Silja Swaby, half Jamaican, half Finnish, is a marine biologist and author. Funded by Arts Council England, she has won competitions, and been placed in prizes and awards. She is working on a series of futuristic thrillers, featuring a female biologist whose quiet academic life takes a drastic turn. Silja has taken creative writing courses at Cambridge University and more recently Yale University, USA.

Silja tutors writers, gives workshops, and provides a critique service. She is happily unmarried and lives in deepest Somerset, UK.


Silja Swaby is pronounced Sil-yah Sway-bee.

March 05, 2009

One person: One plinth: One hour.

Anthony Gormley is commandeering the fourth plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square for an art event that lasts 24/7 for three months starting in July. Anyone can apply for a one hour slot to do anything you want on top of the plinth, as long as it’s legal. To register your interest, go to www.one&other.co.uk and sign up. The sky is the limit!

1 comment:

John E White said...

Anything I want?

If the sky is the limit, could I build another plinth on top of the first one?

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