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RSL and First Story Discussion

A literary discussion hosted by First Story and the RSL

23 January 2014 //  by First Story

Alan Johnson, Stephen Kelman, Kate Fox and Salena Godden ask whether the world of literature is becoming more, or less, closed.

Category: News, Supporter Stories

Boys reading Malorie Blackman

Thank you Give a Book

20 January 2014 //  by First Story

Give a Book donated over 500 books to our Young Writers’ Festival so that every participant could leave with at least one book.

Category: Supporter Stories, Young Writers' Festival

Frances Osborne

Literary lunch with Frances Osborne

28 November 2013 //  by First Story

Best-selling author Frances Osborne will be talking about her life, work, and her recent book Park Lane.

Category: News, Supporter Stories

Malorie Blackman at First Stort YWF

Malorie Blackman on the importance of reading

18 October 2013 //  by First Story

Listen to the Children’s Laureate, on reading, the impact of technology and why author visits to schools are so important.

Category: Opinion, Supporter Stories

The First Story Young Writers’ Festival 2013

19 September 2013 //  by First Story

YWF13 saw Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman share her experiences to a tent packed with 700 young writers.

Category: Young Writers' Festival

Words and Wickets

Words and Wickets

7 September 2013 //  by First Story

Join us for the first ever cricket-literary festival!

Category: News, Supporter Stories

Literary Lunch with John O’Farrell

19 August 2013 //  by First Story

One of Britain’s most popular comic authors will be talking about his novels, Spitting Image, and being a First Story Writer-in-Residence.

Category: News, Supporter Stories

Young writers outside Nettlecombe at the 2013 First Story Residential

The First Story Summer Residential 2013

5 August 2013 //  by First Story

1 house, 5 days, 6 Writers-in-Residence, 60 talented young writers, and over 450 poems and stories written.

Category: Residential

Two boys with First Story notebooks

First Story 2012-13: the year at a glance

2 August 2013 //  by First Story

This year we’ve worked with 32 school, 700 students, and produced some 11,300 poems and stories.

Category: News

Michelle Dockery on front cover of Harper's Bazaar

First Story in Harper’s Bazaar

4 July 2013 //  by First Story

We’ve been featured in the August edition of hte glossy magazine!

Category: News

The Duchess of Cornwall cutting First Story's 5 year anniversary cake

The Duchess of Cornwall celebrates five years of First Story

23 April 2013 //  by First Story

We celebrated our five year anniversary at Clarence House with First Story young writers and guest writers such as Philip Pullman

Category: News

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