Outline presents a "Drop in " Event at Birmingham Book Festival

The 1000 stories team worked with members of the public attending the Birmingham book Festival to create the "flying pages" of the book of Birmingham Installation.

Participants were encouraged to contribute in a variety of ways from making a freehand drawing that expressed something about themselves, to making a quick rubbing of their postcode telling us about the areas they travelled in from.

   

Some participants traced images from famous Birmingham landmarks, others made more personal contributions revealing more details about their stories in visual form.

Details of the "flying book of Birmingham" installation.

The drawings produced were gradually added to the "flying pages" Installation, which changed and evolved across the duration of the Festival.

Book Festival Event

Our youngest participant in the event!

Memories of the train journey into the city.

Author Anna Lawrence Pietroni.

Book of Birmingham

Come along this week or next to join us at The Birmingham Book festival in the library. The 1000 stories team invites you to participate in our latest art installation, the Book of Birmingham. Share you personal experience and tell your story through words and images using a range of simple mark making and drawing techniques, before adding your contribution to the flying pages of the Book of Birmingham installation in the pop-up bookshop.

Spend some time or simply drop in for a moment to add your ‘visual voice’ to the many fragments. Join us, let your story be part of the installation, be creative and make your mark!

The Birmingham Book Festival runs from the 4^th October until 13^th October at the Birmingham Library, weekdays 10am – 5.30pm, Saturdays 9am – 4.30pm, Sunday the library is closed. 

Find more information about the Festival here.

The view from the outside in