HEY THERE
I'm Naida (n-eye-da):
Writer, Creative Practitioner & Senior Lecturer of Digital Media at the University of East London
HERE'S WHAT I DO...
BOOKS/ DIGITAL MEDIA
SCREEN AND STAGE WRITING
SCREEN AND STAGE WRITING
SCREEN AND STAGE WRITING
SCREEN AND STAGE WRITING
SCREEN AND STAGE WRITING
ACADEMIC WORK
UPCOMING PROJECTS
UPCOMING PROJECTS
UPCOMING PROJECTS
UPCOMING PROJECTS
UPCOMING PROJECTS
Creative skills for confidence, communication and connection
creative edge: workshops & programmes
We deliver workshops for participants of all ages, helping to develop confidence, communication and creative expression through storytelling media production.
Our workshops:
- Improve communication skills
- Increase confidence and self-expression
- Develop digital media skills
- Strengthen sense of belonging and collaboration
academic PROFILE
I'm a Senior Lecturer & Programme Leader in Digital Media at UEL. As a creative practitioner, I enjoy bridging the gap between research and creative practice, but generally as a human, I enjoy bridging the gap between people of differing positionalities.
screen & Stage writing
- OIL ON CANVAS: Stageplay (in progress)
- WILD ISLAND : winner of TriForce Writerslam 2018, optioned and in development with Studio21
- TRUMPED : independent political black comedy, Directed by Rodrigo Vazquez, Bethnal Films, 2019
- HOME: finalist C21 Drama Script competition 2015, optioned with Erica Motley and Martin Irusta
short stories & OTHER WRITING
- 'My Black Woman saviour complex' (Redgrave, 2025)
- 'My daughter can't wait to start school and I'm terrified' Black Ballad, 2018
- Chapters in Eastlife: an Anthology of Lifewriting
- 'Shedding'
- Thus spoke the songs of love'
- 'Surface shoots & sucker roots'
Works in Progress//
UPCOMING PROJECTS
- Stageplay // Oil on Canvas (based the story of the Wembley `point woman')
- Novel // The Listening World (Exploring the impact of AI in the Global South)
- Graphic Novel // This is the WORST thing I've ever done - since yesterday
- Short story series // How to hate yourself in 10 days (Book one coming in 2025)