Free writing for children workshop with award-winning author Polly Ho–Yen
Sat 1 Feb 2025 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Exeter Library, EX4 3PQ
Description
This two-hour workshop, presented by award-winning author Polly Ho–Yen, will give you a great grounding in the basics of writing for children. The session will cover everything from choosing your readership and concept to developing plot and characterisation, with time for questions. Participants will also get the chance to join a writing group after the workshop, offering further support and an all-important writing community.
Workshop organiser All Stories offers free development opportunities to talented writers from underrepresented backgrounds. The 2024 programme includes writing workshops and writing groups. To register, you must be over 18, reside in the UK and from an underrepresented group. This is defined as those who identify as a person of colour, LGBTQ+, disabled, neurodiverse, working class or socio-economically disadvantaged.
This is a free event but places are limited. If you are unable to attend please contact us as soon as possible so that your place can be offered to someone on the waiting list.
Meet your workshop host: Polly Ho–Yen
Polly Ho-Yen is a writer based in Bristol. Her debut novel, Boy in the Tower, was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award, Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Federation of Children's Book Groups Book Award. Her middle-grade novels have been nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Following her experiences working as a primary school teacher in south London, Polly puts these places and communities centre-stage in her narratives. She aims to create stories firmly rooted in a world that young people will know and recognise, even when a science fiction or fantastical element creeps in. Polly regularly runs writing workshops in primary and secondary schools across the country.
Location
Exeter Library, EX4 3PQ