Congratulations to the brilliant winning writers from our WW1 children’s writing competition. From left to right: Elisei Ulrich-Oltean, Theo Burkhill-Howarth, Daniel Ingram-Brown (judge), Benjamin Searle, Susan Burnett (judge), Evie May Richards, Emma Madden, Sacha […]
The Leeds Big Bookend Children’s Festival presents… EARTH, FIRE and INK A fun, interactive day exploring stories that make us think about how we treat our world on Saturday 14th November, 11am-4pm at the Royal Armouries, Leeds.
Frances Brody shares a little of the history of the Barnbow workers and the sacrifices they made. On a bitterly cold morning a couple of years or so ago, a small crowd gathered in Manston
The Leeds Big Bookend Children’s Festival presents… EARTH, FIRE and INK A fun, interactive day exploring stories that make us think about how we treat our world Saturday 14th November, 11am-4pm at the Royal Armouries, Leeds
There’s only one week to go until our WW1 Children’s Writing Competition closes. Here are some more top writing tips, this time from judge, Susan Burnett in what she’s looking for in the winning stories. To
It’s still not too late to enter our WW1 Children’s Writing Competition. Here are some top writing tips from judge, Daniel Ingram-Brown in what he’s looking for in the winning stories. I’m looking for a
Do you love writing? Are you between 7-16 years old? Then we have a competition just for you. Write a short story or poem about the First World War and you could win a prize,
Award winning Australian author Jacqueline Harvey tells us about her journey as a writer and how she came to write her best selling Alice-Miranda and Clementine-Rose series for children, and you can meet her in
You may or may not have discovered our Competitions page, but this year the Leeds Big Bookend is hosting two writing competitions aimed at our younger readers. For 5-11 year olds, there are two competitions
