The Different Moons team is delighted that our friends at the Aawaz Project in Accrington, Hyndburn are beginning to host arts workshops (under the name Hum Arts Project) led by Shamshad Khan. The project is being supported by the Arts Council, Super Slow Way, and Horse + Bamboo, and partly inspired by our work in Haslingden.    The group are…

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  Yesterday was a big, big day! The Different Moons book was launched at Haslingden Library with readings, food and good spirits. The book is a lovely 100 page hard-back, illustrated volume, containing over 60 poems by local people – mainly girls and women, and almost all from the South Asian communities.    The upstairs room in the…

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We’re working hard to get things ready for next weekend – specifically for Saturday 16th March – when we launch both our Different Moons book and website, and re-open The Apna. All the events will be focused in Haslingden, where the book launch takes place at 12 midday at the Library, and of course it’s…

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Proof that we’re almost ready to open – and that the Apna is now fully equipped with heating, toilets and a store room! Above Arry Nessa inspects the work…. Just a few more days of cleaning and some painting…bringing back materials that have been in store, and we expect to be open for the Different…

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Work is getting underway on the new Different Moons website that will go live on the same day as our book launch – Saturday March 12th.  Above are some screen shots of the animations that have been made especially for the website; each of them illustrating a story or incident that has been told during…

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