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Young Writers’ Group – Exploring fan fiction and judging books by their covers

On Saturday we gathered through the medium of Zoom for our second online Young Writers’ Group session. In a previous Young Writers’ Group workshop at The Writers’ Block, we considered what might happen if two fictional worlds collided, creating crossovers between Harry Potter and Lord […]

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1st place 8-11 years The Writers’ Block Competition 2020

Ellie Ross-Macdonald is the winner of this year’s Creative Writing Competition for the 8-11 years category with her story ‘Jaffa’s Rainforest’ Ellie Ross-Macdonald is an eleven year old year six student. She loves creative writing, especially when she can use an old-fashioned typewriter that used […]

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1st place 12-17 years The Writers’ Block Competition 2020

Alexandra Vyvyan is the winner of this year’s Creative Writing Competition for the 12-17 years category with her poem ‘ Time Flies’ Alexandra Vyvyan has used writing as a creative outlet for as long as she can remember. With the support of teachers, friends and […]

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1st place 18+ short story winner The Writers’ Block Competition 2020

Hedva Anbar is the winner of this year’s Creative Writing Competition for the 18+ short story category with her story ‘Friends’ Hedva writes fiction and drama. Her short stories have been published in Ham & High, Far Off Places, Mused Literary Review and Here Comes Everyone, online […]

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1st Place 18+ poetry winner The Writers’ Block Competition 2020

Tessa Nicholson is the winner of this year’s Creative Writing Competition for the 18+ poetry category with her poem ‘Tadpole’ Tessa Nicholson is an actor/writer. After reading English at Cambridge, she trained at the Lecoq school in London (LISPA). Acting credits include GARROW’S LAW (BBC), […]

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