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Key stage 4

Activities suitable for Years 10 and 11

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

Making Stuff Rhyme with Rap

Posted on 6 April 201615 October 2018
Stanley Odd front man Dave Hook writes about how you can use rap in the classroom
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Creative writing
  • Graphic novels
  • Key stage 3
  • Key stage 4
  • Language
  • Senior phase
  • Storytelling

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