Worktown Words Call-out: February 2025

We are now inviting submissions for the next issue of Worktown Words on the theme of Links. Exploring what links us to each other, to place or sound, or the world at large – submissions open from 31st January to 28th February, midnight. This issue will be guest edited by Jack Washingdale, an artist and

Our Cultural Landmarks: Photo Comp

Submission Deadline: Friday 7th February 2025. As a part of Bolton’s Town of Culture programme, Live from Worktown is building on our 2024 work revisiting Mass Observation by launching a photography competition on the theme of Our Cultural Landmarks.  We’re asking you to take a photo of a place that’s important in your life and

Bolton Observed: An Anthology

Submission Deadline: Friday 7th February 2025. Live from Worktown is building on its 2024 work revisiting Mass Observation in Bolton by creating an anthology of contemporary observations of everyday life in the town. This can be in the form of poems, diary entries, overheard conversations, random or planned observations in public spaces or at events,