The organisation was founded in May 1999. It was at the time the only exclusively children’s literary festival in the country. Since then, Bookfest has grown considerably, developed new projects and has established a fine reputation for excellence amongst teachers, primary schools, authors, publishers and keen supporters…
learn moreSchools should prioritise creative writing as an ‘enjoyable activity’ rather than using it as a means to improve technical skills, according to new research. Researchers from The University of Worcester spent 10 months working alongside primary schools in Shropshire as they took part in the visionary creative writing scheme ‘Readers to Writers’, delivered by the
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