Way WORD Festival

Way WORD Festival WayWORD empowers young people to produce a cross-arts literary festival in Aberdeen.

Celebrating new work and ideas, amplifying diverse voices and breaking down barriers to culture in our community.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the final event of our spring programme – the Geothermal Soundwalk with artist M...
22/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the final event of our spring programme – the Geothermal Soundwalk with artist Maja Zećo, Peacock curator Rachel Grant and members of the Aberdeen Geothermal Feasibility Pilot team, Professor Clare Bond and Dr David Cornwell of the University of Aberdeen. It led to an immersive engagement with the campus sights and sounds, as well as lots of discussion around the possibilities and impacts of the energy transition!
The Attuning Zone exhibition featuring Zećo’s work is open Wednesday-Saturday, 12-5pm until the 4th of July at The Worm, Castlegate📡🎨

‘The Attuning Zone’ is now open at until July 4th, Wed–Sun, 12–5pm 📡 The exhibition explores how people experience the ...
18/05/2026

‘The Attuning Zone’ is now open at until July 4th, Wed–Sun, 12–5pm 📡 The exhibition explores how people experience the sounds, textures and atmospheres of energy transition. We’re looking forward to welcoming artist Maja Zećo to campus this Friday to deliver our Geothermal Soundwalk workshop, alongside Peacock curator Rachel Grant and the Aberdeen Geothermal Feasability Project team. Tickets are now sold out, but you can still join the waiting list and we’ll let you know if a space becomes available 🎟️

Thank you to nature writer Karen Lloyd for joining us from the Lake District for a weekend of activities with We Are Nat...
17/05/2026

Thank you to nature writer Karen Lloyd for joining us from the Lake District for a weekend of activities with We Are Nature Collective 🌿 Following an insightful walk in Seaton Park yesterday, Karen and the collective read from their work in Cowdray Hall today and had a moving and powerful discussion around how we engage with, and look after, nature on our doorstep and beyond for now and the future. Thanks also to Mae Diansangu for fabulous chairing this morning!
With thanks to the University of Aberdeen Impact Fund and the Interdisciplinary Institute for supporting these events 🏞️

Thanks so much to Douglas Stuart for an amazing Aberdeen launch of John of John! It was a wonderful conversation between...
17/05/2026

Thanks so much to Douglas Stuart for an amazing Aberdeen launch of John of John! It was a wonderful conversation between Douglas and Professor Timothy C. Baker of the University of Aberdeen, ranging from islands, textiles, masculinity and q***r life in 90s Scotland through to the resonances between Douglas’s three novels. Thank you to our great audience for their questions and for joining one of the biggest signing queues we’ve ever had! ❤️📚

There’s still time to grab your tickets for the Aberdeen launch of Douglas Stuart’s new novel, John or John 📚 Join us th...
15/05/2026

There’s still time to grab your tickets for the Aberdeen launch of Douglas Stuart’s new novel, John or John 📚 Join us this Sunday in Cowdray Hall and be one of the first to hear Douglas discuss the book and get your hands on a copy!
Book via www.waywordfestival.com

Still to come during our 2026 spring programme! 🌿 Our headline event with Douglas Stuart has now sold out the initial 20...
13/05/2026

Still to come during our 2026 spring programme! 🌿 Our headline event with Douglas Stuart has now sold out the initial 200 tickets, so we’re opening the Cowdray Hall balcony to accommodate more of you this Sunday 🙌🏻 Blackwell’s Aberdeen will be on hand to sell books at both events, including Stuart’s amazing new novel, John of John, and the wonderful new book from Karen Lloyd – Earthworks!
Book your tickets at www.waywordfestival.com 🎟️

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our three publishing and poetry events with Tapsalteerie poets across the past t...
13/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our three publishing and poetry events with Tapsalteerie poets across the past two days to launch our Ekphrastic Poetry Competition inspired by Aberdeen Artworlds exhibition! 🎨📝 Stewart Sanderson led an inspiring workshop this morning, following his reading alongside Sarah Stewart last night – both poets were wonderful! Earlier yesterday, Sarah was joined by Tapsalteerie founder Duncan Lockerbie to share their experiences of working in the publishing industry with lots of amazing advice for aspiring writers and publishers 📚

Thank you to Sunnybank School, ecowriter Rebekka Allgayer () and Aberdeen Biodiversity Centre’s Elizabeth Campbell for a...
13/05/2026

Thank you to Sunnybank School, ecowriter Rebekka Allgayer () and Aberdeen Biodiversity Centre’s Elizabeth Campbell for an amazing morning of pond-dipping and story creation! The pupils have chosen their favourite plot and characters inspired by creatures found in the pond, and Rebekka will now create a short story over the summer to be shared with them during our October festival 🎉
With many thanks to UoA School of Biological Sciences for supporting this project 🌿

What a fantastic day last Saturday for We Are Nature Collective’s walk through Glen Tanar in the Cairngorms 🌞🏞️ Hear mor...
02/05/2026

What a fantastic day last Saturday for We Are Nature Collective’s walk through Glen Tanar in the Cairngorms 🌞🏞️

Hear more about what the members explored on their walk and their creative reflections at our Women in Nature event alongside writer Karen Lloyd on Sunday 17 May in Cowdray Hall – book tickets via www.waywordfestival.com

WayWORD supported this walk with support from the University of Aberdeen’s Impact Fund and the Interdisciplinary Institute 🏫🎨

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