Sharing Stories, Acton Library Out of Hours event.

15/11/25 from 6-8 pm

Part of the ACE Y-Our Story project

Y-Our Story: Visual Stories of Acton Arts Council funded year-long celebration of community storytelling and creative collaboration continues with Out of Hours Sharing Stories featuring the Y-Our Story Poets TUUP, Amir Darwish, Akuba, Anthony Smith and Jordan Campbell, plus an Open Mic spot.

Co-created by Ealing Libraries & Community Centres and ARTification, since we launched in May 2025, the project continues to deliver literary, illustrative and creative activities. We are pleased to be transforming Acton Library into a vibrant space for performance, exhibition, and shared expression.  Join us and be a part of Acton’s story, told by its people.

Our poets:

TUUP: “My name is Tuup.  I am a Storyteller, Poet, Percussionist and Lyricist. I write songs for Transglobal Underground a tecno electronica dance band. I work with Crick Crack Club, EveryDay Magic , British Museum and many other organisations. I have an educational App for children on iTunes download. Produced by ‘Story Spinners’. My last storytelling CD is called ‘Children of The Sweet Water‘. I hope you enjoy the Stories.”

"Amir Darwish is a British Syrian poet & writer of Kurdish origin who lives in London. Born in Aleppo in 1979, he came to Britain as an asylum seeker in 2003.Amir’s work has been published and anthologised worldwide. His poetry was translated into Arabic,Bengali, Estonian, Finnish, Italian, Spanish, and Turkish,amongst other languages. He was part of several radio programmes, including BBC 4, BBC World Service and Refugee Radio. He was invited and attended literary and poetry festivals worldwide, including Finland, India, Italy, Turkey, Morocco, and Estonia. He is currently a poetry editor at the other side of hope literary magazine.  Amir’s two collections of poetry are Dear Refugee(Smokestack, 2019) & Don’t Forget the Couscous(Smokestack, 2015).”

Grace Quansah (Akuba), Author, Editor, Performance Artiste, Facilitator, Tutor. Director of Writing Acting & Publishing Project for Youngsters (WAPPY),

https://www.instagram.com/akubaquansah/?hl=en

Anthony Smith: retired EAL/ESOL teacher, has recently published 'Stopping Places' and 'Remembering' (Literary Waves, available on Amazon) collections of poetry and travel writing, hosts occasional open mics (poetry and spoken word) at the W3 Gallery; London explorer.

Jordan Campbell: Storytelling for change, connection, and culture. Jordan is a Storyteller, Facilitator, and Programme Designer. He is based in London and is working UK-wide and internationally. “…custodians of stories that are ever changing yet strike straight to the heart of what it means to be human in this world.”
📧 jordan.storyteller@gmail.com
🌐 www.dutchpotstories.org

Out of Hours timetable:

6 pm: Open & Welcome

6.05 pm: Akuba 

6.20 pm Amir Darwish

6.35 pm – TUUP (The Unorthodox, Unprecedented Preacher)

6.50 pm: Jordan Campbell (Dutch Pot Stories)

7.05 pm: Anthony Smith

7.25 pm: Open Mic 

8 pm: Close