WORDS & WORLDS WE ARE SO MUCH MORE
Words & Worlds is a community arts project focused on telling people’s stories through the written word. The focus of this anthology was Healthy and Wellbeing, connecting with people who live with a long term health condition.
Writers within their own right
ABOUT THE PROJECT
We worked from May-October 2022 with over 40 participants who all live with a long-term health condition which has led to the creation of this third volume titled, We Are So Much More.
One of the hopes of this anthology is to inform and influence the future of health research and to act as an example to researchers how they can engage the general public in their research in more meaningful and impactful ways.
As Mustard Stories Arts, we wanted to help tell the stories of these people who are so much more than statistic, they are so much more than the health condition they live with.
“We hope this anthology and relationship with Mustard Stories Arts will be an opportunity to support researchers working with people in our region to do so with creative arts and practice at its core; to support our community, as well as our research.”
— Charlie Wilkinson, Engagement Co-ordiinator for the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University
Creative Team
Project Leads Elijah Young, Eilis McGowan & Natasha Haws
Student Interns Megan Adams & Isabella Clark
Community Partners Blue Sky Trust, Coping with Cancer, ReCoCo, Anxious Minds
Photography Andy Martin
Commissioned by the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University
Commissioning Producer Charlie Wilkinson
Editor Simon Jamie at Fingermouse Books
Anthology cover artist Tamsin Rees