Silences take many forms. Perhaps there’s something crucial missing from, or barely glimpses, in your sources. What can we do with these silences in the archive? This session celebrates the narrative power that can be gained by actively recognising lacunae and absences, censorship and neglect. The session ends, however, with a gentle exploration of – and challenge to - the ‘moments of silence’ we all experience as authors, those days (months…) when the words don’t or won’t come.