New children’s dementia novel ‘My wonky brain’ 

‘My Wonky Brain’, a children’s novel about dementia written and illustrated by ten+ people aged between 12 and 60, has been launched. 

The book has been created from a collaboration between Bold (Bringing Out Leaders in Dementia) Scotland and Capital Theatres, as was inspired by Willy Gilder’s experiences of living with dementia. The project was led by Valeria Lembo and the text was edited by Dr Alex Howard. 

Find out more about the project and read the PDF version of My Wonky Brain here: https://www.capitaltheatres.com/about/stories/capital-theatres-and-bold-scotland-launch-graphic-novel-about-living-with-dementia   

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