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Author Q&A: Danny Weston
April 4, 2018
Danny Weston is a teen horror writer and winner of the Scottish Children’s Book Prize. He recently ran a workshop at our Edinburgh Blackhall centre...
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Guest blog: “What if…?” The secret of writing a story
March 27, 2018
Kjartan Poskitt is the author of the Murderous Maths series, and has also written about space, puzzles, codes, magic, biographies, five historical...
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10 questions with David Walliams
March 16, 2018
What do David Walliams and our National Young Writers’ Awards have in common? They are both celebrating 10 year anniversaries! David has been an...
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Author Q&A: Julia Gray
March 14, 2018
We were excited to welcome Julia Gray, author of the young adult novel ‘The Otherlife’, to our Brixton centre to run a creative writing...
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Author Q&A: Jason Wallace
March 8, 2018
Jason Wallace’s incredible first novel ‘Out of Shadows’ won the Costa Children’s Book Award! We were lucky enough to catch up with...
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Q&A with Paperboyo
October 31, 2017
In celebration of his new book launch Around the World in Cut-Outs we caught up with Rich McCor, now better known as ‘Paperboyo’. He has...
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10 years of Explore Learning and NRICH
October 30, 2017
NRICH and Explore Learning are celebrating 10 years of having worked together in partnership to create the National Young Mathematicians’ Awards...
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Meet ‘The Robot Boy’!
October 12, 2017
At the age of just nine years old, young entrepreneur Callum Daniel builds and codes his own robots – and has even set up his very own company to...
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Q&A with Kjartan Poskitt
October 11, 2017
We’re delighted that inspiring mathematician Kjartan Poskitt is our National Young Mathematicians’ Awards ambassador this year! We caught...
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Celebrating maths: our stories
October 4, 2017
We spoke to some of our amazing staff members to find out what inspired them to study maths at university. Here, Assistant Director Laura Beal from...
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