Young Writers
Read, watch or listen to some of the fantastic work our young writers are producing.
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5 years of pirates and princesses, astronauts and aliens, magicians and monsters
23 November 2017 by
The Monster Zoo cast and crew: Clockwise from top left Joe Johnston, Rachel Gay, Zoe Lambert, Andy Stephenson, Stacey Sampson, Ruth...
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Young Writers’ City Songwriting Summer School
04 August 2017 by
Every morning we started by doing really fun warm up exercises, directed by Liz and designed to make everyone a...
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Durham Cuckoo Young Writers’ Flash Fiction Workshop
04 August 2017 by
Is it possible to write a story in six words? That’s one of the questions I asked Durham’s Cuckoo Young...
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What Do We Talk About When We Talk About ‘Theme’?
22 June 2017 by
When you think about ‘theme’, what do you think of? Chances are it takes you back to GCSE English Literature,...
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Cuckoo Young Writers Story Trail at The Word
15 June 2017 by
For many weeks now, the South Shields chapter of Cuckoo Young Writers have been working with Matt Wesolowski and myself,...
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Young Writers’ Talent Fund: Exploring the writing process with Papaya Press
12 May 2017 by
Papaya Press is a small independent press based in the North East. Its founder Lauren Vevers recently spoke with Book and...
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The Venn diagram of people who get published and people who listen to editorial advice is a circle
08 May 2017 by
I’m currently spending a day a week working as the editor for Cuckoo Review – an online publication, run by New Writing...
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Making Monsters with Cuckoo Young Writers
21 April 2017 by
In the last few months, I have been lead writer for two brand new Cuckoo Young Writers groups in Durham...
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Choose Your Own Ending at The Word
13 April 2017 by
The leader of South Shields’ Cuckoo Young Writers group talks about an exciting new multimedia project he is working on...
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Leading rap sessions as part of Young Writers’ City
13 April 2017 by
Kema Kay is a 23-year-old rapper and actor who recently played China in the award-winning Ken Loach film I, Daniel,...
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Exploring utopias and dystopias with Young Writers’ City students
10 April 2017 by
As part of our Young Writers’ City project, poet Bob Beagrie has been working with a Year 8 and a...
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Writing melodies with Young Writers’ City
07 April 2017 by
For this blog I was asked to think about an aspect of the work that’s been interesting or challenging or...
