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First Story Writer-in-Residence
For the academic year 2014/2015, I am thrilled to be a First Story writer-in-residence. First Story is a charity that (in the words of the FS website) ‘supports and inspires creativity, literacy and...
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My 2014 in review
Reaching the end of the year is always a time for reflection, so here goes. 2014 was the year my first book, Looking Out of Broken Windows, was published, and as such was a year of firsts. I had my...
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What have I been up to lately? Well…
One: I recently attended the launch of Banovallum School’s First Story Anthology, Writing Outside the Box. It has been my privilege to work with the boys at Banovallum and their teacher Miss Lord since...
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First Story Young Writers’ Festival 2015
This week I was fortunate enough to once again be part of the fabulous First Story Young Writers’ Festival. On Wednesday and Thursday over 800 students gathered in the gorgeous grounds of Lady Margaret...
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Goodbye 2015, Hello 2016
Well, another year done and what a year. 2015 kicked of with the arrival of the results of my MA Creative Writing and I was thrilled, after three years of work, to receive a Distinction. In April,...
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First Story: how you can help young writers across the UK
Today begins my third year of working with the brilliant First Story. This year I will be writer-in-residence at Skegness Academy and our first workshop is set to take place this afternoon. I can...
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My Granddad knows
I am thrilled to be able to share that a poem by one of the brilliant young writers from my First Story residency group at Judgemeadow Community College is featured on this week’s Friday Story here....
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Writing goodlyer Inglish
For much of the last year, I have been working as a First Story writer-in-residence at Judgemeadow Community College in Leicester. This has involved delivering 16 workshops over the last eight months...
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