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Class 4P – Year 4 Workshop

Class 4Q – Year 4 Workshop

With plenty of tasks and tips, Tom McLaughlin takes you through developing human AND animal characters, creating your main character, how to develop the outline for a story, some great tips for illustration and finally explore how the story will play out – how will you resolve the drama?  And to finish off, he answers your questions!

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This workshop is no longer available to view.  If you would like more information on this and other resources from Shrewsbury Bookfest, please get in touch with the team here

Class 6P – Year 6 Workshop

Beginning with answering some of your questions, followed by wonderful readings, anecdotes and minute by minute writing activities, Frank Cottrell-Boyce uses Cosmic and Runaway Robot to develop the ‘what if…’ technique to create and develop your own story.

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This workshop is no longer available to view.  If you would like more information on this and other resources from Shrewsbury Bookfest, please get in touch with the team here

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Book Award

Biennial, child-led reading development project delivered into Shropshire primary schools

Leading in Reading

An accreditation award for schools who demonstrate commitment to developing reading for pleasure.

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May we introduce Darcie Mitchell, author and 3rd p May we introduce Darcie Mitchell, author and 3rd place (KS1) in the Shropshire Bookfest Readers to Writers 2023 creative writing competition, from Hinstock Primary School with her first book 'Rosie & The Lost Friends'
Congratulations to all 1500 pupils from all 29 pri Congratulations to all 1500 pupils from all 29 primary schools who were inspired by their children's author workshop leaders to write some amazing books for the Readers to Writers 2023 creative writing competition #writingforpleasure
This is Ella. Back in 2016, aged 11, she won the f This is Ella. Back in 2016, aged 11, she won the film trailer comp in our Book Award 2016 project when she was at Greenfields Primary Sch Shrewsbury. And now before she heads off to the big wide world @UniofNewcastle she's doing some volunteer work for us #allgrownup #greatfuture #proudBookfest #readingforpleasure #readingforlife
Bookfest spent an amazing morning yesterday at Gre Bookfest spent an amazing morning yesterday at Greenfields Primary School with Beech, Poplar and Oak classes who with their fantastic teachers have taken the Readers to Writers 2023 project to the maximum by producing some wonderful creative writing. The freedom they've been given to let their imaginations fly is producing results that are taking their teachers by surprise. Good luck everyone and huge congratulations on becoming AUTHORS!

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