by RossYoung | Jan 28, 2021 | #WritersByNight
Going Behind The Shed. There is a high risk of injury. You have to navigate yourself Around the sides. Mind the pots, the hose, the tiles. Turn your phone-light on. Pull away the slab. Open the door Gather the wood for the burner. Get yourself back Safe. Bugger....
by nicola | Jan 22, 2021 | #WritersByNight, Travel
A few years ago, a lifetime before lockdown, I planned to celebrate a significant birthday in Haiti. I had grown up with stories from my own family history of how Nigerians and Indians (along with many other nations in the 20th century) fought for independence from...
by nicola | Jan 11, 2021 | #WritersByNight, Fiction
I wrote this second draft of what became a story opening following a week of online teaching at the beginning of a Spring term that at the last minute found itself online. The children had been given a copy of Little Red Riding Hood from Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales...
by HillWalker | Jan 10, 2021 | #WritersByNight, Memoir
Walking home, swinging my satchel, eyes fixed on the pavement, I was deep in thought about a difficult day at school. A sudden barking made me glance up. Mrs Thomas’ dog was at the gate, balanced on his hind legs, with his front legs gripping the top of the iron gate...
by nicola | Dec 29, 2020 | #WritersByNight, #WritingRocks
This is the second in a series of #WritingRocks chats where we explore writer-teachers’ Examples of Practice published on the Writing for Pleasure Centre website. You can read find the first chat, where writer-teacher Tobias Hayden shares his experience of: ‘Creating...
by nicola | Dec 28, 2020 | #WritersByNight, Memoir
The sun struggled to drag itself over the horizon but it was leagues ahead of me, cocooned in a nest of duvet. The longest term of the school year had culminated in glitter and carols and ever since I had withdrawn to my bed. Apart from last night. Prosecco-tinged...
