Sophie Wardell - Programmgestaltung, Free Word Center. Sophie schloss das Studium der Englischen Literatur an der Exeter University. Sie arbeitete unter anderem im Literatur Team des British Council. Sie entwickelte Partnerschaften und Programme in ganz Europe, Sub-Sahara Afrika und in der Karibik. Derzeit ist sie Programmgestalterin beim Free Word Center.
Sophie Wardell - Programme Producer, Free Word. Sophie graduated in English Literature from Exeter University and began work as box office manager of a major Edinburgh Fringe Festival theatre venue. She moved to the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in Bristol in the ‘Knowledge Transfer’ team and worked on projects to take humanities research outside of University contexts into business and the creative industries. In 2010 Sophie began work in the Literature team at the British Council, and for the last two years Sophie has delivered an international programme of literature activities, author events, workshops, seminars, residencies and spoken word programmes. Sophie worked on partnerships and programmes across EU Europe, Wider Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, and managed a number of key projects including literature activity around the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the current World War One literature centenary programme. Sophie is now Programme Producer at Free Word Center, since April 2015.