Pupils find inspiration in a walled garden. Photo by Lee Hitchcock for DAISI
What's new in July
This is the season to visit literature festivals to enjoy writing in all its forms: find a festival near you. Find out here how young people worked alongside writers and artists to gain writing inspiration from local spaces such as castles and museums. Secondary students aged 14 and over can enter a Manga-writing competition to combine their artistic and narrative talents. Book ahead for a place on the British Film Institute/UKLA conference Reframing Literacy on the links between moving image, media and literacy.
Pie Corbett's Tips
Pie Corbett, author of many books promoting creative approaches in the classroom, including Jumpstart! : Literacy, uses games and quick-fire activities to 'jumpstart' writing, suitable for primary and secondary pupils. Find out more >
Video clips
Watch Subtext, a short film about television subtitler Alice Tallents