see on this page. We'd love to hear from you if you would like a literature project.
Author's Visits
We can arrange for your pupils' favourite authors and illustrators to visit your school to talk about their stories and characters, read from their work and lead participatory sessions with individual class groups. A truly inspiring day full of creativity. Authors' visits can be arranged to tie in with World Book Day, Book Week and other themed events at your school.
Poet's Visits
London's leading published poets, performance poets and RaP artists all hot off the circuit and ready to share their talents and enthusiasm for poetry with your students. We can arrange day long visits that can include poets reading and performing their own work as well as helping students of all ages to create and perform their own original and exciting poetry. Poets can also 'raid' classes to lead themed poetry sessions in different subjects (history, geography, PE and even mathematics!) An opportunity to learn from the masters and mistresses of the spoken word.
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Poetry Slams
'Slamming' is the competitive art of performance poetry which grew up in Chicago and is becoming an increasingly popular event in the UK and London where slams are an exciting aspect of the live literature scene. We run borough wide Slams across London where schools ‘compete' against each other and mini Slams for individual schools. A great way to mark National Poetry Day or just to enjoy poems.
Book Clubs
Starting up a Book Club is an ideal opportunity for avid readers to share and discuss their latest literary discoveries and find inspiration for exciting and enjoyable new reads. Sessions are often led by writers or reviewers that can add a new dimension to the titles being explored. Available as a regular club or as a one off forum for discussion.
Review Writing
Play the Critic is project designed to make young people more aware of the review process and to encourage students to be more analytical in their approach to theatre, films, visual arts, dance and literature. This project commences with a seminar led by two professional critics offering advice on what to look out for and tickets to see a production, exhibition or film. Participants then write reviews which are forwarded to the critics for their feedback.
Young Writers' Group
We run a variety of short courses and support groups for aspiring young writers taught by professionals and covering many genres and styles including: Creative Writing, Writing for Stage and Screen, Reportage (Magazine and newspaper features) RaP (Rhythm and Poetry) and/or Performance Poetry. Sessions are available individually or combined and can included talks by published authors, script editors or literary agents.
Education visits in London for the Children's Bookshow
East-Side has been working with the Children's Bookshow for the past three years. The Children's Bookshow tours the best children's writers annually and themes have included folk tales, poetry and literature in translation. East-Side has arranged 12 visits by writers into London schools annually.
Literature in Translation
East-Side has worked on a number of projects exploring literature in translation working with Serpent's Tail on a number of writers' tours. The educational projects include reading projects, writing workshops and workshops exploring literary translation.
Bi-lingual projects
Bi-lingual literature projects are extremely popular and support students using English as a second language to effectively express themselves. We can devise projects which suit your needs and which celebrate the multiplicity of languages spoken in London today.
Stories and storytelling
Inspiration can be found everywhere for creative writing and for telling stories. East-Side's experienced creative writing and storytelling facilitators bring the world alive in words. Students can find inspiration around them, from papers, from their homes and families. Stories and storytelling help the youngest children express their ideas and enter a world of enchantment.