INTO WRITING:
Creative Writing Workshop for Teens/Young Adults (YA)
Suitable for ages 11 - 18 years
Booking Essential
Max 20 Places
Check-in at 4pm / Commences 4:15pm
Award-winning author SUE DIVIN will be hosting a very special Creative Writing Workshop, as part of Independent Bookshop Week in Little Acorns Bookstore on Thursday 19 June.
Have you, or a young writer that you may know, ever wondered how do writers make their words come alive on the page? If yes, then this is for you/them!
The workshop promises to be interactive, engaging and fun. Participants are invited to ask anything they've ever wanted to know about books, reading, the writing craft process and much more. Suitable for beginners, or those who are just starting out on their creative writing journey. Sue will be sharing top tips and secrets and invite all to put pen to paper and have a go.
Participants will also be invited to browse the shelves of Little Acorns Bookstore, be introduced to this year's recommended summer reads, and hear about more activities and creative opportunities happening locally.
Pens, paper plus light refreshments will be provided.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ FACILITATOR:
SUE DIVIN has a Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies and a career in Community Relations. Her writing often touches on diversity and reconciliation. Her short stories, flash fiction and poetry, have been published in a range of literary journals.
Sue is the author of two YA/crossover novels: GUARD YOUR HEART (2021) and TRUTH BE TOLD (2023), both published by Macmillan. Her novels are widely read by teenagers and adults, and her next book will be released in 2026.
GUARD YOUR HEART is a modern-day ‘Romeo and Juliet' set in Derry in the summer of 2016.
It was shortlisted for the prestigious Yoto Carnegie Awards, the An Post Irish Book Awards and won the Great Reads Award Ireland (chosen and judged by School Librarians and students) in 2022.
TRUTH BE TOLD is ‘Parent-trap meets Derry Girls’.
It won the McCrea Literary Award and was shortlisted in the An Post Irish Book Awards, the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards, and the UK Literacy Awards and Southern Schools Book Awards in 2023.
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