One of the joys of being semi-retired is the time for other activities. Since retiring I have helped co-ordinate the annual book festival in our town. One task delegated to me as a former English teacher was organising the festival’s Young Writers’ Competition.
After a first sift of the entries from S1 and S2 (12 and 13-year-olds) in our local secondaries, I pass a manageable number of the very best entries to the judges.
This year the young people’s task was simple, to write about their favourite book. They were given some advice on length and structure but only one instruction, to write about the book and not about themselves: of that, more anon.
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