On 18th November 2019, publishers Hachette UK generously hosted a reception for First Story supporters at their London HQ, Carmelite House.
Supporter Stories
#12Stories Campaign
Celebrate the power of storytelling while raising some much-needed funds to support creative writing by young people. We’re trying to raise £1,000 this festive season, to help fund our two national competitions.
Flashers’ Club reluctantly wraps up
The quarterly flash fiction fundraiser that’s raised much needed funds for First Story since 2016.
Write-Along Movies at Genesis Cinema turns two
Celebrating two years of the monthly fundraiser for writers and film fans at London’s iconic indie cinema.
On Letters (Live)
A report on Letters Live’s benefit performance for First Story at London’s Union Chapel.
Robert Webb will present our BBC Radio 4 Appeal
The actor and author Robert Webb will be presenting a charity appeal on beahlf of First Story on Radio 4.
The winner of our Letters Live Six-Word Story Competition
We’re thrilled to announce the winner of the competition we ran in the lobby of the Freemasons’ Hall as a charity partner for Letters Live
A 5 minute interview with William Fiennes
Read what our co-founder has to say about his desert island books, his literary guilty pleasure and, of course, First Story.
First Story is London Book Fair’s Charity of the Year
London Book fair descibed us a ‘force for good in the larger publishing ecosystem’.
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.
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.
