Creative writing – Learning | Edinburgh International Book Festival

Finding Your Place in the World

15 October 201916 October 2019

American author and king of cool Kwame Alexander shares his top tips for building confidence in young people

3 June 20193 June 2019

Improvise with words in preparation for some Edinburgh International Book Festival highlights.

6 May 2019

Explore different ways to kick start some creative writing

4 February 20194 February 2019

Author Juno Dawson leads you through a quick and easy writing exercise

15 January 201916 January 2019

Celebrate Burns Night as you explore Scots writing

18 December 201818 December 2018

Start discussions in the classroom around freedom, society and politics

24 September 201816 November 2018

Learn how to write wacky, fantastical stories based in reality with top tips from two brilliant children's authors

17 September 201816 November 2018

Get top tips from fantastic authors and be inspired to pick up a pen and get writing

15 June 201816 November 2018

Authors Julie Bertagna and William Sutcliffe get to grips with the issues in their YA dystopian novels

16 May 201816 November 2018

Fun poetry and writing exercises to use around the Royal wedding

11 April 201826 November 2018

Award-winning author Meg Rosoff shares her top tips for writing your own emotive tales

5 February 2018

Funny man Julian Clary shares his advice for creating rib-tickling tales

10 January 201816 January 2018

Introduce your class to the detective genre as two top kids crime novelists talk about how to create riveting mystery stories

5 December 201711 December 2017

Authors Theresa Breslin & Caroline Leech share their top tips for creating historical fiction

23 November 201727 November 2017

Explore the works of Robert Louis Stevenson through a unique literary map of Edinburgh