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Jenna Watt, Annabel Lunney and Mae Diansangu holding a dog, in a black and white photo.

From School Prize Winner to Festival Team Member at WayWORD

Literary festival features a collaborative new play by Mae Diansangu.

Black-and-white photo of Andy Cannon mid-story, paintbrush as microphone, red and yellow outline.

Andy Cannon on The Last People on Earth

Storyteller Andy Cannon on Mons Graupius, Fittie and the battle’s lost story.

Jenna Watt, Annabel Lunney and Mae Diansangu, the team behind A Mustard Seed

WayWord Festival Invites Local Writers to Help Build a New Play

Three writer-performers will craft the story alongside Aberdeen playwright Mae Diansangu

Two performers, one on cello, beneath Robert Montgomery’s lit poem at Bon Accord Baths

Watch: Nuart Aberdeen’s 2026 Film

Benjamin Parry turns a week of Aberdeen street art into a poem.

Connor Polley and Marion McLaughlin, black and white portraits on a bold red and yellow background.

New Children’s Book Celebrates Autistic Pride and Identity

A new picture book from the founder of Autistic Pride Aberdeen celebrates identity.

Poet Len Pennie photographed outdoors against a blurred green background

Len Pennie Headlines Open Mic Night for Light the Blue 2026

The Sunday Times bestseller closes a spoken word open mic night built around local voices.

WayWORD Spring 2026 Digs Into Literature, Landscape and Sound

WayWORD Spring 2026 Digs Into Literature, Landscape and Sound

Aberdeen’s youth-led literary festival pairs Douglas Stuart with geothermal sound art this May.