Slough Libraries & Culture have been inspired to work with writers in the Slough area to create a collaborative novel exploring themes such as oppression, prejudice, kinship and love.
The themes are linked to Malorie Blackman's 'Noughts and Crosses', our preferred choice in the BBC project 'Novels That Shaped Our World'. This project highlights the impact of how books shape and influence our thinking.
The novel is entitled "Collaboration". However as each chapter is written and published and the novel develops, this may change.
Each chapter of the novel, written by a different writer, will be released on Tuesdays and Fridays each week starting on Tuesday 14th July on this Blog page. Chapters will be accompanied by a short biography on each writer.Â
Writers and editors aged 18 and over of all levels of experience are welcome to get involved, each chapter must have a 600 - 1000 word count, be turned around in 3 days, and must contain at least one character from the previous chapter. For further details email Volunteer & Development Officer Joseph Sammon at joseph.sammon@slough.gov.uk
You may be interested to read a free novel that sparked this idea - 46 writers collaborated during lockdown to produce: https://escapegoat.world Note: this novel is written for an adult audience.