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<\/a><\/p>\nShe chose Refugee Tales<\/a>\u00a0with particular relevance to\u00a0the ongoing hunger strike\u00a0taking place at the Yarl\u2019s Wood detention centre.<\/p>\n \u2018Speaking of humanity, I write fresh from\u00a0a demoralising visit\u00a0to a place of indefinite incarceration, Yarl\u2019s Wood detention centre,\u2019 she wrote.<\/p>\n \u2018Refugee Tales<\/a><\/em>, the book produced by the charity Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group, brings together the stories of individuals caught up in the refugee crisis,\u00a0retold by poets and novelists.<\/p>\n \u2018These are presented as modern-day counterparts to the stories in Chaucer\u2019s\u00a0Canterbury Tales<\/em>, re\u2011humanising people our society so often vilifies.\u00a0If ever there were a cause that demanded action, this is surely it.\u2019<\/p>\n Refugee Tales<\/a>\u00a0began life in 2015\u00a0with a walk across South East England and a book of poems and stories designed\u00a0to raise the plight of those held in indefinite detention in the UK.<\/p>\n The walk has taken place again in 2016 and 2017 and\u00a0is planned for July 6 \u2013 11 in 2018<\/a>. Several notable novelists and poets have taken part in Refugee Tales in the past, including\u00a0Ali Smith, Abdulrazak Gurnah and Olivia Laing.<\/p>\n The book was chosen alongside others including\u00a0Hidden Figures<\/em>\u00a0by Margot Lee Shetterly,\u00a0The Rule of Law<\/em>\u00a0by Tom Bingham\u00a0and\u00a0Frankenstein<\/em>\u00a0by Mary Shelley.<\/p>\n Original story by Dan Worth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"