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Celebrating Difference

Reading Scotland: Ross Sayers with Niamh McKeown, Adventures on the Clockwork Orange

Posted on 7 December 202128 April 2022
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Creative writing
  • Edinburgh
  • Senior phase

The Kippford Mermaid: A Multi-Sensory Story created by The Arts End of Somewhere

Posted on 22 August 202123 August 2021
  • All Levels
  • Celebrating Difference
  • LD Friendly
  • Sensory Stories
  • Storytelling

Hey You! A Sensory Story Created by Ailie Finlay

Posted on 15 August 202116 November 2021
  • Affirmation
  • Celebrating Difference
  • LD Friendly
  • Mental Health
  • Positivity
  • Self image
  • Sensory Stories

Whose Side Are You On? Historical Fiction with Liz Kessler and Alex Wheatle

Posted on 6 July 202116 November 2021
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Festival
  • Fiction
  • History
  • Senior phase

Happy Here with Dean Atta, Patrice Lawrence and Yomi Sode

Posted on 6 July 202116 November 2021
  • 2nd level
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Festival

Inside Your Head with Brian Conaghan and Patrice Lawrence

Posted on 6 July 202113 September 2021
  • 2nd level
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Festival
  • Fiction

What’s the T? with Juno Dawson & Special Guests

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Festival
  • Gender
  • Non-fiction
  • Senior phase

Fighting Food Poverty… and Bank Robbers! with Onjali Q Raúf

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Festival

Maisie Chan Does Not Do Maths (but she does write awesome books!)

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 2nd level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • drawing
  • Festival
  • Fiction

Formidable Females with Lari Don and Eilidh Muldoon

Posted on 7 October 202013 October 2020
Formidable Females with Lari Don and Eilidh Muldoon
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Creative writing
  • Feminism
  • Festival
  • Gender
  • Illustration
  • Key stage 1
  • Key stage 2
  • Sexism
  • Storytelling

Writing Resistance with Nikita Gill and Nic Stone

Posted on 19 August 202017 September 2020
Fight against social injustice with SLAM! and Dear Justyce
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Key stage 3
  • Key stage 4
  • Senior phase

Shine On with Dean Atta and George Lester

Posted on 18 August 202017 September 2020
Celebrate self-empowerment with The Black Flamingo and Boy Queen
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Festival
  • Gender
  • Human rights
  • Key stage 4
  • Senior phase

Voices from the Past with Patrice Lawrence and Bali Rai

Posted on 16 August 202017 September 2020
Discover unsung stories through history with Diver’s Daughter: A Tudor Story and Now or Never: A Dunkirk Story
  • 2nd level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Festival
  • History
  • Key stage 2

Find out Your Superpower with Samantha Baines

Posted on 13 August 202017 September 2020
Explore difference as something to be celebrated in Harriet Versus the Galaxy
  • 2nd level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Creative writing
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  • Key stage 2
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