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10 New Writing Competitions to Enter This Autumn by Jessica Barrah

published on 2019-08-27

There’s still four months of the year left! If you haven’t achieved all of your writing goals as yet in 2019, entering a competition can be a great way to get inspired, write something new to a deadline, or polish up something you’ve previously worked on and abandoned.

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10 Kid-Friendly Bookish Activities for the Summer Holidays 2019 by Jessica Barrah

published on 2019-08-05

It’s the summer holidays! It’s a great time to get children reading – with reading challenges and lots of places to visit to spark their imaginations.

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Hooray It's A Vacay - Or Holiday Hell? 10 Literary Quotations about Holidays by Jessica Barrah

published on 2019-07-31

Could it be that writers are not the ideal holiday companions? Many of the writers quoted here seem to have a rather negative outlook about vacations. Have they experienced a rainy caravan in Rhyll, or a rat infested half built tower block in Menorca? Or perhaps they are too pale and introverted to enjoy stripping off at the seaside.

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