Collaborative Creative Enquries

You might want to get involved with writers at the Bath Literature Festival. Check out their website.http://www.bathlitfest.org.uk/education.html

The 'Write Team' is a great new initiative which Emma Metcalfe has inspired. Do check out the details here.

There have been a number of creative writing days where 1 teacher with 4 of their pupils, from 5 schools have met with a published author to take their writing forward.

Last year there were 5 such days and this year 3 day  which were very successful. Many of the young people have subsequently gone on to write either on their own or in a writers circle, some have supported other pupils in joining a writers circle in school, some have inspired others to start writing. The affect on teachers has also been evident.

A glimpse of writing in progress

Destroyed Life of the Whale

Gulping, laughing, crying.

These are great emotions,

Emotions of a being.

A being that sings so loud,

So loud, a being would breakdown.

Breakdown at just the sound,

It storms through the cavernous seascape.

And through and through the Abyss,

The Abyss of the ocean,

But faces death of numbers,

Through pollution of the magical quarry,

And swarm upon by nature's predators,

And the merchant sellers of fish.

These ancients must settle together,

And support each other.

Like we humans should,

This trading of its friends,

Of its friends and its home,

These ancients should be left alone.

Yes, these ancients should be left alone.

By Billy Holmes

Ideas for the budding writer

Googling young writers comes up with a host of exciting sites. Just a couple to get you going but if you tell me any you have found really good let me know and I will add them here.

How about entering a poetry competition? The South Bank Centre London Poetry Centre has lots of suggestions.

There are more competitions for writers on the Young Writers website