NA Editorial
Registration began this week for the Creative Writing Laboratory with the writer Ondjaki, from Livraria Kiela, as part of a set of literary activities of the “Kiela a Kontar” project.
According to a note that Notícias de Angola had access to, registration for the training closes on December 25th and is open to young people between 16 and 25 years of age, interested in deepening their skills in literary creation. The course will take place on the 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, 19th and 20th of January 2022.
According to Adalberto Cauaia, responsible for Livraria Kiela, “it is our expectation that at the end of this course we will be able to publish a book with some of the texts resulting from this training, on the other hand, we would like to give special encouragement to the participation of young women”.
The Creative Writing course is one of two courses integrated into “Kiela a Kontar”, which aims to encourage the creation of new audiences, encourage literary production, contribute to reading activities in schools and ensure the sustainability of literary activities.
In addition to this first course, the project includes a Story Teller Training, coordinated by actress Daniela Vieitas, whose registration will begin in January next year.
Candidates must register via email: [email protected], by sending an email, which must contain their full name, date of birth, an explanation of their reasons for participating and a text original with a maximum of 3 thousand characters. In the same email, the subject of which must be: Registration Creative Writing Laboratory, candidates must also declare that they have been informed of the dates and times of the training and that they are fully available.
Kiela a Kontar is an initiative by Livraria Kiela that has the support of the PROCULTURA-PL action, a line of financing supported by the European Union, Instituto Camões, IP and co-financed by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, whose objective is to contribute to employment in generating activities of income in the culture sector in the PALOP and Timor-Leste.