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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 Steve Backshall!
March 28, 2017
The judge for our National Young Writers’ Awards this year is none other than ‘Deadly 60’ author and presenter, Steve...
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National Young Writer 2016 reflects on her win!
March 15, 2017
With this year’s National Young Writers’ Awards in full swing, we caught up with 2016 winner, Gracie Harding, on writing her story and...
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Top tips for writing at home
August 15, 2016
The summer holidays can be a great time to encourage children to practise their writing skills while having fun at the same time! Here are some tops...
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Four steps to creative writing for children
April 8, 2016
Most school subjects seem to have a definite path to success, but is it also true of creative writing? With the arrival of the National Young...
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Writing tips from the Young Writer of the Year 2015
March 29, 2016
12 year old Alex Boxall was last year’s winner of the National Young Writers’ Awards. With our 2016 competition now open for entries, we asked...
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