Mother Tongue Manifesto
Translating between Taiwanese Tâi-gí and Scottish Gaelic
Mother Tongue Manifesto
Translating between Gaelic and Tâi-gí
Wind&Bones
We run projects that use writing, storytelling and philosophy as catalysts for positive social change. Registered as a social enterprise in Dundee, Scotland, we work across the globe. Run by writers Dr Hannah Stevens & Dr Will Buckingham, we currently divide our time between Dundee and Tainan, Taiwan.
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Lecture and Workshop at Chia Chi Senior High School
Creativity and stories with young people in Tainan.
Mentoring with Wind&Bones
Wind&Bones offer mentoring for writers at all stages of their careers, from absolute beginners to writers with years of experience. Our mentoring packages are designed to work around your needs, so you can reach your writing goals.
Our Projects
We work around the globe on projects exploring the meeting-places between writing, creative thinking, and social change.
True Stories Go Global
A creative nonfiction project with Parami Institute of Continuing Education
滋養台南 | Nourishing Tainan
Exploring food, stories and philosophy in Tainan
Wansha Philosophy Salon
A Bilingual Public Philosophy Salon in Tainan
Dragon-carving for Writers
A British Council-funded project exploring cross-cultural creativity, China
Exploring Enduring Questions with the Premise Institute
Creatively exploring life's enduring questions, UK/USA
What people are saying
Katie Julian
Curriculum Manager at Mote Oo Education, Myanmar
I cannot recommend Wind&Bones more highly. Aside from their proficiency in bending words to their will and whim, they are also delightful people to work with: warm, witty, caring, with dollops of high-level professionalism. You will not regret time spent working with Hannah and Will.
Olia Mineva
CEO at Emprove Foundation
Hannah and Will did not just teach us how to write, they actually made us realise about a secret power we’ve been carrying - the power to change lives and the world we live in through our STORIES. With their amazing dedication, guidance and mentorship we developed a large exhibition at our National Gallery, a powerful deck of story-cards, a series of public readings, workshops and a violence prevention tour.
Konstantinos Achile
Youth Development Lead at Refugee Trauma Initiative
We worked together at Refugee Trauma Initiative, running a creative writing workshop in Thessaloniki, Greece with young displaced people. They were amazing, extremely professional and most importantly they knew what they were doing. I highly recommend them!
Professor Carla Nappi
Andrew W. Mellon Chair, Department of History, Pittsburgh University.
Huge thanks to the Wind&Bones team for helping me through a stuck patch in a fiction writing project. Will Buckingham and Hannah Stevens are fabulous writing mentors (and just generally awesome and brilliant humans), doing really cool things. Check out their work, y’all.
Amjad Mestari
Founder, Garage Cultural Centre, Jordan
Hannah and Will created an atmosphere which made me — and I think everyone — feel safe and accepted. In the class, I felt appreciated and valued, and overall it was one of the most positive workshops I have ever attended. Also, Hannah and Will are some of the nicest people I’ve ever met – always giving a positive energy.
Grace Susetyo
Writer and journalist, Indonesia
The Wind&Bones mini-course I joined was both a thought-provoking lesson and an inviting space to collaborate with fellow participants. Wind& Bones show writers how to write more ethically, and find that sweet spot between addressing hard issues and telling inspiring stories about humanity.
Dr. Angela Stienne
Egyptologist and author. Creator of Mummy Stories & The Lyme Museum.
I’m delighted to have signed up on the Wind&Bones creative writing mentoring programme. It is absolutely lovely. I especially love how well-paced it is, especially in these circumstances. I cannot recommend Will Buckingham & Hannah Stevens enough.
Dr. Ariane Karbe
Museologist and writer
Publishing your first book can be scary. Wind&Bones helped me with my book proposal: they were friendly, knowledgeable and to the point. What can I say? At this moment, I'm waiting for the first printed copies.