Dystopian Dramas with Julie Bertagna & William Sutcliffe
Authors Julie Bertagna and William Sutcliffe get to grips with the issues in their YA dystopian novels
3rd / 4th level
Activities suitable for First Year to Third Year classes
Event Highlights for High Schools
Secondary school students will enjoy these events in the Baillie Gifford Schools Programme 2018
Exploring Freedom
Activities to get your pupils thinking about freedom in all its forms.
Opening Up Picture Books for arts and illustration students
An insight into the process of writing and illustrating a children’s picture book
Historical Fictions with Theresa Breslin & Caroline Leech
Authors Theresa Breslin & Caroline Leech share their top tips for creating historical fiction
Why YA? with Maggie Harcourt & Katherine Webber
YA authors Maggie Harcourt and Katherine Webber get you talking about the genre
Robert Louis Stevenson Day Competition – Missing Manuscripts
Enter for the chance to win a £50 book prize!
Getting Geeky with Holly Smale
Top tips from YA author Holly Smale on how to create realistic characters, gripping plots and exotic settings
Discussing Gender
Girls, Books, Boys, Toys - thinking more inclusively about gender
Selection of Secondary School Events in the Schools Programme
Top picks of events for secondary school pupils
Bring the Past To Life with Historical Fiction
Cross-curricular activities using historical fiction as their inspiration
Liz Lochhead: Poetry and Place
A creative writing activity inspired by Liz Lochhead's poem Favourite Place
My Town: The Movie
Writer and People's Historian, Daniel Gray outlines how he uses place as an inspiration for writing
Philippe Sands QC on Human Rights
International Human Rights Lawyer Philippe Sands gets you discussing important issues
Chris Packham: Force of Nature
Chris Packham explores themes of childhood, struggles and perspective in a 2016 Book Festival event