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Writing our World – Edinburgh Conference

By Dee Hughes (The Story Works Founder), 2023 I celebrated my fifty second birthday by leaving the house at 5:30am to catch the very early flight to Edinburgh to attend the biennial Writing Our World conference. My wife’s advice to ‘try and enjoy yourself’, a challenge to my alleged curmudgeonly character, was a bit rude […]
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Michael Rosen tells the BBC why The Story Works ‘works’!

The Story Works was officially – and brilliantly – launched by our patron, author Michael Rosen, in December. Michael spent a whole, wonderfully rewarding day with The Story Works team and volunteers, watching them deliver workshops to two different schools and chatting with the children and their teachers. Michael talked about how delighted he was […]
Michael Rosen announced as patron of The Story Works

We are so delighted to be able to announce that Michael Rosen is joining the team behind The Story Works as our patron. Our aim at The Story Works is to inspire every young person who comes to our creative writing workshops to develop greater confidence in their own voice and future – and we […]