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Here you'll find articles about the festival, Q&As with our guest authors and illustrators, behind-the-scenes chats with our podcasting team, participating libraries, bookshops, and more.

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Connecting Through Creativity

A Bit Of a Sketchy Challenge DAY 3

Connecting Through Creativity

A Bit Of a Sketchy Challenge DAY 2

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Connecting Through Creativity

A Bit Of a Sketchy Challenge DAY 1

Connecting Through Creativity

Fiction in a Flash

5 Top Tips to Help You Perfect Your Flash Fiction

Writing Journals

How I Make a Graphic Novel... with Gavin Aung Than

Illustrator extraordinaire Gavin Aung Than, steps us through his process of creating a graphic novel.

Scribblers Festival Presents...

The Summer Reading Guide

You've made it through a long winter and a busy year. Now, it's time to kickback and relax with a great book. You deserve it! We've put together a list of titles to dive into this summer, which will hopefully keep you informed, interested and imagining as you wile away your days. Happy reading!

Writing Journals

Everyday Magic... with Deb Fitzpatrick

Author Deb Fitzpatrick's writing is authentic and relatable. Here's how she does it...

Writing Journals

The Random Ideas Generator... with Aśka

Stuck for story ideas? Storyteller Aśka shares how to get imaginations bubbling again!

Writing Journals

The Power Of The Unexpected... with AJ Betts

Author AJ Betts shares one of her top writing tips, to help you get your story started.

The Golden Pen Award

The Golden Pen Writing Award 2021 - Winners Announced!

It’s the announcement you’ve been waiting for...the winners of the2021 Golden Pen Writing Award! Find out the Winning and Shortlisted entrants here and learn a little more about these young writers.

The Golden Pen Award

Visit RELICS and enter The Golden Pen Writing Award!

Get inspired at RELICS: Bricks of the New World, and write a story in any format around the theme "BIG & SMALL" for your chance to win amazing prizes!