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Key stage 4

Activities suitable for Years 10 and 11

Challenging Discrimination with Patrice Lawrence  
and Jason Reynolds 

Posted on 14 August 20224 October 2022
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Creative writing
  • Expressive Arts
  • Key stage 4
  • Race

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

Retelling Tales with Joseph Coelho, Juno Dawson and Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Posted on 19 August 202017 September 2020
Subvert classic stories with The Girl Who Became a Tree, Wonderland and The Deathless Girls
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Key stage 4
  • Key stage 5
  • Senior phase
  • Storytelling

Delving Into Dark Themes with Liz Hyder

Posted on 19 August 202017 September 2020
Explore life in the mines with Bearmouth
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • 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

Surviving a Nervous Planet with Matt Haig

Posted on 6 April 20201 September 2020
Watch Matt Haig's excellent event at the 2019 Book Festival, reflect on the complex relationship between literature and mental health, and try some therapeutic writing exercises.
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Creative writing
  • Key stage 4
  • Key stage 5
  • Senior phase

Don Paterson: Poetry and Change

Posted on 28 September 201815 March 2021
Celebrate National Poetry Day's 2018 theme of 'Change' using a Don Paterson poem as your starting point
  • Key stage 4
  • Poetry
  • Senior phase
  • SQA Set Texts/Authors

Scintillating Science Fiction with Stephen Baxter & Ken MacLeod

Posted on 7 May 201816 November 2018
SF authors Stephen Baxter and Ken MacLeod give you an insight into the genre
  • Authors
  • Key stage 4
  • Science
  • Senior phase

An Interview with Carol Ann Duffy

Posted on 12 October 201715 March 2021
Carol Ann Duffy talks about her Laureateship and gives advice for aspiring young poets
  • Biography
  • Key stage 4
  • Poetry
  • Senior phase
  • SQA Set Texts/Authors

Philippe Sands QC on Human Rights

Posted on 24 November 20167 December 2017
International Human Rights Lawyer Philippe Sands gets you discussing important issues
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Authors
  • Human rights
  • Key stage 3
  • Key stage 4
  • Non-fiction
  • Senior phase

Chris Packham: Force of Nature

Posted on 17 October 20167 December 2017
Chris Packham explores themes of childhood, struggles and perspective in a 2016 Book Festival event
  • 2nd level
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Authors
  • Biography
  • Creative writing
  • Growing up
  • Key stage 3
  • Key stage 4

Laura Bates: Get Talking Feminism

Posted on 6 October 20167 December 2017
Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, gives her tips on how to start a discussion on feminism
  • Authors
  • Feminism
  • Gender
  • Key stage 4
  • Key stage 5
  • Non-fiction
  • Senior phase
  • Sexism

Watch Book Festival Events on Glow TV

Posted on 8 July 201610 April 2017
There's no need to miss out on our schools events
  • 2nd level
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Authors
  • Festival
  • Key stage 2
  • Key stage 3
  • Key stage 4

A Trio of Storytelling Activities

Posted on 28 June 201629 March 2017
Video and performance artist Donna Rutherford shares three simple activities focusing on using memories to create stories
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Creative writing
  • Falkirk
  • Key stage 3
  • Key stage 4
  • Places
  • Senior phase
  • Storytelling

Fiction in a Flash

Posted on 21 June 201629 March 2017
Author Kerry Hudson shares an exercise exploring how to build up stories
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Creative writing
  • Falkirk
  • Key stage 3
  • Key stage 4
  • Places
  • Senior phase
  • Storytelling

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