Reading & Libraries
Children's Author Event: Ged Adamson at West Bridgford Library
Hear Ged read from his new picture book That Bird Can Draw! Join in with a fun art and bird activit…
Our Lost Words Virtual Exhibition features poetry by local children and young people inspired by Nottinghamshire dialect words - past and present - alongside beautiful illustrations inspired by Hannah Sawtell.
Watch our video introduction from Natalie Braber who led the project, and then explore the pages of the Lost Words Virtual Exhibition.
The project was led by Professor Natalie Braber of Nottingham Trent University in partnership with Inspire and was supported with funding from the National Lottery by Arts Council England, and the Miner2Major Landscape Partnership Scheme.
About Natalie Braber
Natalie is a sociolinguist and linguistics lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. Her research focuses on: accents and dialects, language and identity and 'Pit Talk' which is the language of miners in the East Midlands. Other ongoing research involves research on accents in the light of ear witness testimony and accent recognition.
Natalie's research has been funded by The Arts and Humanities Research Council, The Heritage Lottery Fund, The British Association for Applied Linguistics and The British Academy.
