Working with artists Andy Field and Beckie Darlington the Book of Cambridge project has empowered local children to describe Cambridge in their own words, exploring both real and imagined versions of the city.
The guidebook, co-created with over 100 learners from Orchard Park, St Laurence Catholic, Milton Road Primary Schools, weaves together real facts and helpful information with made up stories and wild speculation.
Adults are now invited to see Cambridge through the eyes of these children, offering a fresh perspective on familiar and lesser-known parts of the city.
Like every guidebook, the Book of Cambridge is both a map and an incantation, showing its readers the way and inscribing familiar places with new meaning. It is an opportunity to reconsider who tells the stories that define the identity of our towns and cities, and how we can begin to empower people to tell new stories, and challenge those with power to listen to them.
Free copies of the Book of Cambridge can be collected from our Box Office, or downloaded or listened to as an audiobook using the below links.
Commissioned by Cambridge Junction, in partnership with Cambridge University Press & Assessment and Cambridge Room.
