World Writes is a writing group for people who speak English as another language. It is part of New Writing North’s West End Writes programme and is based in the John Marley Centre in Newcastle (UK). The group supports multilingual writers to create great art, decentre the English language, champion marginalised voices and build safer creative spaces for migrants, immigrants, refugees and sanctuary seekers.

This publication shares work produced as part of a multilingual creative language exchange. This project took place as a series of online workshops with writers from around the world, writing in over twenty different languages. Exploring the theme of cities, the work in this publication playfully explores how language interacts with body, place, shape and sounds.

Lead Writer and Facilitator Mymona Bibi
Creative Producer Jo Hislop
Drawings & Artistic Direction Valentina Černiauskaitė
Graphic Design & Artistic Direction Juozapas Švelnys
Printed and bound by Overlay Press

Edition of 100,
Newcastle, 2025