We’re excited to announce our partnership with Cheltenham Festivals to run writing residencies in schools in Gloucestershire.
First Story young writers are finalists in the John Betjeman poetry competition
Jasmine Burgess and Helen Woods make two of the three finalists for the competition.
First Story’s Fundraising Auction
Bid on Louisa Young joining your book group, Michael Morpurgo naming a character after you, or dinner at Le Café Anglais.
Creative writing afternoon at UCL museums and collections
Our young writers have written an array of excellent poems and prose inspired by UCL’s varied museums and collections.
First Story young writers dominate COMPAS Poetry Competition
Six – that’s right six – First Story young writers were shortlisted for the COMPAS ‘Poetry on the Move’ competition.
A literary discussion hosted by First Story and the RSL
Alan Johnson, Stephen Kelman, Kate Fox and Salena Godden ask whether the world of literature is becoming more, or less, closed.
Thank you Give a Book
Give a Book donated over 500 books to our Young Writers’ Festival so that every participant could leave with at least one book.
Literary lunch with Frances Osborne
Best-selling author Frances Osborne will be talking about her life, work, and her recent book Park Lane.
Malorie Blackman on the importance of reading
Listen to the Children’s Laureate, on reading, the impact of technology and why author visits to schools are so important.
The First Story Young Writers’ Festival 2013
YWF13 saw Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman share her experiences to a tent packed with 700 young writers.
Words and Wickets
Join us for the first ever cricket-literary festival!
Literary Lunch with John O’Farrell
One of Britain’s most popular comic authors will be talking about his novels, Spitting Image, and being a First Story Writer-in-Residence.
The First Story Summer Residential 2013
1 house, 5 days, 6 Writers-in-Residence, 60 talented young writers, and over 450 poems and stories written.
First Story 2012-13: the year at a glance
This year we’ve worked with 32 school, 700 students, and produced some 11,300 poems and stories.
First Story in Harper’s Bazaar
We’ve been featured in the August edition of the glossy magazine!
The Duchess of Cornwall celebrates five years of First Story
We celebrated our five year anniversary at Clarence House with First Story young writers and guest writers such as Philip Pullman.
