Verbal Arts Centre

The Verbal Arts Centre based in Derry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist centre for the development of literacy through creative engagement where literacy is defined as the ability to read, write, communicate (talking & listening) and comprehend. The centre is a not for profit charity and uses its resources to:
*Devise and implement new ways for everyone to access and enjoy the cultural, creative and improved quality of life benefits to be gained through the written and spoken word.
*Add value to different policy contexts in areas such as community relations, access to the literary and language arts, lifelong learning and the educational curriculum.
*Support and nurture the work of new writers and other artists of the word.

What are the verbal arts? The verbal arts reflect the collective of different creative uses of language both written and spoken including poetry, prose, journalism, research, storytelling, radio broadcasting, sung word, text and new media, digital storytelling, debate, essay writing, comic books and original drama.

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